Should You ACTUALLY Use Bipod instead of Bait and Switch?

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  • Should You ACTUALLY Use Bipod instead of Bait and Switch?
    This video compares the Apex Predator Godroll Rocket in Destiny 2 with perks like Bait and Switch, Bipod, and Reconstruction. This video is a FULL damage comparison and DPS test for Bipod and Bait and Switch.
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  • @gmeinersYT
    @gmeinersYT  Год назад +51

    Most of the numbers should be pretty accurate here! I did whiff some Izi shots in a few B&S rotations. So that added damage would only prove that B&S is more favorable.
    I still highly recommend having both of these ready to go if you can manage it tho!
    Edit: I also made a mistake and said you need '15' finder bricks at the end for max ammo when using bipod. Meant to say '5' finder bricks. (That gives 15 rockets which would fill up a full reserve of 14)

    • @evanogburn
      @evanogburn Год назад +1

      a good portion of the clips, you dont have x4 honed edge at the start. You can see you still have 4 in the mag...

    • @ElMigol_
      @ElMigol_ Год назад +1

      @@evanogburn You do the honed edge reload before grabing the banner so you have the x4 with 4 bullets, don't know why but it's done that way. Also you can see it's dealing the full damage a 4x honed shot would deal.

    • @VioletSteel13
      @VioletSteel13 Год назад +1

      @@ElMigol_ you get 3 more shots by honing before flag

    • @ElMigol_
      @ElMigol_ Год назад

      @@VioletSteel13 yeah i get that but how is that important? Anyway I have to reload again to get x4 honed edge right?

    • @soraneptune4178
      @soraneptune4178 Год назад

      @@ElMigol_ If most of your dmg is coming from the rocket , then is better to do a regular shot the 2nd time around rather than waiting for the rehone. Especially for most dps phases by the time you hit the 2nd BnS cycle you are already nearing the end of the dps phase , and 1 more rocket dumped is usually preferable than waiting for izi . Tho there are caveats to that argument as izi roughly does about 70% of the rocket's dmg with honed x 4 . And you would technically save a rocket . so Dps vs total dmg over multiple phases argument if you know you can't get max ammo again for the next phase.

  • @ZomgLolPants
    @ZomgLolPants Год назад +164

    I switched to bipod because 4 rockets gives me more dopamine than 2

    • @gotfoutside8346
      @gotfoutside8346 7 месяцев назад +4

      My favorite DPS equation.

    • @Thebmanboss
      @Thebmanboss 4 месяца назад +2

      I got a crux termination with bipod and envious assassin so I can blow a fat load with that thing

  • @haych569
    @haych569 Год назад +31

    No sniper rotations for Bipod? Something like a BnS Supremacy would be perfect to slot in as a DPS option while Reconstruction is doing its thing, or even a Lucky Pants Malf. Anything that rewards you for staying on it for just enough time for Reconstruction to reload all four shots. Just seems a little silly to put up Izzy + GL numbers for BnS but no such swapping for Bipod to make the comparison.
    You mentioned how once a Bipod rocket shoots all of its shots, you’re back to only shooting a special weapon and the “damage will drop off considerably.” Why include the special ammo damage from Izzy and GL for BnS then? Imagine adding ~8 more seconds of special ammo damage to the Bipod roll to compare against Izzy + GL. 8 seconds of a BnS Supremacy closes the gap considerably, and you’d probably even get a little more time compared to the spamming rotation because you aren’t spending time to reload.
    I ran BnS Supremacy/Bipod Apex in Kingsfall the other day and compared to a buddy doing honed Izzy shots and a Cold Comfort, I ended up dealing about 20% more damage on Oryx (which, given Supremacy’s total damage being around 20-25% higher than Izzy’s and Bipod being slightly worse than BnS, it made sense).

    • @Charlie_vz
      @Charlie_vz Год назад +5

      This. Why would he not do sniper/shotgun rotations for bipod as well 😅

    • @soraneptune4178
      @soraneptune4178 Год назад

      This sounds like you didn't 1 phase oryx . The total damage shouldn't matter for oryx unless is on master.

  • @EggyWeggyIII
    @EggyWeggyIII Год назад +32

    I feel like bipod isn’t really being best illustrated here as for most swap loadouts with B&S the supplenental dps weapons like Izi are using all their ammo by the time you run out of rockets whereas with bipod spamming you’re essentially using none. How does bipod stack up when factoring in supplemental damage in longer dps phases? I imagine it closes the gap and is still way easier to execute.

    • @sdfE36
      @sdfE36 Год назад +12

      this is exactly why this video fails. when incorporating other weapons, Bipod beats BnS loadouts with more total damage and way better ammo economy. video is so poorly done.

    • @EggyWeggyIII
      @EggyWeggyIII Год назад +2

      @@sdfE36 yep, I get that he wanted to minimize variables but in doing so he removed the one major factor that allowed bipod to compete with B&S.

    • @Casualfield
      @Casualfield Год назад

      true but id bet because damage phases don't last that long he didn't test it. usually there are wipe mechanics if you can't kill the boss in x amount of phases

    • @EggyWeggyIII
      @EggyWeggyIII Год назад +1

      @@Casualfield just used my bipod rocket on some raids the other day, oryx, nezerac, and rhulk I was able to get off all my rockets and still have some time for supplemental dps. It’s definitely something that comes up fairly often so that’s why I’m confused why he didn’t test it.

    • @ghanaria7996
      @ghanaria7996 8 месяцев назад

      @@EggyWeggyIIIya, like why didnt he use an exotic special / kinetic, or a super since in this example he had like 10+ seconds of doing nothing after bipod.

