In Destiny , very little is explained in the game. A fan chart has listed all the secret information about the weapons: It explains all weapons precisely with Time-to-Kill and all details – current as of 2017 during the “Age of Triumph.”
Destiny is a feast for gaming sites. When it was released in 2014, although the big gaming sites had a hard time with it and gave the famous “6 out of 10 – just okay” ratings, they still reported extensively and in detail about the online shooter. Because the demand for Destiny articles was huge.
That is also because Destiny explains so little itself. The developers at Bungie didn’t want to burden players with numbers and statistics, so they distributed only sparse information in the game itself.
Which weapon is better? Most Guardians decide based on their feelings
Which weapon is better now? Weapon A or Weapon B? Most Guardians will try both and then decide based on their feelings. That’s exactly how Bungie wants it.
The statistics you get in the game are often only rough guidelines. Some values like aim assist are even completely hidden.
But some Destiny players want to know more.
On gaming sites like ours or in forums about the game, there are hard numbers: hidden statistics are evaluated, quenching the knowledge thirst of analytical Destiny players.
It no longer has that aura of space magic, but instead the discreet charm of a math lecture, when the Excel spreadsheets are analyzed and the third decimal places are compared.
One player has particularly distinguished himself in “Destiny for Advanced Players”: Mercules904 – here is his Reddit profile – maintains a huge spreadsheet with all weapons in Destiny. He has now updated it with all the changes for “Age of Triumph,” the patch 2.6.0.
And it really is a gigantic Excel spreadsheet: a weapon spreadsheet.
Destiny: Spreadsheet shows all weapons in Destiny 2.6.0 and their values
Anyone who reads it recognizes why weapons like the Vex Mythoclast or “The Last Word” enjoy such a legendary reputation. The time-to-kill, the time it takes to send enemies to the afterlife in PvP when hitting optimally, is lower than that of comparable weapons.
And for those who have wondered why they perform so much better with this or that weapon than with others: It’s probably because the aim assist is particularly high or the “Recoil Direction” is so delightfully predictable.
In the rows for these weapons, you’ll often see the “blue colors,” which stand for “good”. Red, on the other hand, means “rather bad.”
So you’ll see, for example, that “The Last Word” indeed kills incredibly quickly, but also requires an excellent shooter, as almost all “aim assists” on the weapon are rather poor. Except for the recoil direction – that is optimal.
Eyasluna or Palindrom? – a matter of faith
The Eyasluna, which still enjoys cult status among nostalgia-blinded Guardians because it was once quite good, does not fare well in the current spreadsheet against the comparable “Palindrom”.
Even though the Eyasluna devotees surely do not want to admit that again. This is a sort of running gag in the articles based on Mercules’ data – Why is the Eyasluna again missing from the best weapons this time?
The magic of numbers. It’s “Destiny for Advanced Players.”
You can find all weapons with all secret values here in Mercules’ table.
The matter is even more complicated: The weapons in the table are only the “base values” – there are also special variants with perks. The best offers this week can be found here:
Destiny: The 3 best vendor weapons and the weapon day on April 19.
