Legend of Acrius, Vigilance Wing, Sun Shot, Riskrunner, Wardcliff Coil and even the occasional Sturm see fair use in the meta. It's just that MIDA is so easy for everybody to get.
I would say the MIDA is overtuned, especially on console where it's a lot more dominating, but I'm glad the rest of the exotics aren't used more than they are. Exotics shouldn't be the top tier, exotics should be very niche weapons that do one thing and do it very well. This is partly the problem with the MIDA, not only is it the easiest exotic to get, it's special ability is that it's very solid in almost every regard, since it isn't niche enough it's going to be hard for bungie to tweak it to the point where it still feels worthwhile but isn't OP.
Also, to be honest I'd say Acrius also is a problem (or would be), it's just so stupidly good on some maps, allowing on average 3 kills per ammo drop if you're averge (if you're good there's literally no reason you'd miss and sometimes you'll even get double or tripple kills in one shot). The only reason you don't see it more in the crucible is because there are so many who haven't done the raid enough to get it.
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I only see mida. You must be on PC , Where other guns than auto's/scouts are viable.
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I'm not saying I never see them or get killed by hard light occasionally. I get what your saying but if exotics are just supposed to be really niche weapons, i'm not sure why we have to be limited to using just one of them. I just miss Hawkmoon actually wrecking in PvP until they nerfed hand cannons into the garbage can
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Regarding hawkmoon btw... Imo it was op but there really are some strong handcannons in the game atm (at least on pc), you don’t even need to get lucky with an exotic to get to wreck with them. Better devils, dire promise, judgement, annual skate, old fashioned are all viable and i’d go so far as to claim that better devils probably is the overall best non-exotic kinetic weapon in the game.
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My friend plays on PC and uses hand cannons. I can't compete on ps4 with a hand cannon against uriel or antiop either not good enough or hand cannons aren't viable. i rarely rarely get killed by a hand cannon on console
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Played on ps4 until pc came out and yeah, not many hcs on ps4. I was worried balance would be worse on pc due to it being a port but tbh I would say there is more not less diversity on pc.
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Editado por Robin: 11/29/2017 2:45:09 PMTo avoid players being able to master too many niches at once I would expect. A simplified example but if you have the super specialized long range weapon, the super specialized short range weapon and a decent mid range weapon you’re not niche anymore but have all bases covered.
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Editado por Robin: 11/29/2017 2:50:07 PMAlso limiting the amount of gimicks one player can switch between makes it easier for opponents to anticipate what to expect. Just making sure that the core gameplay is the median/default rather than it being a constant mix of varying gimicks. It also makes it easier for the designers to make crazier exotics without some unanticipated synergy breaking the meta.
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Don't forget the sweet business, I've seen a lot of those.
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Used, yes. Succesfully? Ehm.. well.. ;)