Gamerant has a post detailing the new weapon perks being introduced with House of Wolves:

http://gamerant.com/destiny-weapon-perks-house-wolves-dlc/

Nothing that really jumps out at me as particularly interesting.

Nothing?

Nothing at all?

Am I the only one who sees this?!

Interesting now that there is a hemet and a perk that increase accuracy while in the air. Do people do lots of jump shots that I'm not aware of?

Constantly. It's a great way to get the jump (heh) on an opponent. If you can land a shot (rarely 2) before hitting the ground you've got the advantage. Also, if you're paying attention to other fights around you, a quick jump-shot can net you a kill on an already weakened opponent.

Now one caveat is that this works best with weapons like Hand Cannons, sometimes Shotguns, and rarely Pulse/Scout rifles. I haven't had much success with Auto Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Machineguns, or Fusion Rifles. (but then I hate Fusion Rifles)

Thoughts?

These are mostly dumb. The current perks give bonuses without drawbacks. All of these do the same thing, but have drawbacks and so are worse. Either they are replacing the current perks, or they will just never be used and be dumb.

Also this perk on a primary would be USELESS as you get primary ammo from kills anyway.

Not so!

It doesn't give you more ammo on a melee kill, it refills the magazine.

It means you can skip the reload, if you get lucky; sounds very useful to me, in certain situations.

Like people are suggesting with specials, they've just decreased special ammo to 'balance' the game more , why would they then increase it dramatically

Also this perk on a primary would be USELESS as you get primary ammo from kills anyway. I'm thinking this perk will be found on a specific RL which only carries 1 in chamber and 2-3 rockets in total, RL will have perfect balance and proximity detention. This is literally the only way I see this perk being 'balanced' from bungie point of view as they're always on about the sudden burst of intense gameplay when heavies are popped

Battle Runner, Hidden Hand

The only two I'm interested in right now.

I want Graverobber on a shotgun.

Get up close and personal, lay waste to a dozen enemies with your boomstick, run out of ammo in the middle of the horde, then one punch the face and you're back in it with no downtime. This is how Titans were meant to play.

-Disciple

Graverobber could be great in situations such as what you've described, depending how frequently it triggers. If it's at least 50%, then it'll be useful. Much less than that and I fear it won't be enough to allow a substantial change in playstyle.

Get up close and personal, lay waste to a dozen enemies with your boomstick, run out of ammo in the middle of the horde, then one punch the face and you're back in it with no downtime. This is how Titans were meant to play.

-Disciple

I'll occasionally jump snipe on Twilight Gap when I have the final round perk active on Efrideet's Spear. Paired with Snapshot it's about the only I can get this to actually work. Headshots never happen though.

Yet another reason I'm looking forward to Exotac Angel and this Icarus perk. I NEED BOTH.

Thoughts?

These are mostly dumb. The current perks give bonuses without drawbacks. All of these do the same thing, but have drawbacks and so are worse. Either they are replacing the current perks, or they will just never be used and be dumb.

Except Replenish. There is no way that will ever drop on a heavy weapon :-) Even on a special it'd be insanely good in the Crucible.

Interesting now that there is a hemet and a perk that increase accuracy while in the air. Do people do lots of jump shots that I'm not aware of?

The only reason I would jump shoot is if I had a shotgun, AR or something like the last word. And really, it would barely help the AR and maybe help last word...

That may be what this is for, but airborne sniping is impossible without Angel of Light, and this may be a way to see mid-air snipes return to the Bungieverse.

*Edit*

Of course, this would only apply to the weapon perk since the helmet is a Hunter item. Duh lol

Interesting now that there is a hemet and a perk that increase accuracy while in the air. Do people do lots of jump shots that I'm not aware of?

The only reason I would jump shoot is if I had a shotgun, AR or something like the last word. And really, it would barely help the AR and maybe help last word...