Weapon Archetypes
Pulse Rifles:
- Reduced auto aim by ~10% when the Aim Assist Stat is 0
Lightweight Bows:
- Damage falloff distance increased. (will do more damage at longer ranges)
- Accuracy increased by ~10%
Shayura's Wrath:
- Made improvements to the dynamic reticle they've been testing on that gun. If you haven't seen it the current reticle basically blocks your view and sucks.
Lightweight Shotguns:
- Reduced spread angle of outer pellets by 15%. Should result in more consistency in PVP.
Exotic Weapons
Graviton Lance:
- PVE damage up 67%
- No more aim assist from the Catalyst
- Cosmology PVP damage reduced 40%. PVE damage unchanged
No Time To Explain:
- Reduced range stat by 10
Fighting Lion:
- Bug Fix for the Chimera perk
Perks
Gutshot Straight:
- Reduced auto aim penalty by 37.5%
Slickdraw:
- Reduced auto aim penalty by 33%
Target Lock:
- PVP damage reduced from 40% to 25% (This is still going to shred as long as you can aim IMO)
- PVE damage unchanged
Zoom Changes
Future:
- Season 22 will see zoom changes to all weapons. Two high level goals:
- Reduce the variance between the optimal engagement ranges of our mid-range weapons (Auto Rifles, Pulse Rifles, and Hand Cannons).
- Slightly reduce the average engagement range in Crucible by pulling in the maximum damage falloff distances of many weapon types.
- They have a big table going over where ADS damage falloff will be for each gun after this change. The table shows Old Base Zoom, Old Base Zoom+Rangefinder, then New Base ADS Modifier. TBH, I'm going to wait for CoolGuy or someone to explain this. As I understand it engagements are essentially going to get closer.
- They mention that certain exotics are getting custom tuning under this new system.
- Rifle style weapons should experience falloff more gradually while handheld weapons should experience it more quickly.
Other Season 22 Changes:
- Hand Cannon Buffs that were mentioned previously. Reload speed and PVE damage buffs.
- Sword guard getting reworked. (maybe it'll actually do something now?)
- More exotic tuning. LeMonarque and Touch of Malice mentioned.
- Bipod, Envious Assassin, and Over Under getting reworked
Season 23 should see lots of changes to Glaives to make them feel better. Details are still in flux right now.
A 67% PVE damage buff to Graviton Lance seems fun. Otherwise a lot of wait, play, and see for me.
Yeah that seems insanely high. Haven't used it in ages, is it really in that terrible of a spot currently?