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Edited by Bigfish5028560: 8/28/2020 2:22:29 AM
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Fighting Lion Needs a Buff!

I've used this exotic light grenade launcher enough to know that it's basically an inferior truth teller that is really only distinguished by its use of primary ammo. In crucible you can hit someone directly at point blank range and it still won't kill them. It needs either a damage buff and/or have some proximity detection grenades. Really the only reason most people pick this exotic up nowadays is to try to get grenade launcher kills for mountaintop. P.S. People apparently get triggered when I suggest buffing a grenade launcher, so let me make a few points very clear. This weapon is an Exotic, IT SHOULD FEEL POWERFUL. I'm not suggesting turning it into a moutaintop clone (mountaintop stands out for a reason, one of which being that it travels very fast in a straight line unlike any other grenade launcher). Right now in order to reap the full benefit of this weapon's "weakening" capacities you have to get a direct hit which on a bouncing grenade (which by the way shouldn't even be considered an exotic perk as other grenade launchers like truthteller do the exact same thing) is pretty difficult to do, especially in PVP. In my own experience a truthteller with disruption break can weaken targets much more reliably, which considering that truthteller is a legendary is sad. So in the end we have a weapon that is supposed to be exotic that basically does what a legendary weapon can do just as good and has to be assisted by a primary or heavy to really do any efficient killing. Mountaintop is going to be sunsetted soon and while many people including myself will be relieved to see it go it does leave handheld grenade launchers as a weapon type in an awkward situation. That's why the fighting lion should be given some more love so that it can pick up where mountaintop left off, albeit in a less overpowering way. People shouldn't let their feelings for mountaintop get in the way.

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  • Edited by Swiftlock: 8/28/2020 2:02:38 AM
    You're using it wrong. It's not a Mountaintop. Read what the catalyst does. It's a weapon for combos. Damage an enemy with FL and then quickly switch to another gun to finish off your target.

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  • It's not [i]meant[/i] for killing. If you actually read the perks, it's meant to soften targets so you can kill them faster; shoot and switch. It was definitely better in year 1 with double primaries, but it can still wreck once you get the hang of it.

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    • You just don't understand the purpose of the weapon, its not supposed to direct kill. Its supposed to be used in a way that you switch to finish the kill and it reloads.

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      • A Non-Precision weapon that simultaneously has no Charge Time and High Range has no business one-shoting people.... hence why Mountaintop is such a big problem atm.

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        • Edited by Sweet Lew 88: 8/28/2020 1:26:46 AM
          If it was meant to one shot guardians, or do more damage in PVE, they would probably make it use green ammo instead. It's meant to prime enemies so you can finish them off with your other gun.

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        • Lol no FL is top tier

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        • No its fine the way it is lets not touch it.

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        • Absolutly not

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        • You don’t know what you’re talking about.

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        • Fighting Lion carried me to Legend 2 out of the 3 seasons I needed for Unbroken. I'd personally consider it an S tier Exotic. The gun isn't bad, you just aren't utilising it properly.

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        • The gun is fine. That gun hasn’t left my pvp loadout in years. Carried me to 4000 solo, FL and supremacy/botf. Use it right. It’s a primary ammo nade. If it could onehit, it’d be broken. I’ve mastered the gun. I can hit someone with a snipe and then bounce a Lion across the map and kill them behind cover. I can Lion then instantly clean up with the snipe at the same time as I remote det the FL. Learn to use the gun, and you’ll go far. Try to get it a buff so everyone can use it, and you’ll have another mountaintop problem.

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        • The fighting lion is designed to be a primer, to strip enemy shields and leave them ready for an easy clean-up. It’s got a high skill ceiling and deep ammo reserves making it borderline obnoxious to play against in the right hands.

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          • Tbh it’s a grenade launcher that uses primary ammo and can demolish groups of adds, in pvp you can spam the hell out of it. I personally think the only thing that needs changed is the blast radius, the blasts seem smaller than it used to be, or I could be going crazy and blind.

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