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Edited by mrwazzabi:
2/14/2015 8:12:35 PM
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Pulse Rifle = Worst Primary?
I don't hear a lot about pulse rifles, Besides Red Death.
In my experience, it's the most awkward weapon to be consistently good with.
We always hear about autos, hand cannons and scout rifles, but not too much talk about pulse rifles.
Am I sensing a trend? Is it just me?
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Been a long time coming. The upcoming weapons patch, along with Bungie's stats clearly show that pulse rifles are the least favourite weapon and also most underpowered.
I've been kicking ass the oversoul edict. It's actually one of the exceptions. With the buff, this gun will rule the crucible and arc burn nightfalls
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390 replies!!!
I have 2 bad seed downs and a super pov vlo. Not feeling bad seed, although they have good perks. One has full auto, the other has headseeker. I wish i had one with both.
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Wow 45 replies!
My issue is the damage seems lower than scouy rifles overall, and missing with a pulse is more punishing than with a scout.
Scout rifles seem better than pulse rifles in every way.
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1 ReplyI used strange suspect for ages because it was the first legendary I got. Have it maxed and it worked well in iron banner on my 29 warlock (I didn't want to be that guy that only uses suros). It's also great in vog, for oracles and goblins and it hipfires well, although not advisable in pvp. Obviously there are better weapons but it's certainly usable.
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Edited by WTFisTrue: 11/30/2014 8:08:24 PMIt's a fun weapon but yeah it can be awkward to use. I have a Super Pox VLO with Glass Half Full(bottom half of the mag does bonus damage) and Reactive Reload(reloading after a kill grants bonus damage for a short time). Not a bad combo.
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1 ReplyPulse rifles are probably tied with scouts in 1st with hand cannons in 2nd and autos in 3rd in my opinion U just have to get used to them
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For me its easier to get kills with my red death rather than my suros or last word.
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I suck at aiming anything that requires a trigger pull each shot so I stray from pulse and scout except VoC and my pulse that has full auto and head seeker (which is perfect for me because of my bad aim!) the pulse (pox) is my favorite not because it's good, but becomes it's fun! Idk why though.
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I like my timepiece very much.
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My super pox vlo would like to humbly say, "you are bananas in a desert." Useless and prone to wtf responses. /s
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the thing that really gets me for pulse rifles is that their precision damage is a 1.5 multiplier, while auto rifles were nerfed from that amount down to a 1.25 multiplier. So the BONUS damage you get from a precision shot with a pulse rifle is double what you'd get with an auto rifle.
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Super pox vlo is my go to pulse in crucible lately, 2-3 shot kill
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3 RepliesI love my timepiece, the trouble with pulse rifles though is their abnormally high crit modifier. While that makes then good for regular mobs, when you come up against a minotaur or creature without a crit spot they are pretty much useless
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The raid pulse rifle isn't bad at all. Fires quick and is amazing for nightfall. If they buffed it to be on par with auto rifles and scottrifels I wouldn't mind. Pulse rifles are one of those guns that get ignored and fall behind other guns.
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My bad seed down with 42 in clip and full auto is a beast and it's not fully upgraded yet. I only play pve though.
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Negative. Bad seed down/strange suspect especially if you have a version with stablizer perk, headshots all day.
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My Strange Suspect is a headshot machine, not maxed all the way but crits from all 3 rds equals about 400+. Stability is great, range is decent, handling is the best on any gun I've used without perks it reloads almost instant. Interested to see how it compares to my other guns once upgraded fully. Mine has body shots increase precision damage, 42 rds with extra ammo, and fully auto. It's a fun fun. I use it for the critical shot bounties, on patrols, some strikes, played with it on the weekly on Devils Lair, effective but would rather my devil, universal remote, tlw, maxed Cryptic Dragon for higher and harder content. Just need a small damage buff to make them competitive with the others weapon types.
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2 RepliesI tried Bad Juju a couple days ago and it's a decent gun with the gunslinger's stability perk, Bungie should decrease the barrel climb and increase the impact a little bit and it'd be a good gun in my opinion.
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Agreed which is a shame considering burst weapons are my favorite guns on other games. If bad juju was good it would be my go to but sadly it's the worst weapon ever conceived lol
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Yep. Theyre terribad.
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I have some really nice pulse rifles. They aren't good
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Like the BR in Halo, it's great if a team uses them in a coordinated attack. Otherwise I feel like it's among the weakest of the primaries. I do love my Red Death tho.
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I feel they are in a weird spot. They are good weapons, but dont really have a good niche.
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Yep. Try using Bad JuJu and not hurling you controller through a wall
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11 RepliesI personally don't use them, but I view AR as the worst primary. I mean, spray and pray doesn't take a lot of skill, does it?
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I started with super pox as my primary since I got that as a legendary early on. It's fully maxed out and I always thought that it was missing something, like not enough power, or the burst rate was too slow. The one thing I like about it, if your aiming is good, head shots are easy. I just recently got a legendary auto from New Monarchy and I thought I would love the non-stop spray of bullets, but in all honesty, I missed my pulse rifle. I guess I got used to knowing I had to make each burst count instead of just sending a wall of bullets their way.
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2 RepliesI have strange suspect with full auto and bottom half ammo more damage. Should I upgrade it?
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if you know how to use them, Pulse Rifles can actually be very deadly and consistent at most Ranges. I personally own a Strange Suspect maxed out and it is excellent. next to no recoil, impeccable accuracy, and gets headshots every time. Red Death is arguably the best, with it's kill activated health regen, and some people still give the Bad Juju a chance, despite it's flaws. there are plenty of legendary Pulse rifles that are hidden gems, waiting to be given a chance. come on pulse users, make yourself known!
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Pulses rule. High impact, accuracy, stability and range. Combine that with a full auto perk you got a mega rifle. Get a super pox vlo with full auto. I got one. It rules.
