Vex Mythoclast in Skirmish (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Wednesday, December 03, 2014, 02:07 (3884 days ago) @ Korny

I just went up against a Mythoclast guy in Rumble. Fighting him one one one over and over really showed how powerful that gun is! It's like being hit by a fusion rifle but without the warning or seemingly any charge time. Next game I went up against two guys with the gun and they easily tore the rest of us up. Each had double the kills of the other three of us, and I was playing well!

This thing needs a nerd. Badly.

*rude

Also, I disagree. I've gone up against Mythoclast users, and the gun is scary, to be sure, but the bolts travel slowly. The gun has a strong weakness to strafing and distance. Really, I've had a tougher time against Hawkmoon, Thorn, VoC, Plan C, Suros, Found Verdict, and Last Word than I've had against anyone with a Mythoclast. The thing about Mythoclast is that people in Crucible tend to run towards the person using it, which helps because the recoil pushes its shots upwards, leading to easy headshot kills.

Just don't run straight towards enemies. I found it to be a poor Iron Banner weapon because the DPS was fairly low when stacked against other weapons...

Using it is fun, though, because it reminds me of the Plasma Repeater from Reach, only with a nastier bite...

Also, I noticed an odd quirk that can lead to misconceptions about its power. When someone else is using it, the 21-round mag sounds like it only fires eight or nine rounds. When you're being hit by it, it might sound like the person's shot at you three or four times, when they've probably pumped out nine or ten rounds.... Audio bug, most likely.

To me it felt like their kills were pratically effortless. Every once in a while I'd see some some spread, but 95% of the time I just melted to a laser straight beam of energy streaking with no decernable delay across fairly long distances. I certainly wasn't running at these people! They were clear and away the most powerful players on the map because of the weapon they had. I think The Last Word is slightly overpowered but I could barely get them even with it...