I love my Solar Jewel! (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Tuesday, September 01, 2015, 20:08 (3468 days ago) @ Funkmon

I disagree with you on all points. It does no more damage than any medium high impact hand cannon, giving me no real reason to use it over other guns, its small magazine size makes killing yellow enemies difficult, and its recoil curve isn't up/down like the other hand cannons, but way off to the left. I have much greater success using Vision of Confluence.

It has better range and accuracy than most hand cannons, which helps mitigate the middling clip size. Doesn't hit quite as hard as Timur's Lash or Hawkmoon, but has a faster rate of fire. You're right about the recoil, but I still find it stable enough to be quite effective from mid-long range. I know lots of people love Vision of Confluence, but it just doesn't click with me. I like SRs on both ends of the spectrum: fast/ weak, or slow/powerful. VoC is too middle of the road for me.

6 dreg pride, in addition to having a normal recoil curve, does as much damage, but critically also holds 12 shots so I can at least kill a guy with it. It's the better gun for my gameplay.

I thought 6 Dreg Pride had lower impact than Jewel, but I could be wrong about that. I had a non-elemental version a couple months ago and sharded it because it didn't stand out in any way. Although I can totally see how an elemental version would give an adept Jewel a run for its money.

PVP is different, but in general, the point is moot because neither of these hand cannons are an ideal PVP choice, where you would want a Red Hand for auto aim, word of Crota for TTK, fulcrum for mini hawkmoon, etc. Unless it's your only legendary hand cannon, it won't come up except for fun. And it's not fun to me.

I actually do quite well with Jewel in PvP. It doesn't go toe to toe with Thorn, but I can out-duel most Hawkmoons, TDYKs, etc. It fires faster than most, great range and accuracy, and hits hard enough to deliver an easy 3 shot kill.