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6/18/2015 12:56:09 AM
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Exotic Primaries and Elemental Damage
Exotics are... something to be proud of. When get an exotic you really love, it should be something not just satisfying to look at or shoot, it should be effective as a weapon. Now while not all exotics are this way even in the crucible, I believe it's slightly silly that exotic primaries don't have elemental damage. What I'm proposing is that there should be a way to add elemental damage to exotic primaries. Take my Hawkmoon for example; I treasure it. Got it in a Nightfall. But it's tough using it outside of the Crucible simply because it only causes Kinetic Damage. Fatebringer, Word of Crota, and generally all raid primary weapons just outclass exotic primaries, even something as infamously powerful as Hawkmoon, in PvE gameplay.
In short, for exotic primaries to be considered seriously in PvE scenarios, there needs to be some kind of change involving elemental damage in The Taken King so that they aren't just beaten by raid primaries. Thoughts?
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SUROS was originally solar and bad juju was void idk why they -blam!-ed them up
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2 RepliesRight now most exotic primaries ain't worth it. Why would I bring my hawkmoon to a place full of arc shields?
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Some of the new exotic primaries do have burns like the new arc auto rifle that chains arc energy between enemies
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Edited by K4NEB: 8/25/2015 10:34:26 AMDoes seem a bit silly as bungie said exotics are supposed to feel overpowered and "exotic" yet what's the point in using them in pve if they have no elemental damage. Mine are all just in the vault getting dusty. Also now legendary weapons can do 365 damage it kind of already makes most exotics pure crap anyway. When there was a damage gap between the two it made it more tactical.
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I'm all for this idea. I love some of the exotic primaries, but can't use them in PvE because of the shields. If you look my "favorite" weapon in terms of kills it's a scout rifle, but that's because of the solar/arc burns on Fang and VoC. I'd love to be able to use an exotic pulse like Red Death or Bad Juju. Hawkmoon and TLW would be my favorite weapons to use if I could.
