Basic Questions Megathread

Sniper/recluse, hc/sniper, shotgun/hc. This is just from my experience playing QP and some comp. Meta seems about the same just with snipers now added to the mix.

Not Forgotten/shotgun, Ace of Spades/shotgun, and 390 rpm or 450 rpm pulse rifle/shotgun. A well rolled Erentil is good too.

The effectiveness of other 140/150 rpm hand cannons is limited by their recoil and bloom. Well rolled 180 rpm hand cannons are decent. The pulse rifle thing is more personal preference. Personally I like the 390 rpm pulse rifles more (Bygones/Last Perdition). Dream roll Bygones: Arrowhead brake, ricochet rounds, range masterwork, kill clip, and the last perk is unimportant. Dream roll Last Perdition: slo-21 post, range masterwork, accurized rounds, rangefinder, and zen moment.

Last Word/NF/Ace sniping is viable but not as strong as a shotgun loadout. Plenty of people do well sniping though, and it works better on bigger maps (duh). Recluse is a fun gun to use, but it’s not good in high level play. Its effective range is too similar to a shotgun’s for what its base time-to-kill is.

As for heavy weapons, your main options are Wardcliff Coil/Truth/Hammerhead/Max blast radius legendary rockets.

Technically yes, since I believe you get 120 glory every weekly reset but if you lose 1 of the three matches every week at least, this will delay it by a matter of weeks. You can definitely get it by this method but it's probably the most agonizing one at the same time

In all honesty I believe slova is the way to go unless you are in Clash. All other gamemodes in comp usually rely on teamwork and staying together so Nova warp with get shot down while you charge up your attack. The biggest utility of slova is it's tracking and ability to wipe an entire team in a matter of seconds which is perfect for teams that stick together

Unfortunately no unless using Izanagi's burden with 2 bullets consumed at least. Even though you can't 1-hit bodyshot, you can follow up with another weapon with quickdraw and finish them off with another body shot

If you have an aggressive playstyle, it's super viable once the MoA perk is activated. Without the perk though, it's worse than my preferred Trackless Waste SMG (IMO)

Quick google search resulted in a lovely reddit post :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/CruciblePlaybook/comments/9cs94k/opening_shot_in_depth_perk_guidereview/

Haven't given it a shot but wouldn't surprise me as Recluse is a regular/even sub-par SMG without the MoA buff active.

I am planning to try a moving target/ surrounded one

My clanmates disagree, but I hold strong that Stomps are the best exotic in the game, across all classes.

Thanks all the input, it’s seems like the choice is stompies or dragons shadow. I’ll have to try out both and see which benefits my play style the best

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Dragons shadow is good, but you need to invest into paragon mods. Stompies and frosties let you run 5 super mods.

Stompies personally. Could also say knucklehead radar.

Fr0st-EE5's or Dragons shadow as they both provide a buff for dodging which you do on a regular basis. Stompies are good too but the extra abilities from the others like dragons shadows quickdraw and reloading all weapons or fr0st's ability regen for just sprinting bring a lot of value in pvp on top of the movement speed they both provide.

I say Dragon's Shadow. I've used it all my way up to Fabled rank in comp, now I just can't put it down. The buff to movement speed and weapon handling is just insane.

I'm never taking off my stompees. I'd recommend trying dragons shadow and stompees then picking your favorite

Practicing in PvE. Strikes are still a warmup I use to this day, or going to the edz and just killing mobs.

In all honesty I believe the starting Earth region of Trostland is a good area if you just hunt fallen. If you practice sniping and scope on them they usually run/hide but will peek. This allows you to practice reaction time when someone comes out from cover

Look up your game on the bungie website and you have an option to report a player.

The Supremacy is a favorite. Low-zoom, Rapid-fire for quick double-bodies, solid handling and AA. Limited perk set makes getting a decent roll pretty easy.

You get it from Last Wish, but you can get it from the chest between Kalli and Shuro Chi, so you can get 3 chances at it a week for free without doing the raid at all. You can also open the chest between Shuro Chi and Morgeth by teleporting to Morgeth and sword-flying across the gap with a Titan.

The Long Shadow is another good option and doesn't require any raid completions. Although it's not a rapid fire frame, it makes up for it with a good combination of impact, range and aim assist

Erentil is arguably the best fusion rifle due to its impact and range and somewhat ease of controlling recoil. Your roll with under pressure is one of the three main perks to go for, but there are other perks that will make the fusion a monster. You could get a rangefinder roll if you want to map people but the charge time leaves you vulnerable to getting shot/flinched, completely ruining your shot if not used well. Personally I use an Erentil with under pressure and backup plan because if you swap to it from your primary, you can let off two shots in about 1.5 seconds and it doesn't affect range. I've gotten over 2k kills on mine and I just got back into Destiny a couple months ago, I couldn't recommend any roll more than backup plan

Super extending dawnblade is very good. Otherwise storm caller top tree. I’m actually weird and use bottom tree.

New blink hat is good for blink shotgunning lol.

AoS pros are range and having a 6 bullet, not times killed clip and it’s 13 mag. Cons are if you put the gun away you lose the memento mori buff. TLW pros are that it can melt shotguns up close, pairs with a sniper well, and is decent from a range on PC when tap firing. Cons are that it doesn’t come close to competing with ace from range. I think thorn is just inferior to AoS, but it can potentially two tap if picking up enough soul devours.

Lord of wolves is currently so good it’s broken. But for non exotics With the menagerie you can farm dust rock, but in general I’d say dust rock and mindbenders ambition, which can also be farmed this week are your best bet.

Catapult jump is probably the best for aggressive mobility

I would go with strafe for in-air mobility and overall "easier" to use. To go back to the ground faster, hit the jump button again once in the air and it should take you down (google can help here too).

Hunter has much better vertical spacing/jumps and titan/warlock are more horizontal/speed jumping although you can float high in the air easily on either but can make you an easier target floating in the air like that.

Strafe IMO, Where Hunters are vertically superior, Titans can utilize cover and be aggressive horizontally even without skating. Works well if you like to play aggressive with shoulder charges, shotguns, and other close range weapons.

both are great choices, range and stability on console and range for pc

Thay have so much range already that I would generally prioritize stability and handling.

yes

Freehand grip for play of the game you should almost never be adsing, shoot it while you’re in the air with the ground as a backdrop so you force an explosion regardless of a direct hit or not. Never ever ever ever ever ever shoot at a person without some sort of solid backdrop if you want consistency. Play outside the most outer range of a chaperone for maximum efficiency. I finished my quest in three days with the loadout nite of the Fox recluse and play of the game. Securing heavy is the name of the game here.

i too want to know this. currently sitting at 2018 glory points and wondering if the reset will push me into fabled, i skipped the last 2 seasons entirely so i need to get my recluse and MT.

Just checked and its 118

The weekly reset is +120 Glory if you've completed three matches, win or lose. Happens on Tuesday @ 10am PST.