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Edited by Daniel Rose:
10/9/2014 6:51:38 AM
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Iron Banner is an embarrassment
I love how much Iron Banner was hyped up and how DeeJ and all the other employees at Bungie advertised it as a game mode in which better armor and better weapons actually matter when in reality there is a difference so small in the level advantage that it's basically not even there. As a level 29-30 with full raid armor it takes me the same time to kill a level 6 as it does to kill a level 26. Multiple times I have been shut down by level 9 players with the shingen-c or level 19 players with the shingen-e at the same rate in which they'd shut me down in regular crucible. I tested this out by swapping out my Vanquisher for the BEGINNING AUTO RIFLE you pick up in the first mission and I managed to get second place easily. I further tried this out by deranking myself by wearing all blue armor instead of my usual all raid gear and exotics and what do you know, I was getting killed at the same rate as if I was still level 30 and killing at the same rate as if I had my Vanquisher or Monte Carlo. This is an embarrassment and a huge -blam!- you to us from Bungie.
PLEASE COMMENT IF YOU'VE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES!
No flaming, let's just discuss.
EDIT: My level 30 gear is in the vault at te moment, I'll be home at 5pm PST to put it on
EDIT: Armor is on my warlock 1433 defense
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2 Repliesi literally had no idea that weapon power applied in Iron Banner until tonight from the forums. first, it's a crappy idea, all it really does is give an advantage to players that are most likely better and more experienced for playing the game longer. they, in turn, are more likely to earn the rewards... it's like the rich getting richer and the poor getting nowhere. secondly, I am a level 24 using an auto rifle and sniper rifle and I hit a 3.5 KD earlier. The whole "pulse rifle and shotgun" only thing is mild nonsense. Yes, they are really friggin' strong, sometimes it can be frustrating getting one shot killed by a shotty, but all in all good strategy and play with a trusty auto rifle wins out and the top scorers in all my matches seem to use auto rifles primarily. Also I'm a Titan, which I've come to realise is potentially the worst class for the crucible as you don't have all the crazy stuff the Warlock has that seems to also have priority and you can't run around hacking everyone up as a Hunter.
