With Age of Triumph come 16 new exotics in the MMO shooter Destiny. These are Adept versions of the raid primary weapons.
On 28.3., the Age of Triumph will be ushered in with the update 2.6.0. This brings not only the old raids up to endgame level with a 390 light level version but also initiates the return of numerous raid weapons.
In the first year of Destiny, the legendary raid primary weapons with elemental damage dominated the primary slots of the guardians. They are making a comeback – albeit in significantly altered form.
What you need to know about raid primary weapons in Age of Triumph:
- All raid primary weapons have a standard version and an Adept version.
- The standard versions are legendary and have no elemental damage. They can be obtained through the raids. In other words, Fatebringer and others can be reclaimed as legendary weapons, but they deal only kinetic damage.
- The Adept versions are exotic, deal elemental damage, and have a new look. You will have to sacrifice the Exotic slot if you want to carry a solar, arc, or void primary weapon.
- You can obtain the exotic raid adept weapons by mastering the challenges in the weekly featured raids. With AoT, the two old raids “The Vault of Glass” and “Crota’s End” now also have raid challenges available. This is also how you can get the ornament tokens, with which you can enhance your raid armor.
- The primary weapons from the King’s Fall raid and from Wrath of the Machine also receive Adept versions that deal elemental damage – although the legendary standard versions never had elemental damage.
Overall, Age of Triumph introduces 16 new exotic raid adept weapons into the game, four for each of the four raids. What do they look like and what should one expect from them?
Fatebringer – Hand Cannon from the Vault of Glass
Fatebringer was the most talked-about weapon before AoT: A trailer showed that it no longer deals arc damage. The community was up in arms: Are the raid weapons being stripped of their elemental damage?
In a later teaser trailer, the Adept version was then seen and the guardians calmed down again – for they thought: “All is well, Fatebringer still has arc damage – and a new ornament?” It was only revealed in the last livestream for AoT that this was the Adept version.
Fatebringer was regarded as the best legendary hand cannon in Year 1 and a monster in PvE, as the perk combination of Outlaw, Firefly, and Explosive Rounds paired with arc damage was outstanding. Consequently, it was also popular among the guardians. Even in Year 3, players were looking for a “Fakebringer” – after an Imago loop that brings the Fatebringer perks.
Statistically, Fatebringer can impress. It is still unknown whether AoT will adjust the “Year 1” stats, but we expect that the raid weapons will retain their character. Fatebringer belongs to the popular Hawkmoon archetype and has an extremely high base range (even higher than Eyasluna or Palindrome!):
By the way: Update 2.6.0 will slightly reduce the base range of hand cannons. A nerf is coming for this strong weapon type.
On the following pages, you will see the other Adept weapons. On page 2, we present the new Vision of Confluence!
