Destiny 2016 Best Gun Awards!

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Hi guardians! 2016 is coming to an end and thus it is time to give out some awards, in this video I will be sharing with you the top 3 Best guns of 2016.

Before we start let me explain 3 simple rules that will be applicable for this year’s awards:

1. The gun can be a primary, secondary or heavy weapon.
2. We will be only covering legendaries and exotics
3. The gun needs to be attainable for at least a specific period in the year 2016.

Now we are clear about the rules let's first start with some honourable mentions.

The Sleeper Stimulant has been an under rated gun throughout 2016 until the wrath of the machine came out where this gun found a place with its high dps potential. Before the rise of iron Unfortunately this gun got over shadowed with guns like the black spindle and touch of malice which were the more popular guns during the kings fall raid.

Because the gun was so underrated it earns an honorable mention

There was a huge hype when the imago loop came out as this was a replica of the most favorite gun in year 1 the Fatebringer but then without the elemental damage. In year 1 the fatebringer  was a beast with firefly and outlaw which means it could wreck a lot of enemies in no time. However it is very hard to get the god roll Outlaw, rifled barrel and firefly roll on the imago loop. Since the chance of getting the perfect roll is so low it does not make it into the top 3 but it does deserve an honorable mention though.

The Palindrome also deserve an honorable mention due to the specific vendor roll with rifled barrel and rangefinder. Throughout the year a lot of people were in search of the excellent eyasluna, however the drop rates are very low and when you get one the odds of having a good roll on it is low as well. Thus until the Palindrome got sold it was very hard to find a solid legendary hand cannon, but with the introduction of rise of iron you can now get a decent hand cannon straight from the vendor.

So those are my honorable mentions, now let me introduce my top 3 best guns of 2016.

And in the number 3 spot is the Clever Dragon. I am mainly referring to the god roll perfect balance , snapshot, counterbalance Clever Dragon that was sold in Iron Banner of November 2016.

This high firing pulse rifle archetype was highly sought after due to the popularity of the Grasp of Malok, but like with the Imago Loop the drop rates were low and getting a decent role was also hard as well.

This gun is stupidly good in crucible where every new player can use this gun due to the relative easy to handle archetype compared with hand cannons which requires higher skill levels.

After the Iron Banner you can see this gun now everywhere in the crucible and you should get one as well when Iron banner is around if you haven't  got one yet, because this gun is really good. As a result it deserve the number 3 spot.

On the number 2 spot we have the famous Gjallarhorn. This gun does not need an introduction, it is great to see the Gjallarhorn back with Rise of Iron, even though this is slightly nerfed, but Gjallahorn is still a fantastic rocket launcher.

The gun does not requires a high skill level as it is just a shoot and forget weapon. It is great against bosses and for dealing with big group of enemies. The ease of use and the versatility of this weapon earns it the number two spot.

So the number one spot best gun of 2016 goes to the Hung Jury SR4 aka the PVE monster.

The vendor roll hung jury shreds in PVE and this was sold by dead orbit before the Rise of Iron. The Hung Jury had the perks Triple Tap, Extended Mag and Firefly. This means that you could take care of large crowds of enemies with firefly and the combo of triple tap and a larger magazine size means you could sustain large amount of damage without the need to reload.

This was the go to primary gun for nightfalls and the king fall raid. Before the Rise of Iron you hardly see any other Primary being used in PVE other than the Hung Jury because it was so good in doing its job. Even now I  occasionally still see people using the Hung Jury in nightfall and raids which proves again how great this gun is.   

Because the Hung Jury has been the working horse for so many guardians throughout the year it earns the spot Best Gun of 2016.

So these are my personal picks for the Top 3 2016 Best gun awards. Let me know what your thoughts are and share with me what your personal top 3 looks like.

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Amanda's, Xur's & Saladin's Tag opening, worth the grind?

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Hi guardians the dawning event brought us some presents at the tower, as you might have noticed there are 3 big presents that need certain tags to be opened.

These can be acquired by completing activities in the New record book the competitive spirit.

Achieving rank 5 will grant you Amanda’s tag, which will reward you with 2 random legendary engrams, a treasure of the dawning and a Jingle Horn for your sparrow.

Rank 7 will get you the Xur’s tag, which will reward you with 2 exotic engrams , 1 strange coin and the Songs of the Void quest for the Exotic Void Machine gun the Nova Mortis and after completing that quest it will also give you the quest for the solar exotic machine gun the Abbadon.

Watch my Nova Mortis and Abbadon quest guide if you havent got these exotics yet.

