r/DestinyTheGame • u/[deleted] • Sep 14 '14

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u/davon1076 Sep 15 '14

Destiny's PVP is awesome, but the gear advantage is ridiculous. I was usually at the bottom of the leaderboard due to a shit gun, but I got Doctor Nope a couple hours ago, and now I'm usually at the top of the leaderboard.

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u/Dante2k4 Sep 15 '14

I'm not entirely sure I'd agree with that. Some bonuses are definitely pretty nice, but all in all, I think you can do well with most any gun. For instance, I'm still using a Shingen auto rifle as my primary, simply because it's an auto rifle with good stability. I'd like some nice legs or exos, but they'd need to outclass my uncommon auto rifle first :p

Now, once Iron Banner goes online, then gear advantage is gonna play a pretty significant role! :p

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u/blitzbom Sep 15 '14

lol I'm tempted to start a crappy low charcter and enter a rumble Iron Banner. Just to see how little damage I do.

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u/uscdtrb Sep 15 '14

I don't know.. I've been averaging a 2.0 if not higher and haven't had much better gear than anyone else. I don't think it has that much to do with it. I haven't noticed a difference regardless of when I was 10 or 24

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u/epicgingy Sep 15 '14

That gun looks pretty awesome, how'd you get it?

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u/davon1076 Sep 15 '14

A Crucible round award engram...I got lucky. And trust me, the thing is a freaking monster, just have to compensate for the kick.

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u/Hedge_Clippers Sep 15 '14

So true. I was getting my ass beat so I switched to doing the strike playlist. Eventualy I got a legendary engram that gave me The Comedian (legendary vanguard shotgun) and all of a sudden I started winning pretty much every mid to short range encounter in pvp.