Where are my Lasers? [suggestion for the future] (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Thursday, January 01, 2015, 13:57 (3855 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Destiny is a game filled with awe-inspiring sights and fantastical locations. The weapons are cool, but the more I play the less excited I am about acquiring new gear. I've already got Gjallarhorn 2.0, Icebreaker 2.0, Mythoclast, Suros Regime 2.0, and a basket full of top-level legendary weapons. Like most of us, I have a short-list of guns that are the most effective.

I think this collection of sentences puts you in a very, very small subclass of Destiny players. I don't have ANY of those weapons, much less all of them - and I think I'm about as well-outfitted as the average player.

I like finding/buying new stuff, because I'm NOT maxed out. I'm very, very far from running out of new gear excitement - and I think that except in the rarified camp you're in, that's probably the case for most of us.

Probably, but eventually you'll find out that of all the choice Destiny seems to offer, there really are a small subset of weapons that will get you by any situation. There are a few that you may use for ultra specific scenarios.

Heh. I seem to remember you posting something that said the same sort of thing, except with respect to the grind. ("Eventually, you'll get to the point where you're grinding.") Never happened. ;)

If you have:

Vision of Confluence
Fatebringer
Gjallarhorn
Truth
LDR 5001
Icebreaker
Corrective Measure
Vex Mythoclast
Atheon's Epilouge
Any void fusion rifle
Hunger of Crota

I have two of those - LDR 5001, and Atheon's Epilogue. I don't use either one very much. (I use a legendary hand cannon right now - Chance? - that dropped during a nightfall; it doesn't have the best perks, but it works fine for me. My special varies between fusion rifles (Murmur, Pocket Infinity, Plan C - no voids, unfortunately) and snipers (Praedyth's Revenge or Y-09 Longbow Synthesis) for PvE, snipers or Invective for PvP. Heavy used to be primarily Unfriendly Giant, but I've been leveling up a new One Way Ticket 000, and though I don't like the fact that it needs to reload after each rocket, I love the tracking. I have a couple of machine guns, but I don't really like them.

Bottom line - my weapons are at least a tier below yours... but I still have a lot of fun. ;) Plus, I get new stuff that's worth trying out - because I DON'T have the be-all, end-all guns in every slot.

You can do all of Destiny's current activities without much trouble. For nightfall with burn elements, you may have to use something new of the right element. You can add in a few that suit your playstyle, or legendary alternatives depending on the Exotic you equip, but that's my list. I could go in with nothing but those on my character and do just fine in any PvE scenario.

So I get where he is coming from, when pretty much everything I get now I shard immediately.