And the final rank 9 tag from Saladan will give you 50 motes of light and 3 Days of Iron Ornaments which you can use to change the appearance of your Days of Iron gear which can be obtained from your rise of iron Record book.

My suggestion is to grind for the Xur’s tag. You will get 2 random exotic engrams and the quests that can reward you with both the void and solar equivalent thunderlords.

If you are a collector and you like the gear go ahead and level up to rank 9 to get those additional ornaments. The other way to get the ornaments without buying them is wait for your weekly Radiant Treasures but the drop chances are rather low.

Again if you dont have a lot of time to play prioritize on getting the Xur’s tag at Rank 7.

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The Abbadon Easy Quest Guide

The Abbadon is the exotic solar thunderlord machine gun that came with the dawning event. You will first need to unlock the void thunderlord the Nova Mortis before you can start the Abbadon quest. If you haven't done so yet go ahead and check out my Nova Mortis guide video, you can find a link to that video in the description below or check out the youtube card in the right hand corner.

So once you have acquired the Nova mortis you can start the Abbadon quest. At the moment this quest is a little bit bugged as the little marker shows that you need to talk to ikora, but you actually need to talk to Zavala to start the quest.

The quest is similar to the nova Mortis with the only difference that you need to have solar ability kills and the strike is the shield brothers instead.

So the first step is to get 100 solar ability kills. So start up your favourite farming mission. I recommend to do either the siege of the warmind or the Dark Beyond “we have woken the Hive” Mission.

For warlocks use your double grenade build and use your favorite grenade , you can use the exotic the claws of ahamkara for the double melee for additional ability kills.

Gunslingers I recommend to use the young ahamkara’s spine for the extra tripmine grenade and achlyophage symbiote for the extra golden gun shot.

And for the Titan light up the place with the pyro build to change the place into a firing hell of explosions and fire!

Once you completed this step go back to the tower and you will be requested to complete the shield brothers strike. This can be done on any difficulty level , I have done it on light level 320.

Completing this will grant you the Abbadon!

If you missed out on the Nova Mortis video go check it out, there is a link to that video in the description below.

An in depth weapon review on both the nova Mortis and Abbadon will come soon so stay tuned for that.

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The Nova Mortis Easy Quest Guide

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The nova Mortis is the void equivalent of the exotic machine gun the thunderlord that got introduced in the dawning event.

The exotic quest for this gun is very easy and in my experience you can complete this quest within half an hour.

Too be honest, it takes more time and effort to get the quest than actually completing it.

Before you can get the exotic quest you will need to rank up the dawning record book the competitive spirit up to level 7 to get the xur’s tag.

Once you have this go ahead and open the present in the tower with this tag which will grant you the quest for the nova mortis.

The first step is to get 100 void ability kills, yep it sucks to be a Titan today. So start up your favourite farming mission. I recommend to do either the siege of the warmind or the Dark Beyond “we have woken the Hive” Mission.

Warlocks I recommend to use your explosion build with Shatter, Annihilate and Bloom and pair it up with nothing manacles to get an additional grenade or obsidian mind to build up your super quicker.

For Nightstalker I suggest to use Black Hole, envenomed and Lockdown with sealed ahamkara grasps for the double venom bombs.

And if you are a Titan use the armamentarium for the extra grenade or use the thagomizer and go on a melee rampage.

One you completed this step go back to the tower and you will be requested to complete the abomination heist. This can be done on any difficulty level so just save yourself some time and set the difficulty at 320 light.

Completing this will grant you the Nova Mortis!

And the solar thunderlord the Abbadon quest will be available. See my Abbadon quest video for a similar guide.

A full review on the Nova mortis will come soon so stay tuned for that.

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FREE STUFF with The Dawning Event That You Need to Know!

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Hi Guardians welcome back, the winter  event the Dawning has already arrived and as you can see the tower has been transformed into a winter paradise.

With this event Bungie has given us also a lot of free stuff, some of them are obvious and some of them are hidden. In this video I will show you all the free stuff that you can get so you wont miss out on any of this.

Let’s start with the obvious once you spawn into the tower you will notice that at the old Iron Banner gate there are now presents that will give you strange coins, armor materials, planetary materials and a quest called In the Presents of Friends.

This quest requires you to bring the presents that you got from the box, to Ikora, Cayde and Zavala. Once that is done, head to eva levante and she will reward you with two free consumables which will grant you a winter mask that will work for 30 minutes!

And dont forget to get the weekly Treasures of the Dawning which can grant you legendary sparrows, ornaments, the dawning gear, chromas , consumables and horns for your sparrow.

