Deku even suggested dismantling his FB for Fang!
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Deku even suggested dismantling his FB for Fang!
DrDrizzay101
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I didn't see anyone get 2 primary weapons from a single HM Crota over the maybe 15 clears I did last week. The lucky ones got Fang + Word from the clears on their 3 characters. I got the Fang twice and no weapon once.
Congrats! Your reaction needs to be GIF'd, but I am not the man to do so.
I don't have WoC yet but I assume its pretty good. Sure, some stats are lower than FB like impact and range, but I imagine those shortcomings are made up by the faster rate of fire/reload and hammer forged if you wanna roll that way. Quickly landing three precision shots in a row is easy with a handcannon (especially if it lets you take as long between shots as the black hammer does) so people should be activating the perk pretty regularly.
Outlaw+Firefly are great perks for a handcannon IMO, the fatebringer is just fun as hell to shoot and pretty damn satisfying to pop a head and watch thrall shrapnel collide with other mobs. I think firefly really shines in arc burn nightfalls since it does arc damage, and you can't deny fatebringer's usefulness during the abyss section of Crota's End. Few things are more satisfying than popping a thrall and watching 20 more explode right before they were about to maul your fireteam member to pieces.
I've currently been using my fang of ir yut and have been pretty pleased with its performance thus far. Would love to snag a WoC eventually.
i figured that was the case. is one of the weapons guaranteed on the first clear?
What would it take for you to do a 16th this fine evening to help out a struggling lieutenant.
Broadbandito
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DrDrizzay101
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Probably true, I have both but they're un-leveled so I haven't used the perks hands on.
The problem is comparing the weapon classes themselves ever since ARs were nerfed and SRs were buffed. HCs are my PvP go-to but I'd pick ARs over SRs on most maps if forced to choose. For PvE, ARs are just too weak and don't mesh well with many PvE activities (similar to shotties vs. snipers/FRs).
Toejam2501
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I like it cause its something new to look at. Fatebringer is starting to burn an image into my brain cause its always equipped.
Good job man! My group took six hours so I feel that joy! You got way better drops than me though looks like! Congrats!
robertlebrone
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I was being a little facetious, but I've never used FB; I just got one to drop this weekend so I have no idea how they compare. So if you're comparing WoC to that then sure it sounds great. I'm coming from the perspective of why would I equip WoC over anything else in the primary slot? I can't think of any.
DrDrizzay101
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No guaranteed weapon for the first HM clear. It would be interesting if someone had a character that never cleared normal but did HM first. No idea if that would guarantee a primary...
lol I'll be around all day/evening (EST) in one form or fashion. I might be trying to do something stupid like solo hm crota but otherwise I'm happy to help whenever.
Orthogonal
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Clutch finish. Those are the best.
I use my MIDA on that first part of Crota and just outrun everything.
FB is one of the best guns in the game (still), so I can definitely appreciate its awesomeness. Most people say WoC isn't so good because of its relatively low impact, but I honestly don't know how that translates in-game.Sounds good Boguester. hope to talk to you this fine evening.
EL CUCO
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More like clench finish...if you know what I mean.
PrivateWHudson
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Don't reload your Suros when trying to get health. It only happens on the bottom half of the clip.
DJ Lushious
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If you end up trying again tonight let me know because I'd totally be down. We were real close yesterday.
For sure. it was a fun crew.
AmateurHour212
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I'm with you on both of those. MIDA is the best scout in the game (although my Badger with firefly and luck in the chamber would have something to say about that). Impact isn't the best but it's other perks are awesome.
I also agree that Firefly is fairly situational. Spray and Play is, in my opinion, the best reload perk as it only requires the mag to be empty.
Darryl M R
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I managed to get every raid primary besides Word (which I'm hearing isn't even that good).
What's so great about the Fang? I was just going to level up the auto rifle.
What's so great about the Fang? I was just going to level up the auto rifle.
What's your PSN Bogue?
CouchMaster
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Broadbandito
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Makes sense. I was thinking too straight there for awhile lol
Lies.
Orthogonal
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No drop on Hard Crota was a huge letdown in light of the new smart loot drop system and for how long we beat our heads against it. It is ant-climactic to take him down and just come away with a fugly shader and watch everyone else get something cool.
