Let's talk swords *Spoilers* (Destiny)

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Thursday, September 03, 2015, 12:21 (3466 days ago)

So during the last twitch reveal they showed a lot about the swords. They also used the swords a lot against boss like guys. My first question I asked myself was "So how is that going to work against bosses that one hit kill you?"

It seems like it's a great weapon to do a lot of damage to a single enemy, like a shotgun is. However in most cases, when you want to do damage to strong single enemy you never get the chance because you get killed. So now, Bungie gives us a weapon that has the same case use as a shotgun but even more to the extreme, it is a heavy, it's even closer range and it does more damage.

So does this mean that they will be changing how bosses ground pound? Will the boss ground pound be directional (as I think it should be) or is it going to stay omni-directional? I also heard rumor of being able to do things like blocking with the weapon which I think would be really cool. It sounds like it has multiple functions because the guys told Laced Up Loren to "use the uppercut" as if he had to specify the attack move to her.

Anyway, I really like the idea of swords (as a titan bruiser) but I feel like they are still not that useful if they don't come with the right abilities for PvE and PvP.