Exotic Weapons

Exotica. I spent a bit of time whining on the wall that I couldn't gather enough coins for The Last Word when Xur brought it to the tower a few weeks back. Well the traveller works in mysterious ways cause I lucked out in the raid and received it as a drop after Atheons demise. This hand cannon is top. I love the animation of spinning it when you whip it out (ahem) and reload and the cool way you pull back the hammer with each shot. It has a decent clip size, does maffis damage, unloads fast and looks awesome. Best hand cannon in the game? It may well be. I'm gonna upgrade it and see what it really can do. Bad Juju. I vowed to return and report on bad juju once I had finally unlocked the instant reload perk on this weapon. I assumed that with juju having an autofire perc that once I had the instant reload, I could march into battle with my finger pressed on R2 decimating all before me. Much like an autorifle wielder in the crucible. This however is not the case. .... You still have to reload after 5 shots unless you are precise. If you are accurate and score critical hits with the weapon then the bullets return to the magazine. So you never have to reload on the proviso that you never miss. Still pretty awesome I'd say. You just gotta take your time and aim proper just like you do with any other pulse rifle in order to be effective. You score bonus damage after each kill as well so once you're rolling you really are rolling. I'm gonna max juju out now and see what the damage stats are. The verdict...... Bad Juju is only as poo as you are at using it. If you are precise then you will be very formidable with this weapon. If you are a slap dash blast everything with your eyes closed whilst jumping kind of guardian then juju is not for you. Go buy Dr Nope instead. Hope this helps any Bad Juju owners or bounty hunter's in deciding whether or not this gun's worth the grind. I think it is....

Have a few, Monte Carlo I find is underwhelming probably better when maxed, last word most fun to use, truth not bad, icebreaker very good, suros very good, super good advice rubbish though I think a hunter could make it work with stability perks. I really want the hawkmoon cause I love hand cannons.

I haven't got a single exotic weapon yet. I've got 2 bounties currently on the go, the one which requires 10000 crucible points - and I suck at PvP, the other requires 10 dismantled fusion rifles. They don't make it easy, do they?!

So far I have 3 exotics. Truth, ice breaker and bad juju. 2 I bought from xur and bad juju is the only exotic bounty I've ever received. Everyone seems to think bad juju is poo but I kinda like it. The obvious issue with it is the clip size. You get 15 rounds so 5 shots per reload. It is fast firing and accurate but the reload let's it down pretty badly. What I have noticed though is that one of the levelling up perks of the weapon is instant reload. My theory is once I have unlocked this perk bad juju should be able to kick some serious ass as it also has automatic fire. If you never have to reload I reckon you can use this gun as a highly accurate autorifle. Its a struggle actually levelling the gun up though cause in high level fights you end up dying when you have to reload a low impact weapon every 5 shots so I end up equipping bad seed down instead. Some people moan about the green smoke juju produces blocking their view but it's never bothered me and it dissappears when looking down the scope. It makes other players say woah alot which is kinda cool. When I finally unlock the instant reload (nearly there) I will let you know if it was worth the grind...... It better be..... Icebreaker is invaluable in PvE. Never needing ammo is an awesome advantage when pinned behind cover. It really messes up them hive wizards who I used to really struggle with in end game content. The truth I have only had a week and hardly used so can't comment fully on it. Think I've seen and suffered its effects in PvP though and the homing rockets where devastating players. As for the rest of the exotics.... I'm just gonna have to hope I ever get the chance to use them....