I know you're all getting ready to write a reply about what an idiot I am for asking for a buff to the best PvE exotic evar. Some of you i'm sure didn't even wait to read the post before making it. But i'm not talking about the damage. I'm talking about Celestial Nighthawk's secondary effect, one that many people probably didn't even realize it has. Enemies killed by it explode.
The D1 perk Combustion was basically added to Nighthawk as an intrinsic ability. However the explosion is small and pitiful. Barely even registers. Hell, you might see it happen and not even notice it. If it's going to make enemies explode it should do it right. The explosion needs a massive range boost. More similar to the explosion from [url=https://youtu.be/WVo378g1LJ4]Zen Meteor[/url]. When something is killed by Nighthawk you should instantly know that was a Nighthawk. You should be able to kill a major/elite and explode all his little buddies crowding around them. This makes Celestial Nighthawk a much more viable pick outside of just boss fights.
Some might be saying that Celestial Nighthawk is supposed to be designed for single target damage and thus giving it massive AoE to get multikills is not how it's meant to be used. In response to that I have another idea. If Bungie doesn't want it to be majorly explosive then they should simply do away with the explosion effect entirely and give it back its ability to pierce. But unlike D1's Keyhole, not just pierce enemies, pierce everything. Enemies, allies, barriers, even the geometry itself. Titan popped a barricade in PvP? Nope, blast right trough it. Now they're inside a Ward of Dawn? Nope, I can still hit you. "What?! That's totally OP. Not only is GG an instant kill, but now you want it to kill me even behind cover from across the map?" Yes you may be thinking that sounds OP in PvP, but consider this. Using Celestial Nighthawk means you're sacrificing your ability to kill multiple enemies. You're devoting your entire super to kill just one enemy. But nothing can stop you from getting that kill. In very rare cases you may line up the perfect shot to get that epic 2 for 1, but it's almost always going to be limited to just one kill. Also remember that even if GG is able to pierce through everything is doesn't have infinite range. In order to kill you the user must still be close enough to deal fatal damage [i]and[/i] know your exact position without being able to see you.
Anyone worried about this breaking PvE encounters where bosses use barriers, they can just be placed in an Immunity state.
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Edited by ElectroHail: 5/1/2018 11:25:58 PMThe shot should have a unique, powerful sound as well
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Bungie have already said that exotic armour is getting a full sandbox change (just like the weapons are on the 8th) sometime this summer, Until then the Nighthawk is fine as it is there for one thing which it does very well....... Massive damage to ONE large target.
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Most likely afraid to boost the radius for PvP reasons.
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*Travels Down memory lane to a few weeks ago* Nightstalker: Alright! Orbs up! Eat and shoot! 4 nighthawks: Hell yeah! Let’s get Argos team! *Two cycles later* Argos: REEEEEEEEEEEE-ACK! [spoiler]Nah. All it needs is to generate more orbs of light with the bottom skill tree [/spoiler]
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I WANT A COOL ORNAMENT FOR MY CELESTIAL!!!!
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...Oh dear.... By this logic slowvabomb should slowly move around the battlefield swallowing guardians in it's path and chasing them down. It shouldn't explode until everyone is dead. then it will explode out of boredom oh and every guardian it catches causes it to burp a full nova bomb explosion and spawn 4 tracker orbs.
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Bro, I'd be happy if the fool thing enable precision hits so you could use it effectively on either skill tree.
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Why you need explosion for boss killer exotic? they just should remove explosion cause it useless anyway.
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Edited by MirrorkatFeces: 4/30/2018 12:50:04 PMMake the explosion a Hawk sound CAAAAAAW
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The helmet does good damage when you can make precision shots, but the class is not that good for PVE. I wish they would add inviz or do something to make it worth using.
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Would be sweet if it was almost a nova bomb sized explosion. Picturing flowing fountains of magma on a kill. Sounds dirty!
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I save my Super for the end phase of a boss to one shot the last 1/4 of his health. About the time everyone forgets that adds are a thing and you're the last guardian standing. You're welcome, I just kept us from wiping.
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Lol? I’ve seen people do 999999 with celestial. It’s fine.
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The One Shot should have fully over-penetrating through all enemies and their shields with enemies exploding like a hammer of sol explosion and shielded enemies Should take crit damage when their shield is up and they get shot in their head or crit zone with the Nighthawk shot.
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Yes, do it bungalow.
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I dig it. It's original, it's interesting, and most importantly, fantastic montage material
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Im just imagining a glorious montage of people lining up to get shot by an everpeircing celestial nighthawk shot. It pretty glorious. Do it bungie.
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They need an exotic for warlocks that let our nova bomb do that much damage
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They should buff that, but let’s focus on the bad exotics first. Before we make the good ones greater
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Edited by [SiN]大き氷: 4/30/2018 1:23:46 AMPiercing sounds more fun to be honest, there are plenty of explosions in this game lol. Then again as you said if it's more clear that it was CN then maybe it wouldn't be as boring.
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Screw it sounds good to me
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The combustion should trigger a chain reaction if it kills things near the target destroyed.
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No thanks. The super is meant mainly for single target and minor trash clearing, not aoe.