Cold Heart – Trace Rifle
The “Cold Heart” uses Omolon technology and liquid fuel as a coolant to keep the weapon systems at crisp sub-zero temperatures. In other words, you use “Cold Fusion” to freeze your opponents.
To do this, “Cold Heart” fires a constant arc laser that deals more damage the longer it remains on its target. By the way, with “The Long Winter”, it also boosts your abilities through ionic traces. However, in this case, these benefits also apply to the weapon.
This is the secret advantage of the exotic weapon: The regularly generated ionic traces not only charge your abilities but also those of your weapon, allowing you to deal maximum damage more often.
- Instead of needing 41 hits, you only need 33.
- In maximum damage condition, “Cold Heart” also receives a +100 stability and +100 reload speed.
Conditional Finality – Shotgun
This exotic shotgun from the raid “Root of Nightmares” is unique because two barrels split into stasis and solar damage. And “Paracausal shotgun shells” ensure that hits with almost all stasis shotgun shells freeze targets, while hits with almost all solar shotgun shells ignite targets.
These are the secret advantages of the exotic weapon:
- The first hidden detail that is not mentioned but is visible to everyone is that stasis and solar shotgun shells are reloaded simultaneously. So there are directly 2 shots back in the magazine.
- If the original attribute “Harmonic Resonance” is active, it grants this and other weapons from the raid increased reload speed, improved handling, and increased damage against tormentors, radiant hive, as well as guardians using their super.
- And although it is a kinetic weapon, the weapon benefits from stasis and solar mods. When in solar mode, solar charge mods also apply.
D.A.R.C.I – Sniper Rifle
The abbreviation D.A.R.C.I. stands for “Data Analysis, Reconnaissance, and Cooperative Intelligence.” A personal sniper assistant that provides interesting data.
- This weapon allows you to assess the health of enemies or guardians and other important info, such as range while looking through the scope.
- When “Personal Assistant” is active, the aim assist is better, the weapon deals significantly more precision damage, and the target becomes startled.
D.A.R.C.I. can do even more.
This is the secret advantage of the exotic weapon: Actually, D.A.R.C.I. is more like a super powerful scout rifle with additional information. It also provides a hidden buff that reduces recoil and flinch while improving accuracy by 50% each.
It is equally not apparent that D.A.R.C.I. is lethal with just two body shots. One shot to the knee deals 100 damage to enemy guardians, which deviates from all other 140 sniper rifles. These typically only deal 90 damage to guardians.
Tarrabah – Submachine Gun
This SMG is literally a “Greedy Beast”. The weapon stores momentum when damage is received or dealt, and you can unleash this beast when the weapon is full. The “Bottomless Barrel” ensures that you continuously deal damage, thereby extending the duration of Greedy Beast.
But even this does not sufficiently define what else this weapon can do.
This is the secret advantage of the exotic weapon: The perk “Greedy Beast” gives Tarrabah a massive boost everywhere.
- You receive a bonus of +100 mobility, +100 handling, and +100 on reload speed, as well as a reload modifier and increased damage on body hits.
- In addition, your sliding distance is increased by 33%, and the fire rate increases from 750 to 900.
Suros Regime – Auto Rifle
This kinetic auto rifle is a favorite in PvP and is often used by some players there. It has two different firing modes.
- “Dual Tempo Receiver”: When using the scope, the fire rate slows down but the damage increases.
- “Rev Up”: When you hold the trigger down, the fire rate increases.
The second half of each magazine deals bonus damage, as well as the chance to grant health upon a kill. However, this weapon also has hidden bonuses that can’t be read about.
This is the secret advantage of the exotic weapon: When the “Dual Tempo Receiver” is active, the weapon receives a massive bonus range of +30 and an additional zoom factor of +3. This makes it much more effective at greater distances.
This was our list of the hidden bonuses and advantages of exotic weapons in Destiny 2. It is definitely worth taking a closer look at such weapons and utilizing their hidden perks, which are sometimes full of surprises.
Have you heard of any of these hidden bonuses and advantages? What might have surprised you the most or impressed you? Or do you know of any secrets about exotic weapons that were not mentioned in the article? Then feel free to share your experiences and opinions with us in the comments.
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