Oh, I think you misunderstood. (Destiny)

by Funkmon , Thursday, April 09, 2015, 19:26 (3606 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY
edited by Funkmon, Thursday, April 09, 2015, 19:32

Some of these are rare, I know, but what I'm trying to say is that you don't NEED the Mythoclast for a solar primary. You can get VoC or Abyss Defiant. I'm just pointing out there are alternatives, and lusting after one gun instead of one of these that can fill the void, in my opinion, is not good.

As for game changing guns, it seems to me that Icebreaker is at the top, followed by Black Hammer, the raid rocket launchers/Gjallarhorn, and Red Death or Suros (for obvious reasons). for many players. Gjallarhorn did not change how I played, however. I had Hunger of Crota, Hezen Vengeance, and Dragon's Breath. Shriekers die to one DB shot, for example. Most dudes take almost as much damage from HoC as Gjallarhorn, so not using it means I take a small damage penalty, but it's not a huge deal for me most of the time, and I'm often using a different exotic anyway. I also generally prefer field scout machine guns since they do more total damage over the course of the ammo reserves.

For many players, Gjallarhorn will change their game...but not if they already had a ton of alternatives, like I did, and like how a lot of us who wish for it do. It streamlines the game, that's nice.

However, at this point, Fatebringer does about as much damage as Word of Crota, TFWPKY, The Chance, and significantly less than Timur's Lash. The first three are broadly comparable, and Timur's Lash can be your custom handcannon with enough motes. Mine has rangefinder, field scout, a reload perk, and a good sight, which is perfect to me.

What Fatebringer has these don't have is arc damage, which, again, can be replaced with other guns, and firefly. Firefly has immense utility killing low level mobs, like thralls. But not more immense than a grenade. There are situations when this is very useful, like normal mode abyss, but I use the icebreaker anyway since it's even better at it.

So, while fatebringer can streamline your strategy, it just means you won't be using your grenades as much.

There are truly no replacements for Black Hammer and Icebreaker, though. You can do a workaround using special ammo synths, but these cost money and have a cool down. Though, that's why I didn't claim they weren't game changers.

Anyway, it's not that important. It's just people want a gun in a video game.