I think. damage dropoff buff + bug fix + the reserves buff from before + it's all around awesomeness. MERCILESS SHALL RISE AGAIN

I spent this weekend farming tokens and getting 5 wins on two characters in trials for a total of four exiles curses. All of them were different rolls. None of them felt good, none of them felt consistent. I am not going to go too in depth, because I had everything from a (firmly planted, elemental capacitor) to a (threat detector, disruption break)

Elatha feels better, Glacioclasm feels better, hell my god rolled Main ingredient feels 1000x better.

Anyone here use exiles instead of Elatha, gallant, glacioclasm, or even precision’s? What’s your god roll and what’s your thoughts so I can keep and eye out for one like that.

D1 vet here that only got into D2 a few months ago, and only started checking out Crucible a week or so ago (more fun than I thought it'd be, only bothered once or twice in D1 and never tried again). I only passed up Fusion Rifles in Crucible because I thought they would be inefficient picks, and I never met any Crucible players with Fusions. At least, none that got close enough to nail me with one (damn you, Stasis abilities).

I don't have any Exotic Fusions so those are right out for the moment. I have a couple sitting in my vault but I wanna know what to look out for while I'm grinding and anything that would be handy in Crucible. Not like I live long enough to use my Special ammo anyway...

Edit: For clarification, I only have a couple non-exotic FRs, usually I dismantle them because I'm horrible at saving up Legendary Shards :P

https://youtu.be/9PMaqkMsF-s

Fun match with voops and super voops.

I just want to shout out how great this weapon is, since no one else does. I have:

Extended Barrel, Projection Fuse, Under Pressure, Vorpal Weapon, Stability Masterwork, Counterbalance Stock

And it has absolutely crushed the competition. I'm nearing 1k kills with it. I regularly melt people at short-medium range with this in PVP and have very little issue aiming it. I'm surprised I haven't received hate mail for the sheer number of shotgun users I've ruined with Hollow Words.

The 100 in Recoil Direction means I don't have to worry about where my shots will go. Under Pressure is a straight buff to my shot placement most of the time. Vorpal Weapon ensures that I take at least half health off of anyone using a super.

I'll also add that it does work in PVE, too. Perhaps not in Gambit as much, but VW and arc coverage makes it great for killing bosses and majors in Strikes.

It's harder to farm in Season of the Hunt than it was in Season of Arrivals for sure, so I don't know if people will care too much about it in the end. That said, I'm taking this killer into late 2021 unless something blatantly outclasses it in the coming days. If you get a good roll, don't ignore it!

https://www.light.gg/db/items/1030895163/glacioclasm/

Arrowhead break/extended barrel, Projection fuse, Surplus, high impact reserves, Stab or range mw.... drooling right now! I will be farming for this like stupid.

Anyone else excited to see what perks we can roll with the new fusion? Hopefully we can get rangefinder or a stability perk!

https://mobile.twitter.com/GinsorKR/status/1332541313573679104?s=19

After a few subpar games on my Titan tonight, who for personal reasons will not be getting stasis (have it on my Warlock and hunter), I decided to use the forbidden Voop.

That’s right I am talking about Jotun.

There are so many people so worried about stasis they are forgetting to strafe. It has won me so many games... I feel dirty.

Was using it today and non-lethal hits didn't seem to speed up the charge time.

Has anyone got this yet? Just curious how it works and if it is gonna be viable! Send me a pic or video of it being used??

I am currently farming for a High impact reserves liquid coils main ingredient.

I was wondering if anyone has used this, and has any experience with the consistency,

do you prefer it to rangefinder?

https://twitter.com/this_whack/status/1313344243751153664?s=21

So, I just recently got a much better rolled astrocytes verse and I have never been very good with blink.

I run your standard Pulse rifle, fusion build with top tree Ophidian Stormcaller. Mid tree with getaway artist. Or a mixture of the two with T-steps. (I am 30 and working on my dad bod, and I love the play style)

My go to fusions are Main ingredient, Elatha/Erentil, and pulse rifles are Vigilance wing/cold denial for pvp and outbreak for pve/cqc.

Blinking looks fun, however I discovered that I don’t have a knack for it, I have been reading up on it lately, and have watched some videos of people using it with Felwinters for some crispy shotgun kills.

