If you’ve performed Destiny 2 PvP this season, you’ve got virtually actually been lower down by Hard Light. And then once more. And once more. The Exotic auto rifle grew to become actual sturdy after buffs this season, and has been statistically the most-used gun in Crucible. It’s a recognisable drawback too, as a result of it spits vibrant lasers bouncing off partitions and throughout – not a refined gun. Thankfully, Bungie final evening tweaked this superweapon in somewhat hotfix patch. Initial reviews are that it’s nonetheless good, simply not monstrous. Nice.
All auto rifles bought large buffs this season, dragging them again from meta obscurity, and Hard Light bought additional assist as a result of Bungie eliminated the wild screenshake that had made it downright disagreeable to make use of. It’s been in a extremely good place: 600rpm auto rifles are usually nice proper now; Hard Light had no injury falloff over lengthy ranges; its pictures bounce off surfaces and even decide up additional injury after bouncing; and it’s steady when firing. Plus as an Exotic weapon, it drops with a hard and fast roll so gamers don’t must grind for a ‘god roll’ for full advantages, in contrast to another meta weapons. All of which signifies that Hard Light has lit up the Crucible like a homicide disco for the previous seven weeks. Bungie acknowledge it was a bit a lot.
With hotfix 2.8.1.1 final evening, Bungie gave Hard Light injury falloff (although with a flooring of 0.7x at max vary, quite than the usual 0.5x for autos), PvP ricochet bonus injury has been lower from 2x to 1.35x (in PvE it stayed the identical), and so they have eliminated an adjustment that made it extra steady than really meant. Despite all that, Hard Light nonetheless appears fairly deece. Famed PvP streamer “Drewsky” reckons it’s nonetheless value utilizing:
When Bungie first introduced the modifications on Tuesday, they explained that it’s principally due to gamers on mouse and keyboard, “since the ability to precisely aim regardless of range allows you to use the weapon at longer distances, on top of being able to use ricochets more effectively.” Well finished, us.
“Although weapons like the Fighting Lion can also do what Hard Light does for indirect fire, they are generally less effective during a direct confrontation,” Bungie continued. “Hard Light boasts a lot of great stats, and its impact grows with more players using it – eventually no cover is safe.”
Other 600rpms auto rifles have been actually common this season too, together with the Galliard-42 XN7568 present in Black Armory Forges, The Summoner from Trials rewards, and Suros Regime. Hard Light has been essentially the most recognisable drawback (what with the bouncing lasers and all) so it’s no shock it bought nerfed, although I do surprise if Bungie may later tweak the entire archetype. Maybe they may buff up some weaker weapons to return stare these down.
Oh, and a few excellent news for all gamers: the hotfix additionally squashed the bug which meant the Season Pass’s perks for degree 32 (pay for robots to clear Bunkers) and degree 92 (get to purchase a random roll of Rasputin’s day by day Seraph weapon) may solely be utilized by the character which initially hit that degree. Now all characters in your account can use these, as deliberate. The day by day Seraphs are a straightforward bonus likelihood for a superb’un, in order that’s good.
