So I've always been a hunter looking for the best scout rifle in the game. The obvious choice, which I stumbled upon after VOG raid completion, was the Vision of Confluence. Even the name makes you feel smart. But lately I've been gifted, very luckily, with a wide variety of new, DLC scout rifles. The Badger, NitC (which, for those that don't know, is Nail in the Coffin), and B-line Trauma. And I must say they are all good. The NitC is good all around, and with your perks, can be even better. It'll get you through battle the way most scout rifles usually do: at a distance and with time for precision shots. The Badger, the heavy hitting, slow firing rifle, is definitely for use at range. But the B-Line Trauma, is where the magic begins...
It is probably the fastest firing scout in the game. It trumps VOC in ROF, and now damage, I presume. It has excellent handling, and I would go as far as to call it the best VOC replacement around (VOC 2.0). It...just shoots so fast and you'll kill quickly in the crucible with a few headshots. I mean, this rifle is either equal or faster firing than MIDA, probably faster, and its damage is on par with its fellow scout rifles. Given, VOC will always have a place in my heart, there will have to be a replacement, unless they can buff VOC, which I pray they find the heart to do.
I think the crucible sells it, and if you want a good scout rifle that can perform in ways faster than ever before, try out B-Line Trauma.
(Edit: Please do comment if you have a scout rifle that's dear to your heart. I love to hear about them. Also what perks you look for or have that make your scout's good/loveable.)
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Edit 2: Wow, thanks everyone for their comments! I love that there are so many that love scout rifles so much. Sorry if I skipped your beloved one, I was just trying to show my new favorites. I'll check out your guy's guns and see if I find something interesting. Thanks again!
Edit 3: I forgot to mention my B-Line is random rolled, not from crucible. Its got grenadier and Luck in the chamber, with some decent middle tier perks. The crucible one is meh, so be wary. And Mida is hands down a great exotic scout, but being exotic its entitled to be a bit more fine tuned than the legendaries. The poll is geared towards legendaries, as MIDA has a monopoly over the exotic scout rifles.
Edit 4: Thanks for all comments. After looking through them I've enjoyed seeing everyone's opinions and picks. I guess its made me rethink some things. B-Line does trade impact for fire rate, but its really a good kicker. The Rapier that the crucible sells is a monster right out the box with its perks, and B-Line sadly settles for Mulligan and idk what the other one was. The one from IB, Gheleons Demise, is considered good by most of you, and the vanguard NitC, Badger, and old A1 have earned thumbs up from most of you. MIDA reigns king of exotic scouts, as it is the only one. Long live scout rifles and the brave humans, exos, and awoken that stand behind them. Bring on the comments!!
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2 days in and more of you responded than I ever thought would. Thank you all for making this community great, and long live scout rifles!!![/b]
[b]Over a thousand, no, over 2000, NOOOO, OVER 3000!!! votes for Vision of Confluence as people's most favored scout rifle! The love for that gun ain't dead yet![/b]
[b]Well over 5,500 votes and 750+ comments/replies!!!??? Thanks so much you handsome scout rifle community! This conversation has changed the way I look at this community and I hope you've enjoyed the discussion. Keep it up, cause I aim to be your expert authority over anything scout rifle related. Have a great week guardians. Amen.[/b]
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I never thought something would pull me away from my Shadow Price - especially a scout rifle. That said, I've been running with Another NitC since getting it via a legendary engram. I was doubly lucky, too. I have Firefly rounds in my unlock tree for it. It's so satisfying to get multikills in PvE (one shot to a head, explosion and any bad guys close enough blow up, too).
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I have gotten both the badger and the bline off of drop and wondering witch is better
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My scout rifle > yours
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Gheleons demise from Iron Banner puts all other scouts to shame when it comes to power.
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I love Gheleon's Demise w firefly
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Edited by Yohansen: 12/29/2014 9:10:58 PMI got a B-line with zen movement, explosive rounds and firefly and I think I'm in love. My favorite primary to date.
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The NM Crusader my favourite although I don't have the post-DLC version. Currently using B-Line which is nice and pretty much identical to VOC excluding solar damage
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I'm using the new future warcult I got with send it. Love VoC but fully leveled my new one does more dps. That being said any of the new weapons rolled from drop with firefly (seen many) will trump VoC. Out of the box tho unless you got a "new" midus VoC reigns king.
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I got myself a B-Line Trauma from a Vanguard ROC Engram. I only have Outlaw on it as of right now, but I love it. It's a lot of fun to use, and is really good too!
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I think it's about time i bring this to attention. There is a scout rifle that you can get......and its shoots faster than the VOC its unequiped on my warlock. Lets keep this to our selves, shall we?
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I've got a dlc blue one with explode rounds and it's just good fun. Wrecks shields and gives me an idea of how the fatebringer guys must feel lol
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Crypt dweller Explosive rounds and firefly. It's not equipped, but a backup right now on my warlock.. Love it tho.
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No one seems to be talkin about the satteriene rapier(however it's spelled). Headshots cause explosions and increase reload speed. It's clip isn't amazing, but I love it
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Crypt dweller 2.0
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Picked up badger ccl with precision reload and firefly. Explosive rounds as a perk. Wipes out groups of thralls in one shot.
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Badgers Clip size is terrible I still dig voc but I want to reset/buy the new media. I've the 1.0 right now
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I actually got Another nitc from the cryptarch and it has the firefly perk (head shots=boom boom). I am in love with it
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The scout rifle I have equipped is pretty good! Fires explosive rounds and has the third eye perk.
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Surprised no one's mentioned Aries Nemesis X4 yet, underrated rifle I guess. 3 shots people in pvp, can two crit goblins in vog. Strong pre-dlc rifle, small-ish mag, will need armor to complement it with faster reloads. Looking for a good post-dlc rifle to replace it
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Mida 2.0 and badger ccl
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Got the A1 2nd week into the game and only switched it 2 months after for VoC A1 is just a beautiful gun, with firefly and extra accuracy when crouched
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I got b-line from an engram and love the thing. Mine rolled precision shots increase reload and missed shots return to the magazine.
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B-Line Trauma + firefly + Crota raid = easy thrall kills
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Still need a new scout rifle. Still just have vision
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im thinking of buying the NITC from vanguard instead of a chestpiece to get to lvl 31. making my alt char my main so i wont be able to buy another for awhile. i am falling in love with scout rifles though so i really want to grab one.
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Got a B-line from a legendary engram that had the firefly perk on it. Not the highest impact but shoots fast and has decent size clip.