I've gotten a decent amount of new rare weapons from the ROC Strike playlist.
Some of them do have some pretty good perks too.
They max out at 294 however. BUT that is only 6 points away from an oldschool exotic or legendary.
My question to you, Guardians is: do you use these new rare weapons? Do you find them useful in strikes or even raids? Or do you just dismantle them?
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I got Gallows Cure, which is a new rare scout rifle. It fires faster than any non-auto scout rifle I've used, and packs a decent punch. I gave it to my alt-warlock who is 28, and haven't looked back. It lets me pump up a weapon to close to the old legendary 300 damage level [u]without[/u] using ascendant materials to upgrade it. That allows me to focus more on my legendaries/exotics for my main hunter. I guess if you have alts who can use them, they prevent a lot of issues that come up when you have 3 characters at raid level, all needing ascendant stuff to pump up their weapons. So, try one out before you break it down. I don't know if I'd raid with one, but strikes/patrols are okay.