Just a reminder asking people to please stop overusing Zhalo. In the last month of heroic strikes and nightfalls there's been Arc burn on five times. (3 heroic, 2 nightfalls) No doubt Zhalo has been [u]THE[/u] go-to primary weapon for these strikes. Unfortunately we are all playing into Bungie's evil plans to nerf the Zhalo by removing the arc burn from it. How you ask? Simple. By driving up the usage via high level content with Arc burn, Bungie and the sandbox team can now put out a graph next month saying Zhalo is overused and not the diverse primary choices they intended hence it needs a nerf and the burn removed. Don't fall into their games people! They already got your legendary burn primaries and now almost a full year later they're coming for the exotic one.
I know people will think I'm insane or been hanging out with Eris too long in the tower but I'm right people. Just look at some of the changes and nerfs they've made because a certain weapon or archetype is overused in the game. Autos, Pulses and Hand Cannons have all been nerfed due to overuse at some point. Shotguns? Nerfed several times. Snipers? Major ammo nerf due to overuse. Field Scout, Final Round, Counterbalance, Hammer Forged, etc...All nerfed because those were the only perks people were looking to use. Mida? Average weapon nerfed when it suddenly soared to popularity and became heavily overused in pvp. Gjallarhorn? Nerfed because it was virtually the only heavy weapon being used and idiots demanded you had it or you were blacklisted from raids and such. The nerfhammer is coming for Zhalo and its up to us to try and stop it.
Tldr: Stop overusing Zhalo or Bungie will nerf it because that's how they roll.
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While that's probably accurate, Zhalo even without the arc burn is probably the best primary in the game for PVE. That chain damage, super boost and refunded ammo is hard to beat.
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Edited by Ray: 7/5/2016 6:53:22 PMOr they could just give us elemental primaries back. That would make things more diverse But seriously. It's small arms and arc burn. Unless you don't have a Zhalo, you'd be a complete idiot not to use it
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I am going to assume this post is in jest. In which case, haha. Nice one.
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What's the point of having a useful weapon that you don't use? I play by a different policy. Use whatever is effective and change when bungie adjusts weapons values
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I love this gun, it's a beast in pvp too.
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Its Bungies fault we dont have elemental primaries. So we use Zhalo
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Nah. No one uses it that's why they keep giving arc burn to force the usage of the gun.
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Edited by PapaSubpar: 7/5/2016 6:06:59 PMNo they won't. They only nerf things that are over used in crucible. They never give two shits about what is being overused in PvE. Just look at Hung Jerry, Black Spindle/1k yrd stare, and Touch of Phallus.
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Ummm... you know that if they remove the burn all the perks would have to change.
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Well, if they really wanted diversity, they would give us elemental items. This could work multiple ways. Temp boost like rep boosters. Adds an element to a primary for 1 hour (time is irrelevant, could be 24 hours), one element and a new consumable overwrites the previous. Consumable cost 25 or 50 marks, maybe a new raid currency. Another option is to have an item like etheric light, obtainable from end game (raid, coe, trials, ib) it permanently adds an element or adds it until weekly reset. I have 62 ways from Sunday this could work from multiple angles... how about an elemental forge. Single use, permanent, cost 175 marks. Weapons can be forged once, 70 percent chance of kinetic, 10 percent each of the elements.
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Strangely enough this makes sense, they always do something to ramp up player usage just to nerf it later. Next patch I can guarantee they'll be a Zhalo and Grasp of Malok nerf. Like when they allowed us to farm Grasp and overuse Zhalo. I hate Bungie and thei obsession with stupid graphs literally no one but them care about.
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If Arc is removed the gun is pointless. Its dam Perk is for the Arc. So just remove the gun then. Or, add new Elementals.
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I wonder if BUNGIE just forgot about Zhalo this week when they did the reset. You know...the ONE year 2 elemental primary.
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No. Zhalo has literally one job and that's to be used during arc burn. That's the only time I use it
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Hey buddy take your foil hat off bro and enjoy some fresh air. I think you need it.
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I've been using Necrochasm in the weekly heroic playlist. Lots of fun
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I've been rolling Y1 arc primaries in the heroics - they are only 260 light activities and even with a 170 weapon equipped my light only drops to 315 - with arc burn (and especially when small arms was on) they are almost as good as they were in Y1 gotta do something with the Nechro - sat in the vault more than any other weapon...
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I am certain Bungie is well aware of the supercell whenever they have Arc Burn as a modifier. The gun wouldn't have elemental damage in the first place if this was a big deal.
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Umm no it's like year one all over again with omg tried to use my word of crota (void damage primary) in last week's strikes it was a peashooter only dropped my light level to 315 bungie if you can buff year 1 weapons damage out put or atleast let me be 315 and use a year 1 gun and do fine that would be awesome
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The Zhalo sits in my vault... unless Arc Burn. It has one job, and I think most people woule agree.
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Interesting...
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Zhalo is love Zhalo is life.
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Started reading and thought you were chatting shit but the more i read the conspiracy theorist in me awoke. As absurd as it sounds i wouldn't put it past bungie.
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No like ever used this gun. Maybe its a ploy by bungie to get people to use the zhalo
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I like the way it sounds though.