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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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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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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I'd agree. If they shot as smooth as scout rifles, and didn't have a horrible bullet spread at range, they'd be more than worth shooting. But currently, they suck.
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As a whole, possibly But Red Death is the teets
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Lol i did the daily today twice solo with nog upgraded bad juju and you know i did well with it nothing bad about them timepiece i maxed also capable of playing all content so i would say no its legit maybe small buff thats it
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Edited by intertonberry: 11/28/2014 5:59:17 PMI loved the stranger's rifle. Since then I've been underwhelmed with every other pr I've tried. Mostly bad juju. But now I have praedyth's timepiece so I'm glowing to see what that's like.
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I've had success with every pulse rifle I've owned both PvE and PvP. People just don't know how to use them and force every engagement...
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My conduit is a beast. It's fully auto with the second half extra damage perk.
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You should try preadyths timepiece
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Strangers rifle is damn good.
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They're underpowered, should be getting a buff, though
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Edited by BRO WHERE IS MY TEAM: 11/28/2014 5:47:58 PMYa know, the timepiece (raid scout rifle) is not bad at all. Its great in the crucible its and surprisingly strong in PvE. But all the other pulse rifles, I really can't speak for them lol.
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Edited by LONE RONIN2012: 11/28/2014 5:46:32 PMNot always. They are good in PvE, and those two maps in PvP that actually have open space. I use Strange Suspect a lot in PvE, as a balance between an AR and a SR.
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they're a decent multirole weapon. There're more work than an auto rifle and carry less shots on average than a scout. They can be highly effective if used right. I played most of the game with them as it took over 100 hours for me to get a decent autorifle. As a rule they are more of a hold out weapon, because they blow in cqc and need to be reloaded constantly. That said, most of the high end ones have little to no recoil and are super accurate. Time piece is a monster, and a common mod on many of them is increased accuracy after body hits - ie some pulse rifles pull the aim in for the head shot
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I hated pulse rifles until I got the timepiece, mostly use hand cannons. However I did pretty well in a crucible match with an non-upgraded timepiece last night and am surprised more people don't talk about it.
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They are a middle range weapon, a middle child of the rifles if you will do techincally they could cover the most range but I find that the bullet for bullet burst kick is too high on most rifles when compared to other burst action rifles in other games, though they are fun ^^
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I like them. I have a legendary that has a magazine of like 42 and that is awesome. But ya, don't hear about them that much.
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I've seen a few in pvp, maybe one in PVE and I really want to like bad juju (I maxed it out hoping the buff makes is "good" juju).
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not bad guns, but not amazing either, most people that like burst guns will use auto rifles and burst fire them or will make the switch to scout rifles.
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H8 em
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I never bother with them in pve. In pvp I use them sometimes. Though very rarely. They're not horrible I just don't like the feel of them compared to hand cannons and scouts
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The peadyths timepiece is sweet cause it has arc damage. Only to get in hard raid
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I loved my super pox with grenadier for PVE but I never use a pulse rifle in the crucible