I'm actually most impressed that you won on Firebase Delphi spawning Bravo.

Thanks ;p

But it also proves that a decent player using an AR can go toe-to-toe against other decent players who are using Hand Cannons ;)

It's actually refreshing to see someone doing well with them. Most everyone on 360 abandoned them post nerf; and it sounds like they fit your playstyle, so it's good to see you didn't give up on them, and were rewarded for it.

I still want post-patch stats though! Deej, tell the Dev team to give us a stats hub for the game population!

...is that Cody was wrong.

"There is zero reason to use Auto Rifles ever anymore, either in PvP or PvE." - Cody Miller, 2015.

;-P

Yep! lol

To be fair, I feel like I could be doing even better if I was half-decent at using Hand Cannons in PvP... but that's kind of my point. In my hands, and AR is more powerful than a Hand Cannon. I would never argue that ARs are as good as hand cannons, but I am more effective with them. Which is what I was getting at with my earlier post about how the "feel" of a weapon in your hands is just as important as any measurable stat.

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All done with my Suros Regime. Maybe ARs aren't as useless as we sometimes think? ;)

Done with the best AR in the game :-p

Against the best Hand Cannons in the game ;)

Okay you got me.

The thing that pisses me off about Red Death (as a Thorn user) is landing my three shots, dying to their two burst, and then seeing my damage-over-time immediately stop and their health regen start (when they were already down to their last 5 hp and my thorn woulda kept poisoning them).

That actually sounds like a nice counter to the Thorn, which is a common sight in crucible.

Sometimes the Healing effect is immediately stopped by Thorn. Sometimes it isn't. I could have sworn I saw an instance last night where my opponent's shield was recharging while those damage ticks were still showing up.

The thing that pisses me off about Red Death (as a Thorn user) is landing my three shots, dying to their two burst, and then seeing my damage-over-time immediately stop and their health regen start (when they were already down to their last 5 hp and my thorn woulda kept poisoning them).

It doesn't stop so much as it is overwhelmed. Often I'll get the kill with Red Death, get its burst of health, and then have Thorn's poison break my shield a second time.

I've had it heal me on dealing damage in hardmode Crota fights. I take pop shots at the boomers if I need a heal. I'm not certain, but I think I've only gotten heals from the bottom half of the mag?

The rate of fire is too fast for me to be accurate enough.

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Suros Regime is unlike the vast majority of Auto Rifles in the game. It is basically an automatic scout rifle. It's apples and oranges compared to anything like the average AR in the game, like Do Gooder, or Up For Anything.

I'm glad it's still working for you, but for those of us who don't have an exotic level auto-rifle, our legendaries aren't so legendary anymore.

Sure, but the exotic hand cannons are a step above the legendaries as well. Great as they are, Timur's Lash or Devil You Know just can't compete with Thorn, Last Word, or Hawkmoon.

But to your point, Suros' stats allow it to be used in a different way than most other ARs in the game. It really is it's own little weapon class.

They're the real problem.

Then we'll nerf those OP pulse rifles! Waitaminute...