Someone had the idea of the different factions having their own exotic. The first idea that came to mind was an exotic sniper for Dead Orbit.
It acts similar to Prudence II and Eye of Sol in terms of impact and fire rate. The only snipers in existence with lower impact then this are the Subtle Nudge DN7 and 20/20 AMR7.
Perks:
1st row perk: Hidden Hand
2nd row perks: Field scout, Perfect Balance, Send It
3rd row perk: Dead Orbit (Bullets that miss have a 80% chance to return to ammo supply (not directly into the mag). In addition, head shots activate an effect similar to vortex grenade to spawn on the dead enemy, drawing others in and damaging them.)
Barrel:
Field Choke
CQB Ballistics
Aggressive Ballistics
Stats:
Element: Void
Rate of Fire: 40
Impact: 13
Range: 65
Stability: 40
Reload: 60
Mag Size: 4
Ammo (total bullets/without any ammo perks): 12
Aim Assistance: 80
Equip Speed: 70
Recoil Control: 60
Zoom: 40
Aesthetic:
It has the usual Dead Orbit weapon "skin" with black and white camouflage.
It uses the long range heavy target acquisition "Visiersys SLS20" scope but with lower zoom, 4.5x instead of 8.0x, to make it easier to use in medium range. On it are 4 translucent purple bars as a meter to tell you how much is in your mag. Similar to the meter on the Astral Horizon shotgun.
Grimoire:
Made by the curious weapon smiths of Dead Orbit who looked to the stars for hope but found only more death and decay.
After that, perhaps they just wanted to see the galaxy implode. The result is this masterpiece of a weapon.
"Isn't it… Funny? Together we look out and scope beyond to the stars. Yet, when we go down everyone else around gets pulled in with us. Just like the dying stars….. Morbid then, and perhaps a broken truth." - Unknown
Thoughts on Weapon:
A weapon that can be easily used in PvE or PvP with different advantages. While it can two body shot in PvP headshots are the preferable method of killing with this weapon as it has much higher target acquisition then most snipers. The "Dead Orbit" perk can be niche in PvP but doesn't feel like a wasted perk in the arena. In PvE you'll mainly want to be taking out the weaker enemies to make better use of the vortex grenade like effect that will suck nearby enemies in for more damage. The ability to get most of your "missed" shots back can be very useful in some situations as well like taking out oracles with minimum cost to ammo. To me it sounds like a Dead Orbit themed weapon that has its uses all throughout the game and has a unique perk that we haven't seen with any other gun.
What do you think? Is it an OP exotic? Balanced? Underpowered? Sound exotic?
EDITS:
Honorable mentions:
I want to thank [b]WarColonel[/b] for the name suggestion of 'Obital Decay' as I thought it was much better then the generic name 'Black Hole'
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Now this is a post that actually belongs in the feedback section. I'm so sick of people crying about the taken kings price they need to grow the -blam!- up
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Edited by lemonfishlegs: 6/18/2015 2:31:37 AMI myself am a dead orbit guy and I love this and I love how much work was put into this. This is awesome man!
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There's gotta be a perk or exotic shot for Dead Orbit where bullets can work like scatter grenades and follow an enemy.
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I like the nod in the description to the previous DO legendary, the Broken Truth LR-1.
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It sounds like something I would use.
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Planet Destiny proved in one of their videos (I think it came out yesterday) that Hidden Hand is wasted on Snipers. It does virtually nothing. Yours already has a high aim assist, so it doesn't need any more.
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Props to you for putting a load of effort into this. I love the gun and the idea.
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sounds cool, id like bungie to come up with more perks that make exotics more fun than the usual legendary. how about a rocket launcher that kills in immediate blast area and any splash damage blinds npcs for a time, or a scout rifle that has a secondary fire that can teleport you where you aim but with a 2-3 min cooldown. or a gun that makes enemies fight for you with a limit of 2 can be controlled at any one time. or a sidearm that can freeze enemies in place for 20 secs, we could make a whole thread devoted to this. its why i like last word the most, its got a great feel no legendary has.
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Hidden hand absolutely not. This perk literally does nothing even noticeable. Guns that have this make it harder to get head shots. With that said the vortex effect should be black in color. To be clear this is not an much to make me want it as a exotic. A legendary this is great idea but it needs more to be worthy of no regen on ammo or chance to refill magazine on performance.
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With a perk like that, this should be a heavy weapon sniper.
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Speaking of factions, are there any hidden weapons that you can get for ranking up or did they take them out?
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How about 'Orbital Decay', unless there's already an item with that name?
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Question. Why send it? Like its a sniper if anythin with your perk set up balance = gg
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#Bump this TO BUNGIEEE TAKEN KING HYPE
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Great idea but I'd have a bit more impact so it can sit along side icebreaker n patience and time.
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This is insanely detailed. But I really like it. Sounds good
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Black hole (ur mum)