...one idea here - before the DLC i was really a weapon-scrub, didn't have solid arsenal so Elemental modifiers were the Hardest Nightfall part for me. what i ended up doing was i would have kept at least on Rare [blue] weapon of each elemental-type in my Special/Heavy slots (maxed out, it really doesnt cost too much) so that i have that extra edge in NFs
now, i might b completely mistaken here, in which case i'd like to ask the more informed ones to correct me, but from what i read on several game forums, the Elemental Burn modifier in Destiny is 300%. so if that really is so, and Blue weapon with relevant Elemental damage will easily outclass ANY Exotic that doesn't have it (again, only in Nightfall)
...if you want, test it and let us know the results
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it's true - you have to balance the weapons rating though - a 16 with elemental burn is about par for a non burn 20. It also gets complex because of impact etc. but in general go with the element. A good example is the conduit verses timepiece, they're pretty much the same gun minus the elemental damage. During the arc burn conduit does about 293 verses the 1023 I was getting on timepiece on the same thralls
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that would be correct. a rare (blue) weapon with arc is preferable to any legendary that isn't arc (with the exception of Icebreaker and Ghorn) i've got a rare blue sniper with arc burn that also has the "shoot any ammo to pick it up" perk. pretty sweet to be able to pick up ammo from 300 meters away