That's just you two. Exotics are meant to be juggled! (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Friday, February 20, 2015, 12:34 (3795 days ago) @ Revenant1988

Cody and Korny both mentioned Truth earlier in the thread: that weapon is the perfect example of the problem with exotics in PvE. Here's an exotic 331 rocket launcher that's fully maxed out, and yet it does about half the damage to a praetorian that Gjallarhorn does, even though it's got void damage. That's an extreme example, but I feel it holds true across all the exotics: most of them are drastically outclassed by IB and GH.

The purple damage only applies to the shield- past that damage is damage. \

That's exactly my point: An exotic void rocket launcher against a void shield and it's almost half as effective as a Gjallarhorn.\

I think what you are seeing is the difference in the type of launcher. Ghorn is the only weapon I know of that has wolf pack, so those cluster missiles do a lot of extra damage on TOP of the core rocket. Truth is a one shot, traditional warhead, but the tracking on that one is WAY better than Ghorns. Truth in PvP is a beast. Ghorn in PvP will get the job done, but what a mess! ;) \

Yeah, PvP is a different ball game completely. Like Cody was saying, I find the usefulness of exotics in PvP to be much more spread out. PvE is where I think the problem is :)

Some of the launchers also have cluster bombs, which I find are on par with Ghorn, depending on the target. Each of those little cluster bombs stacks damage too, like the wolf pack rounds. They just don't home in. \

The cluster bombs are cool... Hunger of Crota is my backup rocket launcher. But it doesn't do nearly the damage G-horn does, because as you said the clusters don't seek the target. Most of the time they just fall to the ground, hitting nothing. They're great for taking out packs of low level enemies, though.

Now, it's worth mentioning that I do have 3 fatebringers, 2 Fangs of Ir Yut, and a handful of other exceptional legendary primary weapons. If I didn't have so many great non-exotic primaries, I might be motivated to us my Mythoclast or Thorn more often.\

And that is another difference between you guys- REMEMBER, you are HIGH LEVEL players. You guys raid regularly, and thus have better toys than at least 3/4ths of the population. I by contrast raid infrequently, and have very little raid weapons. Tons of armor though. The only elemental primary I have is Atheon's Epilogue! \

Hopefully Bungie will release another update on the "who's using what" popular weapon report again. That was an eye opener. I too, assumed that a lot of people would gravitate towards the same weapons, but the vast majority of players don't have them! \

You guys, the high-rollers are -not- a good population sample in terms of finding averages. See, you guys have a 1st world Destiny problem of "How do I hold all these exotics??" when Joe xbox 360 is like "I finally have enough coins to buy an exotic because I can't get them any other way!" hahahaha

Completely agree. I would just add that while this is a problem a lot of players don't face yet, it is a problem all players will inevitably come up against, some just sooner than others. You don't need to have every exotic and legendary... I got Icebreaker very early on. I had nowhere near the arsenal then that I have now, but the same problem was present. I instantly stopped using the 2 other exotics I had. As time went on, I kept hoping my exotic collection would end up being more useful, but it never did. \

Where my opinion differs from Cody on this is in our thoughts on a potential solution. I would rather the other exotic weapons get buffed... big time. Bring them all up to the level of Icebreaker and Gjallarhorn. Exotics are so damn hard to get, yet most of the aren't worth the time and effort. They really aren't. I think each and every exotic should stand head-and-shoulders above any legendary in the game (at least in terms of PvE). I'd like all exotics to look, sound, and perform like super weapons.\