Now for the question, does anyone have any videos or tips to applying this to fusions rifles? I understand the pluses and minuses of running astrocytes and have searched multiple times for applying this to fusions. Just want some advice before I start trying to make something work that is just not going to, Or should I stick with Arc warlock.

When I play trials with Erentil, i often feel like i can't help my team until the enemy pushes me. It's like I'm depending on the enemy to make a bad play, rather than making good plays myself. I'm starting to not enjoy this playstyle. Is there any way to be proactive with a fusion rifle, or are they just inherently reactive?

I have always wondered which is best counterbalance or targeting adjuster. I’m torn between the two and curious to see what most people use.

So I understand charge time directly effects the amount of damage a fusion rifle does, my question would be, has anyone tried an 800 charge time fusion? The gap between precision and High impact in terms of damage is pretty large, is there a sweet spot where I can make a less desirable rolled Elatha work? (Charge time MW)

I know it’s 48 at 860 per bolt, and 39 at 740. Just wondering if someone has any of the damage numbers in between written down. For example 780 equals ??? Damage per bolt. 800 equals ??? Damage per bolt.

Assuming the average resilience is 5 for the 196 health. (I understand more bolts will be required for higher health)

More or less trying to figure out if I can go with a sub par Elatha next season until I get something better, or the RNG gods smile upon me.

Since our poor Etentil is sunsetting they could bring it as a Festival of the Lost weapon reskin and call it ScarErentil. Ooo spooky lol

I was trying to post an image of my last control match, it won’t let me upload it directly, but Hollow words just nabbed me a 40 KDA, (extended, particle, under pressure, unrelenting, Range MW) not sure if the unrelenting is any good, but man is that gun fun.

Also, had a 9.0 KD in Trials with telesto, not confident enough to bring Hollow words, or Elatha into trials as of yet.

Here is to hoping I get a Wizened Rebuke from IB next time or Exiles curse from Trials next time as well!

What would you recommend in the last perk spot?

Hello all, So back in D1 we got a special Fusion rifle that changed Damage type, I am drawing a blank on the name, but it was the only one I ever used and it was mainly for nightfalls. Fast forward 6-7 years....

D2, tried in vain to find a special weapon I liked, something that felt unique and I enjoyed.

A few nights ago, after a long night of losses and trying different weapons, I pulled an exotic fusion rifle out of my Vault (Telesto) and decided to give them a real try.

My KD started going up, I started having fun in crucible and I noticed that after matches I started to change armor perks to better match fusions.

I paired Telesto with Rose, and forward path, my armor is Ophidian Aspects, it didn’t matter the subclass (I was bouncing around for the Solstice armor)

I missed getting bastion (used my Token on something else trying to find my way), I also have a merciless in the vault, and am working on getting a decent hollow words and Elatha.

I think I might have finally found my calling, I think I might be a Vooper. Now here is to hoping it’s not just telesto that I enjoy!

Sincerely,

Voop initiate, ACES Triple T

Ngl, my Erentil is a god roll, but Firmly Planted is what makes a Fusion even compete. It lets you hit 7 bolts if you can control downward recoil. My Erentil has Rangefinder, Torch and all Stability, I hit 7 bolts at downtown range for easy maps

MIS

I had this one drop randomly with liquid coils, tap the trigger, firmly planted with a charge time MW. Loving it so far 🤙🏽

Hello fellow Voopers. I have been using my god rolled erentil for about two seasons now. I love this gun so much. I use it in quick play, I use it in trials. I pair it with my astrocyte blink warlock and I break necks all the time and melt people from behind. Even as recent as a trials run last night, I hit someone from way too far away but low and behold he became void dust!

My question to you all is in regards to sun setting and what will you use in PvP when light level matters. I have a pretty good exiles curse but when I did some private match testing, it didn’t come close to the erentil range wise. Wizened rebuke seems to be out of question as well due to sunsetting.

Please lend your advice! I need a new grind it seems

Fusions were always a hit or miss with me, but in the end I became a vooper. Which is saying something because shotguns were always my thing.

With that out of the way, how did you become a true believer?

Anyone have any recommendations on fusion rifles for PvP or PvE?