Now for the less obvious free presents, there is a legendary sparrow hidden under the Future War Cult room, in order to get this you will first need to go to the map banner fall to collect a ghost. Once you have the ghost head back to the spot and you will find the legendary sparrow the Lysander’s Cry.

Also there are 3 free emotes unlocked with the Dawning. In order to get them you will need to go to the emote kiosk down in the bar in the tower. There is a cool proposal emote and a No and yes emote.

With the dawning you will also get a new record book the Competitive Spirit, make sure to get to at least Rank 7 to receive the Amanda’s tag which will grant you legendary engrams and the Xur’s tag which will give you exotics engrams and it will also unlock the quests for the Void and Solar versions of the Thunderlord. If you are worried Level 7 is not a big grind, just play some strikes and do a couple of races and you will get there in no time. Also the quests for the 2 new thunderlords are very easy so dont worry too much about the grind. A review for these guns will come soon so stay tuned for that.

Outside of the game Bungie has released the two songs that comes with the Dawning Event, Track 1 is the Dawning and track 2 is named The Winter Voyage. See also my two Music Videos that should pop up now as youtube cards, where you can listen to the track and it also contains a download link where you can download the songs for free.

Here are some other tips, these are some free things you will get with the latest update.

Xur now sells heavy ammo synth in packages of ten instead of three for the same price! So here you go 7 free ammo synths for the same price.

He is also selling exotic shards again if you are in need of them. But unless you have a lot of strange coins I recommend you to watch my video on how to easily double your exotic shards with only some glimmer and motes of lights. You can find it in the YouTube card that should pop up now.

And the final tip is that there is a free skeleton key for your first Nightfall clear every week.

So there it is all the free stuff that you need to know with the Dawning event.

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Destiny The Dawning Soundtrack: 2. Winter Voyage 3:18

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Destiny The Dawning Soundtrack: 1. The Dawning 2:07

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In The Present of Friends Quest GUIDE

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Hi Guardians the dawning is upon us and one of the first quest that you can get is from Eva Levante who will give you the “In the present of friends” quest which will reward you with the legendary sparrow the Lysander’s Cry.

So after getting this bounty you will need to find the present at the upper plaza, this is located directly under the Future War Cult Place. But once you are there you will notice a note that says “For the One who stood at Bannerfall”.

This means that we will need to fly into the Bannerfall map to get a ghost. You can set up a private match so others wont bother you when you are getting the ghost, which is located at the crates in the C spawn point.

Once you have the ghost head back to the tower to get your sparrow. It can be tricky to find the box, if the notification does not pop up just jump on the crates to get to the present.

Which will now grant you the new sparrow.

So Enjoy your new sparrow and happy dawning guardians.

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Is Year 3 ICEBREAKER Broken?

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In this video we will be talking about the returning exotic the year 3 IceBreaker!

Bungie has finally decided to bring back the famous IceBreaker into year 1. This was together with the Black Hammer the go to sniper for strikes and nightfalls.

And a lot of people were disappointed when Bungie decided not to bring this into future releases of destiny. As a result the IceBreaker stayed at year 1 light levels and it was basically useless to use this in any light level enabled activities like nightfall, raids, trials and iron banner.

Every now and then you will still see people using this in normal crucible where light level is not enabled, but that happens rarely.

For all the new guardians among us ,  back in Year 1 the IceBreaker was next to the Gjallahorn the most sought after exotic. This is mainly due to the exotic perk which regenerates ammo so basically you are never out of ammo.

Back in year 1 this was super useful because the difficulty of nightfalls were way higher. In year 1 your team will be kicked to orbit when your team wipes during a nightfall, whereas now you will restart in the specific section in the nightfall where your team got wiped.

As a result people were playing very cautiously and most of the time a nightfall consist of at least one person with an IceBreaker sitting at the far back and sniping until the boss is dead.

So going into year 2 Bungie decided to leave IceBreaker behind because the gun is basically too overpowered for Pve purposes. The bungie designers even mentioned that it would be very hard to design strikes and raids having to take into account the ammo regen ability of the IceBreaker.

So now they decided to bring this back in year 3 the question a lot of players are asking me is... will the IceBreaker be broken?

Before we answer this question lets talk about year 1 again. Was IceBreaker broken in year 1? I dont think so. The fact that IceBreaker is used that often is because it was a counter to the high difficulty of the bosses. Bosses were like bullet sponges and to counter this people were looking for high DPS weapons like Gjallahorn and Black hammer and if you did not have any of them you will sit in a safe spot and take your time with an IceBreaker instead. Some people might find this to be cheating, but at that time this was the best strategy without facing the frustration of dying over and over again for pitiful rewards.

