I actually really love this exotic, particularly for end game content using Well of Radiance, Phoenix Protocol, and Ember of Combustion.

Yours is the exact suggestion made by many on the forums when the bow first came out. Nothing came of it then and the bow is just one more on the long list of forgotten mediocre exotic weapons that are no better, and often worse, than legendary weapons with good rolls. The only thing this bow had going for it was the war-mind cells interaction, the 40% red bar dmg is not enough to make it useful over other weapons. Ultimately this exotic fails on any of the 3 criteria to see significant usage, it doesn't do anything special, it doesn't do huge dps or burst, and it doesn't have any subclass interaction. Maybe in a couple years they will update it and give it incandescent and make the ring bonus arrows stun unstops, or maybe something interesting... I'm not expecting much though.

I just wish the draw time wasn’t so long

I’d just say make the ring larger and last longer. The ring is just clunky and annoying to use because of how encounters are designed. Bungie rarely makes “shooting gallery” try encounters any more. Making it larger means you have more space to work with and can actually move a little while still gaining benefits.

Let’s be honest, hierarchy of needs is a poor man’s, even more complicated ticcu’s Divination. Ticcu’s is just overall better because everything H does, T does better. I don’t remember if H does more damage when fully ramped up or whatever, but all I know is this: T is waaaaay more fun to use. I’d give options how H could be reworked or buffed, but I don’t really don’t care about th now enough to try lmao

[quote]Just a thought, but what if they allowed the Guidance Ring to affect ALL bows shot through it, instead of only other Hierarchies. It would make the bow a lot more useful in certain teamplay scenarios, as somewhat of a damage support weapon, without being a "just give it more damage" kind of buff. As far as I know, most people consider the bow pretty useless at the moment, so I figure a buff like this might help it find more of a place in the game without just shoving more damage into it.[/quote] Its good rn just if anything make the option to pick up the ring so its infornt of you at all times and the option to place it