Sunbreaker vs. Golden Gun, an in-depth analysis (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Thursday, October 08, 2015, 15:02 (3571 days ago)

Sunbreaker:
7 shots
leaves DoT AoE on the ground per shot
Shots have marginal tracking
Gains health on kills
Has overshield
Has damage resistance
short activation animation (during which damage resistance is active)
all shots explode in a small area
shots cannot overpenetrate

Golden Gun:
Cries. A lot.

Okay, actually:

Golden Gun:
3 shots
No DoT component
no tracking component
no health gained on kills
no overshield
no damage resistance
long activation animation (still no damage resistance)
shots can explode in a small area
shots can overpenetrate

So it seems like Bungie thinks the Keyhole perk is grossly overpowered and can only be matched by all of the absurd piling on of disgustingly strong abilities on a Sunbreaker.

Something needs to be done. Sunbreakers are just insane. Playing the elimination game mode lately, if someone pops Sunbreaker, we RUN. It's the only super that you have absolutely no hope of fighting back against, even with another super. If it is not fixed before Iron Banner, I fully expect that the teams with the most Sunbreakers will win the majority of the time, and if it's not fixed before Trials, I fully expect 3 Sunbreaker teams to dominate the whole thing.

I'll add that Golden Gun also has been grossly underpowered since HoW. It can't kill same level red-health enemies with solar shields in one shot, and that's silly. It's not a "super" it's a pop the solar shields of that red guy who doesn't matter tool. It also can't kill a properly spec'd Sunsinger in one shot, and it can't kill a Sunbreaker of any spec in one shot. No other super is as gimped to use, easy to counter, and ineffective as golden gun. Every other super has the possibility of killing the entire enemy team, except for Golden Gun, which is capped at 3 shots. The explosions from GG aren't even big enough to guarantee damaging an enemy standing in the same capture zone as the one you killed with your super.

Sunbreaker needs major nerfing and GG needs some buffing, please.