Now in year 3 things have changed a lot, the Bullet Sponge bosses are gone, the nightfall is not kicking you back to orbit anymore and most of the strikes or raids are designed so it will not have a safe spot anymore where you can just relax and snipe.

All of the strikes are now designed with traps so that you dont stay at a certain spot, if you have done the hive abomination or the Siva Sepiks prime strike you will know what I mean. Those annoying green traps which slows down your movement are everywhere and on top of that enemies are also now spawning behind you so there is no way for you to camp in a corner to snipe the boss anymore.

So i dont think that IceBreaker in year 3 is broken at all.

What does worry me is the effect that IceBreaker has on the game. Like I mentioned before the designers of the game needed to account for tactics like IceBreaker when they design a raid or strikes. When designers are creating an amazing game like destiny you dont want to limit these people with restrictions like “make sure this is IceBreaker proof.”

We are already seeing the first results of this in the redesigned siva strikes where they added a lot of the mentioned traps and additional enemy spawn points to encourage mobility within the game.

And The problem is not that there is isnt any mobility within the strikes, the problem is that the old strikes had high difficulties in the form of either bosses with a zillion health or that the boss fight is poorly designed. Take for example the Omnigul strike where enemies are spawning everywhere and you are being fired at from all places. Of Course everyone is sitting back in the entrance hallway because that is the only way to survive the strike.

And I am afraid... that the game... now is a victim of their own success. The IceBreaker was so good in doing its job that with every future design choice Bungie needs to make sure these activities are IceBreaker proof. So instead they solve this with traps and enemies spawning behind you , whereas they should just focus on giving the players plenty of opportunities to fight a strike or raid boss in different ways , so that everyone can bring in their favorite gun to their strikes and don't have to rely on certain guns like the IceBreaker or gjallahorn. Basically what I am trying to say is make the strikes and raids fun again!

So please bungie just focus on making great strikes and raids, if those encounters are fun … the players will have fun and thus no cheesy strategies are needed to be found by us the destiny community.

Share this video if you agree with me so that bungie knows about this and hopefully together we can make a change in the game. Let me know what you think by sharing your comments in the comment box below.

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The Assembly II Review Legendary Auto Rifle

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As of the making of this video high firing auto rifles and pulse rifles are dominating the crucible. Before the rise of iron the only auto rifles in this high firing archetype are the Doctrine of Passing from trials or the gunsmith’s Arminius-D.

Now in year 3 we have 3 more guns in this archetype and that is the Hex Caster ARC which can be obtained from playing the crucible, the Iron Banner the Unbent Tree and the focus of this video will be the auto rifle from New monarchy the Assembly II.

Specifically we will be focusing on the Vendor Roll which has the following perks

Red dot ora

Steadyhand IS

OEG

Armor Piercing Rounds

Quickdraw

Perfect balance

Third eye

Counter balance

Steadyhand IS , perfect balance and counterbalance is a must for this gun as the base stability is relatively low you will need to have any perks that can improve this stat.

Unfortunately this gun can not be rolled with braced frame or hand laid stock which can give a great boost in stability. As for stability options..., perfect balance and counterbalance are the best this gun can offer in the perk trees.

So these two perks are a must to make high firing auto rifle useable in the crucible, which leaves little to nothing to customize your desired roll for this gun. The only interesting options in the first perk tree is high caliber rounds for the extra flinch, quick draw so you draw your weapon faster this is very handy if you switch to your secondary back and forth and maybe hip fire for those close quarter panic moments.

Here you can also see what the other perk options are in the second and third column but again you will need perfect balance and counterbalance in order for this gun to be useable in the crucible.

So in the end at best you will have a poor man’s Doctrine of Passing.

I want to be more positive about this gun but you are probably better of with getting the Armanius-D package from the gunsmith and wait for a roll with Braced Frame and counterbalance or get the Unbent Tree when Iron Banner is around. The iron banner auto rifle can also come with Braced Frame and counterbalance to max out your stability.

Can you still do well with this gun in the crucible yes you can, but you are at an unnecessary disadvantage when your opponent probably has a better gun.

If you want to join the high rate of fire auto rifle meta go ahead and buy this gun but you want to replace this as soon as possible once you can get the god roll armanius-d or a braced frame counterbalance Unbent Tree when Iron Banner is around.

If you have an Assembly II let me know what your thoughts are on this gun. Thanks for watching, and as always I will see you in the next video guardians.