"A Reef scout hunts for years―fighting piracy and ancient traps―to crack one cache and claim the weapons within." [b]-Summary-[/b] Not to be confused with the 347 Vesta Dynasty, an Exotic Scout Rifle holding the exact same weapon description when it was datamined, the Vestian Dynasty is a new weapon type entirely. It's part of the Sidearm category which is a new Special weapon type, and it is currently unknown whether it'll be the only one in it or if a whole ton of Sidearms were added to the game alongside it. Current speculation is that the Vestian Dynasty will be obtained from finishing The House of Wolves Story content, similar to how we received the Murmur when finishing The Dark Below's story. This is supported by the weapon having a perk in the 'Persistent Perk" category under Arc Burn, giving it a unique feature over other weapons of its type. [b]-Investigations of the weapon itself-[/b] Through taking apart the perks of the weapon it had equipped at the time, I've figured out the general base stats of the weapon with the default barrel and no modifiers. They are as followed: Rate of Fire: 100 Impact: 4 Range: ~35 Stability: ~75 Reload: ~96 Magazine Size: 15 Now that we have those stats, we'll go into the barrels, perks, and enhancement upgrades the Vestian Dynasty has. Persistent Perks: Arc Damage, Performance Bonus Barrel Upgrades: Smooth Ballistics, Accurized Ballistics, Field Choke Perk 1: Fallen Disruptor(?), Shank Burn(?) Enhancement Upgrades: Snapshot, Fitted Stock, Speed Reload Perk 2: Reactive Reload [b]-The Sidearm class as a whole and final thoughts-[/b] One thing that I've been asking myself is "Will the Sidearm weapon class break the game?" but to know that, we'd need to know each archetype of Sidearm that Bungie is going to introduce, if any. At the least I wanted to figure out the Precision Damage modifier of Sidearms in PvE and PvP to see how rewarding it is to land them. I checked back to Bungie's stream to find a point where Matt lands a body shot and precision shot on the same enemy during the time he's using it, which in this case was on a Chosen Knight. Body damage was 1120, and the precision damage was 2798. I divided 2798 by 1120 and ended up with, after rounding a bit, a precision damage multiplier of 2.5x in PvE for the Sidearm class. In regards to the Crucible, the precision damage is normally cut in half so it'd be 1.25x over there. Aside from sounding weak, I'm certain it won't be. During the reveal it was doing 101 more damage than Fang of Ir Yut was during the Arc burn segment to the body, so we at least know for certain it is indeed stronger than Scout Rifles in its respective range when dealing body damage, but will be weaker overall as it has a lower precision damage multiplier. (2.50x VS 3.00x) As for me? I'm extremely excited for the addition of a new weapon type, which appears to have a ridiculous DPS based on estimations so far. What are your guys' thoughts on this weapon and the addition of a new weapon class as a whole? Leave your thoughts in the comments below and have a great day!