You dont understand how powerful having a fourth shot is.
You're complaining about the decreased timer while using the helm. You feel that other subclass specific exotics don't "nerf" the super or some other aspect of the subclass so Symbiote shouldn't decrease the timer.
What I'm saying is there isn't a similar enough exotic that it can be compared to to make what you're saying fair.
Having a fourth Golden Gun shot with almost no downsides is incredibly powerful. "We had to give up our exotic slot!" There was no Gunslinger exotic that compared to the Symbiote. You weren't giving up much.
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Do you know how rare it is to use that fourth shot? Do you know how rare it is to get to use the third shot even? With the pace of PvP in Destiny the likelihood of actually using that fourth shot or even getting [i]four kills[/i] is rare. The 9ish seconds GG is active is almost always to short already, because of the pace of engagements and skill of the players. I understand why the timer was cut. And I would be fine with it the super charge lasted like, 12 seconds. But it's already less than 10. If you're in a game with skilled players, by the time you've activated GG, the engagement area has already shifted. Now you need to run to find it. When you do, there's only two enemies. By the time you find a third the time has run out, [b][i]if[/i][/b] you didn't miss once trying to kill the two people you found. GG's timer is already too short. Cutting it further seriously handicapped it.
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If it's rare too use the third shot, why are you upset about not having enough time to use the fourth. It isn't that rare to be able to use all three. I didn't have a problem with it while using my Hunter for Iron Banner. I regularly see Hunters in the games I play easily use all three shots and get three kills. Regular Golden Gun timer is 11.78 seconds.
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Yep, you're right.