Simply put, Hardlight is a pretty interesting weapon on-paper. As it stands in-practice, the screen shake is pretty absurd, and the way you swap elemental type with it is cumbersome and obtuse.
Compare that to the Borealis sniper that PS4 users have, where they simply have to hold square (I assume that's their reload button) to cycle the elemental type.
We know since the Borealis works as it does that it's possible to make weapons with this type of element swapping mechanic, so why does Hard Light get saddled with having to go through the menus. Even worse, Borealis can still swap elements in Prestige content, meanwhile Hard Light cannot swap elements in Prestige content since the element is a mod which is locked out once you're in a Prestige mission, etc.
I propose simply being able to hold your reload button/key to swap the elemental type of Hard Light the same way the Borealis functions, which would greatly improve its versatility and usability in all content, and even make it a viable choice during Prestige content.
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It would make nightfall SO much easier and it's more simple.
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While I do agree that that would make the Hard Light better, the Borealis is there for the reason of being able to change damage typing. Having the Hard Light do the same thing would make it worthless. So, in essence, you'd need to drastically change both in order to make one viable. I don't hate the Hard Light, I don't want the Borealis to be superior, I just want both to be viable and unique (as I feel all exotics should be).
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Unless screen shake is fixed the gun will always be worse then it should be
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And remove the stupid screen shake in pve
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2 RepliesThen you could change it in prestige mode on the fly. I disagree
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2 RepliesAgreed. And the dam screen shake needs to be GONE. Recoil is way to much.
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2 RepliesEdited by ABackSeatDriver: 11/8/2017 7:00:41 PMWow, anonymous. [spoiler]oops, fixed it[/spoiler]