EDIT 2 : OKAY EVERYONE, CAPS LOCK TIME. SO ALMOST ALL MY UPDATES ARE HOW THE GUNSMITH WEAPONS ARE NOT THE ABSOLUTE BEST GUNS IN THE ENTIRE GAME. JUST FOR THE RECORD, I NEVER SAID THEY WERE. I HONESTLY MADE THIS POST BECAUSE ALL MY RAID FRIENDS THINK THE GUNSMITH IS USELESS OUTSIDE OF THE EXOTIC WEAPON BOUNTIES. BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE, AT ALL. I DECIDED TO RAID WITH UZUME, AND COMPLETELY TRASHED MOST OF THEM AT DPS. HONESTLY, THE ONLY PERSON WHO BEAT ME WAS MY BUDDY WITH THE 1000 YARD STARE. YES, BOTH ME AND MY BUDDY BEAT OUT THE BLACK SPINDLE IN OVERALL DPS. THE BLACK SPINDLE WILL *ALWAYS* BE NUMBER 1 DAMAGE PER SECOND..... IN THE SHORT RUN. THE BLACK SPINDLE WILL RUN OUT OF BULLETS SO DAMN FAST, AND THEN IT'S OVER. SWITCH TO A CRAPPIER DAMAGE PER SECOND ITEM. THE UZUME AND 1000 YARD STARE SIMPLY HAVE MORE BULLETS, THE UZUME HAVING MANY MORE BULLETS. OVER THE COURSE OF AN ENTIRE GOLGOROTH FIGHT, AN UZUME, AND POSSIBLY EVEN 1000 YARD STARE, WILL SIMPLY DO MORE DAMAGE OVERALL BECAUSE OF THIS. THIS THREAD WAS NEVER MEANT TO MAKE THE GUNSMITH SEEM LIKE THE BEST VENDOR IN THE GAME. IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A SNIPER WAR. IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A WAR OF ANY KIND. BUT SINCE I HAVE NO OTHER REPLIES LATELY OTHER THAN HOW THE GUNSMITH DOESN'T SELL THE BEST WEAPONS IN THE GAME, CAPS LOCK RAGE HAD TO COME OUT. THE FINAL WORD : The Gunsmith doesn't sell the best items in the game. But the weapons he does sell have an extremely high chance of being top tier items. Especially for legendaries. All I wanted to say was to not overlook him. Cause you'll be missing out. :) Cheers, comrades. EDIT 1 : Also, in case you are a TL;DR person, Banshee gives you AT LEAST 4 exotic quest lines for working with him. On top of AT LEAST 3 legendary quest lines. Guy has some good stuff, even OUTSIDE of his weekly arsenal. Tip 1 : Get as many of these weekly weapons as you can and max them out. Tip 2 : You get to select 2 or 3 different weapons each week, from EACH package, with different roles/stats/burns. Tip 3 : Do those weapon bounties, on all characters. That way you can always make sure to get all the weekly variations. Tip 4 : DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THESE PURPLE 280s. I just got the Uzume Sniper, with 5 rounds in the chamber, plus a Round Returning Critical. These mean that I can shoot Gorgoroth/Daughter/Oryx up to SEVEN times before switching/reloading. But what about Spindle? First off, if you miss a critical for any reason, you're done. It's over. Only 3 in the mag. Uzume has 5, and you can afford to miss halfway through and still get 6. Perfect is 7. Also, Uzume has insane rapid reload, and having a default 5 in the mag WITHOUT casket gives more Reserve Ammo. It also fires VERY fast, DPS is amazing, even if you take a small hit to Impact. Personally, Clip for Clip, the Uzume is now the strongest Sniper in the game. Reserve Ammo-to-Boss Damage, Probably Second behind a Perfect Magazine Spindle. But you gotta remember, that is the ONLY perk Spindle has over it, and you need to be PERFECT with them shots. Also, Uzume is Legendary. No sacrifice. And this is all about *ONE* of the weapons from the Gunsmith. Seriously, don't brush this guy off because he is a Vanilla Vendor from the tower that was once useless. I almost have 4600 Grimoire, I have all the obtainable fragments, do the raid 3 times a week or more, have Touch of Malice and Black Spindle; and I'm telling you, these Gunsmith Weeklies kick ass. #justsaying Have fun, Guardians.