EL CUCO
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Lol I've had a few runs where I literally almost had a few runs.No, what do you mean? Clenched fists? Clenched teeth?
silver.tongue
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I was screaming this at your video while watching it. lol
Clutch kill in the end.
im assuming in terms of raid primaries, the fang is the king of overall sustained dps output against hive majors, which can be pretty important since they take a shitload of damage to drop in hardmode CE. if scout rifles are your thing, that's awesome and you will be pleased wth the fang, but I don't feel like it makes enough of a difference to warrant using it over a gun type you prefer like the word of crota or abyss defiant.
protip if you are using the abyss defiant, people are avoiding focused fire because it actually causes a net loss of DPS (bullets do more damage but gun doesn't fire fast enough to break even), so hip fire might be the way to roll in PvE, if you care about doing the most dps with it, especially against hive majors with more chance to proc hive disruptor.
Toejam2501
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Anyone use MIDA on boomer duty? Im assuming stagger perk would help a lot and keep dmg low as to not spawn the wizard with knight kills. Usually use ice breaker but there has been times I have gotten both knights really low because they both are trying to shoot sword.
#Foreverboomerduty
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EL CUCO
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Dhruv_hanom
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So what's the general consensus on the defiant vs the fang?
I never did normal and got 3 weapon drops on each kill. Seems like the game only allows one weapon from Crota per week.
Two different beasts. The AR is the slayer of wizards though.
wait, so if you did it on normal you won't get weapon drops on Hard?
Question about HM Crota: In yesterday's run, someone from the team suggested to jump down from the ledge when Crota enrages. I had serious audio issues, so I might have misheard that. And I wasn't able to understand the explanation at all, as the audio kept cutting out.
However, when he enraged, two or three others indeed jumped down and were promptly killed by the Gatekeeper. I stayed on the ledge and kept shooting Crota, but it was too late. We were killed by the Oversoul.
What was that about? What possible reason could there be to leave the ledge?
I couldn't ask them afterwards either, as I was in a real hurry and had to leave.
However, when he enraged, two or three others indeed jumped down and were promptly killed by the Gatekeeper. I stayed on the ledge and kept shooting Crota, but it was too late. We were killed by the Oversoul.
What was that about? What possible reason could there be to leave the ledge?
I couldn't ask them afterwards either, as I was in a real hurry and had to leave.
I have seen this a few times and although I possess no way to be sure, I think you are on the money.
Fang is top tier. Best of the new batch.
Abyss is a good all around AR, but I just rarely use AR's ever. It's disorienting wizards upgrade is very nice though. Great for an AR, but Fang is just a better weapon overall.
Orthogonal
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Haven't tried it. Ice Breaker staggers plenty and takes them out with 6 crits. Most times you can ignore the 2nd boomer as they usually ignore the sword carrier. One Headshot is enough to distract them if they waver.
Ice Breaker has been hit or miss with Boomer Duty in recent days. It seemed to work with my main but even when I hit them in the fucking head, they still go after the Sword Master. I ended up just switching to VoC to make them raise their shields. They seem to like ignoring getting shot. I've ended up getting them to very low health as a result.
even staggering them no longer takes away their attention from the Sword Master from my HM runs.
Broadbandito
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bahahahaha
Toejam2501
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You got normal crota weapon drops from hard mode?
Jinjo
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Thralls spawn in the crystal room behind you and can hit you through the shield. Going to either left or right might have been a better option yeah.
I spent all my gaming time last night with a good team on my first HM Crota try and didn't get him down. We used the proven strategy, used the heavy ammo trick, generated a lot orbs in the beginning. We did everything but we still got screwed by problems/glitches such as swordbearer hidding away from us, sword disappearing on drop, crota magically seeing the invisible sword holder, etc... Some of these happened when we got Crota down to just one swing away from death... Just one more hit and the sword disappeared...
While I ain't even mad because the team really have done everything right, I can see why people hate this fight this much.
Now the problem is shall I try this again tonight? Or just do 3 quick Atheon runs to try to get some exotics.
While I ain't even mad because the team really have done everything right, I can see why people hate this fight this much.
Now the problem is shall I try this again tonight? Or just do 3 quick Atheon runs to try to get some exotics.
thrall can melee you from behind up top during enrage (and other random times,when they shouldn't).
Pfft. It took 6 hours pre-Darkness. Once I showed up, he went down hard and fast.
Nah it was probably just that we all had green bars.
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