Always on Time was the exotic sparrow from SoTP that can be bought from the kiosk for more than 200 Spoils of Conquest. As any proud and lucky owner knows, it is the fastest sparrow in the game despite the fact is is displayed as having a speed of 160.
Due to the high cost of this exotic, it has become apparent to me that it has crept into player use across all activities. This exotic has been too meta for far to long.
Frankly, I’m surprised Bungo hasn’t nerfed or buffed any other sparrows to compete with AoT. It has been dominant in the sparrow meta for at least two years, and I’m tired of it. I wanna use the Micro-Mini sparrow on my titan. If I do, I feel that I’ve put myself at a disadvantage.
There is one specific instance that comes to mind of this, the mine race in Grasp of Avarice. In master mode, it was practically mandatory to survive. Of the three people in my fireteam, two of us had AoT and the other one had another Exotic sparrow. You know who made it to the end? The other teammate that had AoT. Why? It’s exotic perk Stealth Tuning greatly increases your survivability by decreasing your chances of aggravating enemies.
This is one very recent instance, but it’s not the first. This is the same problem in the opening area of the Devil’s Layer, “Rainbow Road” section in Prophecy, and any other Master or GM nightfall where you can use a sparrow.
I know what you’re thinking, “You have to be either stupid or that whiny!” Or “I bet you supported D2Y1 PvP!” And my personal favorites “Skill issue” and “Bungo needs to fix trials rather than fix one cosmetic.” No I’m not whiny, no I did not support D2Y1 PvP, but yes I’m not that good at Mario Cart. However, this is something bungo does need to fix.
Cosmetic items affecting core gameplay and Bungo’s monetary system has happened in the past with the taunt emote in D1 and the pre-nerf Leviathan ghost shell have done so, respectively. So, it’s not out of the picture for Bungo to fix AoT.
My proposal:
have all sparrows come with Stealth Tuning intrinsically and make them as fast as AoT
Or
Nerf AoT to be in line as other exotic sparrows and make Stealth Tuning intrinsically on all sparrows
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Two words: Micro Mini. Gotta love it. 😏
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The brooms are just as fast. Use one of them. But yes, the 160 designation isn't accurate. There are sparrows in the game that are faster than other 160s.
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1 ReplyYes, please nerf the raid exotic that you got from doing a special challenge, and then it was still RNG. Having a sparrow slightly faster than the others is just so unbalanced in so many situations. If you nerf the special one down to the same level as all the others, what's even the point? The only other sparrow(s) that I think could be buffed up to Always On Time are the trials sparrows, because you actually have to work for them (but even then it's terrible rng from flawless chest).
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This can't be real We are actually asking for a -blam!- sparrow nerf
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I have 2 things to say first power creep is just a problem if your to lezy or unwiiing to work to get what you want so your friends get it and you do not seeing who can get more power first is fun we have seen what happens if you start kicking off about power creep bungie sunset over 200 guns and hied band people who had ben going on about power creep without srl ho can fast sparrows be a problem every one can get thet riad sparrow so if your just useing it in pve and every one can get it How can you get power creep form it ? 2d i think it wood have ben better to have stuff form volted riads and content go in rng loot drops then let people buy them more fun and wood let people who cant solo for exotics still get exotic
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We are now asking for sparrow nerfs? This community never ceases to amaze me.
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How about No, how about not crying about it and go get it.
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Or stop feeling entitled and get it yourself if you want one….like you are supposed to do….
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Sparrows are good for one thing. Going from point A to point B and AoT just happens to get there faster. I personally don’t care what my sparrow looks like but if it allows me to do what I want to do quicker, you bet I’m going to use the more efficient one
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[quote]Always on Time was the exotic sparrow from SoTP that can be bought from the kiosk for more than 200 Spoils of Conquest. As any proud and lucky owner knows, it is the fastest sparrow in the game despite the fact is is displayed as having a speed of 160. Due to the high cost of this exotic, it has become apparent to me that it has crept into player use across all activities. This exotic has been too meta for far to long. Frankly, I’m surprised Bungo hasn’t nerfed or buffed any other sparrows to compete with AoT. It has been dominant in the sparrow meta for at least two years, and I’m tired of it. I wanna use the Micro-Mini sparrow on my titan. If I do, I feel that I’ve put myself at a disadvantage. There is one specific instance that comes to mind of this, the mine race in Grasp of Avarice. In master mode, it was practically mandatory to survive. Of the three people in my fireteam, two of us had AoT and the other one had another Exotic sparrow. You know who made it to the end? The other teammate that had AoT. Why? It’s exotic perk Stealth Tuning greatly increases your survivability by decreasing your chances of aggravating enemies. This is one very recent instance, but it’s not the first. This is the same problem in the opening area of the Devil’s Layer, “Rainbow Road” section in Prophecy, and any other Master or GM nightfall where you can use a sparrow. I know what you’re thinking, “You have to be either stupid or that whiny!” Or “I bet you supported D2Y1 PvP!” And my personal favorites “Skill issue” and “Bungo needs to fix trials rather than fix one cosmetic.” No I’m not whiny, no I did not support D2Y1 PvP, but yes I’m not that good at Mario Cart. However, this is something bungo does need to fix. Cosmetic items affecting core gameplay and Bungo’s monetary system has happened in the past with the taunt emote in D1 and the pre-nerf Leviathan ghost shell have done so, respectively. So, it’s not out of the picture for Bungo to fix AoT. My proposal: have all sparrows come with Stealth Tuning intrinsically and make them as fast as AoT Or Nerf AoT to be in line as other exotic sparrows and make Stealth Tuning intrinsically on all sparrows[/quote] They don't need to nerf it, they need to make all exotics sparrows have this option and speed them all up to 170 as well. It's stupid we gotta ride that one.
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Well, you see, AoT isn't like other Sparrows as it wasn't from Eververse. So it having a Special Mod.....I like that. If you have the Void SoH Sparrow, it also has that Mod.
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If you have AoT, give all Sparrows AoT stats. If you don't, you have something to aspire to
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Just buff them all to AoT; like-wise we now have the problem of Eager Edge being even better than any mobility option we’ve ever seen, which will be interesting to see how Bungie handles.