Hard Light takes skill.
SUROS does not
Hard Light is hard to use.
Fusion rifles are not
Hard Light has a ricochet perk.
Most guns do not
Hard light has a perk called "Glass Half Full" and you all know that already. Hard Light has an... Okay impact, strange stability, understandable range and a fast reload. But there's something about Hard Light...
It's a pro's go to. If someone has this many setbacks, but can dominate, that says something. Also, the way Hard Light has this many setbacks is what makes it an Exotic.
Many people misunderstand the word "Exotic"
Exotic means strangely vague or different in [a] way(s)
The fact that Hard Light is so challenging to use is what invigorates me to use it as much as possible.
I'm a Souls series player
The games Demon's Souls and Dark Souls series are renounced to be imperatively difficult. Many players love the satisfaction of overcoming these games and the obstacles they construct.
This can be mirrored to Hard Light. Hard Light sets many obstacles .and in which, all those obstacles have a pair of options
Option A) Live.
Or
Option B) DIE.
Any Souls player understands that both options are valid, and embrace both options
See, as a Hard Light user, I have noticed that the gun fits all the pros of EACH playstyle.
Hand Cannons use Hard Light because you need to have a fast pace to kill
Campers use Hard Light because it's modest and doesn't require much
Marksmen use it because it has a perk that increases stability greatly.
You see, Hard Light relies on the player, not the other way around. Hard Light is a challenge that we players either conquer or falter to. Hard Light users are the ones who had the courage to survive alongside a demon.
Edit 1: It seems a bizarre few know how to survive the demon...
Edit 2: They fail to understand that only pros can use it... And that if a buff comes, they'll whine about it and it'll get nerf'd... But that wouldn't bother me, I go ham with that jam.
Edit 3: Hard Light looks and sounds beastly.
Edit 4: people think I'm some MLG420BLAZEITSCOPEESALLDAAAAYYYY
But no, everyone should probably know that I'm not defending Hard Light because it was my first exotic, or that it's hard to use (if you hate me for defending it's difficulty to use, then I would assume you use SUROS.) I'm defending Hard Light because I love every gun in the game, but Hard Light is takin up too much hate, so I wanted to defend it.
If you read the post's title, I'm asking why people hate it so much instead of the title being "argmahgarsh, get hard lite, if u dont u r scrub"
What I found out was that almost everyone misunderstands the term "exotic" and that every hardship everyone faces with this gun, I'm able to surpass.
Like Bad Juju, it was easy to tame if you got String of Curses.
Then I find people who say it just sucks
(But we Hard Light users know the truth)
Edit 5: It seems that everyone on the forums don't know the word 'exotic' and seem to think that because I understand that Hard Light needs a good player, people think that I think Hard Light is an amazing gun. I already talked about this earlier in the post. You people need to stop being so lazy, and [i]read[/i]
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As a souls player......ANY option is valid.
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It needs arc damage It would make sense
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I use Hard Light in the PvE all the time. It just doesn't work in the PvP that well.
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You just answered your own question in the first 4 sentences
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When I unleash my maxed out hardlight on anything, I thus declare that "all infront shall go through the meatgrinder" Damn thing tears shit up.
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Hey Ashen :D Anyway I want to use hard light but can't get it for the life me.
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I love it and use it a lot... and I went through most my IB games using it and came out in the top 3.
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Why is this post so long?
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Silly argument is silly, if you want a challenge/handicap use a normal rarity assault rifle instead.
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Not to mention it over penetrates which is so fun to clear out hive
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It doesn't have enough impact to be a viable PvP weapon. Also the bright bullets make it harder to see your target. It needs a wider scope to compensate for this before it would be useful in PvP.
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The gun is an smg not an auto rifle, even though it's in that category. Use it as an smg and it'll do wonders.
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Edited by Apex of War: 11/25/2014 6:34:28 AMIt's a close range auto rifle because its recoil is absolutely awful. Unfortunately, fusion rifles and shotguns are also close range and are significantly better.
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It's okay, but I'll stick with my hand cannons :)
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I just got it today. I like the feel of it but man, this gun NEEDS Perfect Balance. Can't kill 1 person in the crucible because my bullets are doing their best to hit anything that isn't a guardian -_-
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I use it as a play around gun. Its not top tier to me n my playstyle
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Had it for a while, used the hell out of it, still love it, but don't use it anymore. So many guns so little time.
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One word: recoil
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It was my first exotic, maxed it out and loved it. Until I got suros. I have it locked away, collecting dust. I really hope that with the whole update thing coming out, it'll improve.
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I really hope Xur sells Hard Light this week. I've been dying to get my hands on that gun.
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if i could get hard light…. just one…. it make the game feel so much more fun. only because and i feel like I'm over using this, but RNG hates my -blam!-ing guts like my ex's…..
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I want hard light, I'm tired of suros . Can't wait for the necromancer . But i got vex last night and i actually like it
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I love my hard light, can't wait to upgrade it all the way
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Tryin to max mine out now but it's a really fun gun
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Hard light sucks