  • @ThatOneGuyFromThatOnePlace
    @ThatOneGuyFromThatOnePlace Год назад +33

    My entire thought process on the Bipod vs. Bait-and-Switch argument is simple.
    Bipod for casual fuckery or low effort farm, and Bait-and-Switch for Boss Bakes, Master Content, Day 1's, and Endgame Min-Max Setups.
    Perks don't have to be built for EVERYTHING in the game, somethings are just going to be better in one area the others, no need think any further in my opinion. But I'm a Titan Main, so what do I know?

    • @G1224Alex
      @G1224Alex Год назад +1

      True and bipod deals with bursting down a champion or yellowbar quicker while getting the 25%damage buff. B&S setup isn’t as quick

    • @gregritchie6189
      @gregritchie6189 Год назад

      Thats what explosive light on apex pred is for@@G1224Alex

    • @Welverin
      @Welverin Год назад

      Crayons, You know crayons.
      And punching.

  • @onearmtanner9301
    @onearmtanner9301 Год назад +31

    Bipod seems like strong filler damage, like waiting for double slugs to reload or for lucky pants to reproc

    • @soraneptune4178
      @soraneptune4178 Год назад +1

      Problem being you might as well be using CC with envious BnS at that point . Is like much stronger than apex with a good roll. The only caveat is that access to it especially for day 1 for ppl who don't already have it is very rng .

    • @KevinBrevin
      @KevinBrevin Год назад +1

      I got the b&s gl with envious and it is perfect for lucky pants timing it takes 10 seconds to fire 17 gl shots with b&s and it does 150k dps if im correct. This with lucky pants is insane.

    • @soraneptune4178
      @soraneptune4178 Год назад

      @@KevinBrevin oh is actually 17? Good to know I thought it was 15 like the regnant. I suppose the mag size is higher on the trials gl. And yeah short term dps the envious bns roll out dpses rockets. and I ran some maths and the total damage is actually not far off whatsoever (higher without wolf pack).

    • @stuartfoxcroft2940
      @stuartfoxcroft2940 Год назад

      @@soraneptune4178 It's supposed to be 15, Envious Assassin is currently bugged and ignoring the 2.5x mag cap so 17 is possible at the moment

    • @soraneptune4178
      @soraneptune4178 Год назад

      @@stuartfoxcroft2940 ah right the same way how you can get 4 rockets in cc. I think you can get a 7 mag with extended mag on a gl. So that would become 18? Rounded up, and you can probably get your entire reserves in 1 mag with the glitch lol. no spiked nades sucks on a h gl tho

  • @andrewboswell4722
    @andrewboswell4722 Год назад +10

    I feel like Bipod will be better for short damage phases like the Explicator on the planets encounter in RoN. I noticed that B&S for that encounter takes too long to proc and make good use of since the DPS phases are too short between immunity phases. Bipod would be perfect to just dump rockets instead of proccing B&S, then firing, especially when the first rocket doesn't get B&S.

  • @TVanH
    @TVanH Год назад +5

    I say spam 4 rockets (w bipod obv), go to town with Merciless, then spam however many more rockets as you can before the damage phase ends. Merciless is crazy good and consistent damage, plus both are solar 😉

  • @EmberCenturion
    @EmberCenturion Год назад +5

    Super insightful video! One thing I will say though. With double finder mods/double reserves/one solar scavenger I seem to be getting 4 rockets from finder bricks and 6 from normal heavy bricks, so I don't think the ammo economy is too horrendous

  • @deadviking2494
    @deadviking2494 Год назад +5

    im not gone lie it seems kind of unfair for bipod that you have fully tested damage rotation with weapon swaps for B&S when you cna also do that for bipod all you need to do is use something like the supremicy with rewind and 4th times damage rotaion would be very simple just shoot of your bipod rockets reload then switch to supremicy shoot about 9- 11 times switch back to rocket and it will be fully reloaded shoot thos of and repeat, also ngl the fussion you used when you were talking abotu weapon swaping with bipod is increadibly slow from the looks of it so offcores it was gone be pretty ass.

    • @azzarnthelizard
      @azzarnthelizard Год назад +1

      Control burst High impact are the best fusion for damage and dps so no eremite wasn’t a bad choice, the problem is that to fully load a bipod rocket with recon you need 14s which is a long time and while reduce your dps by a lot. If your dps phase is infinite sure it could be a good idea to go with something like Supremacy + Eremite + Apex, dump your rocket, swap to a special for 14s then go back to apex etc. But most of the time you just dont have the time for it to be worth it.

    • @deadviking2494
      @deadviking2494 Год назад

      @@azzarnthelizard that is why i said "shoot of your bipod rockets RELOAD then switch to supremicy shoot about 9- 11 times" you dont have to wait for all 4 of the rockets to reload just manual reload then switch to what ever you got and wait for the last 2 while you dump what ever else you got

    • @azzarnthelizard
      @azzarnthelizard Год назад +1

      @@deadviking2494 the thing is if you arent going to wait to fire all your rocket, there isnt really any reason to not use BS. The only interesting aspect of Bipod is being able to shoot alot of rocket rapidly, like you could do with field prep/clown hothead before. With BS you could easily shoot supremacy twice to proc tremor and go back to BS while shooting your primary or a gl once in a while.

  • @MrLolzmuch
    @MrLolzmuch Год назад +13

    i think a really good set up would be with malfesance and lucky pants, a cascade point shotgun and bipod enhanced reconstruction, i havent been lucky enough to get the ed borders to make my own apex but id love to see someone test it out

    • @LatinoHeatWin
      @LatinoHeatWin Год назад +1

      I do goldie, lucky malf, cascade ikelos, recon bipod apex all enhanced about 2.3 mil vs Kali when I exhaust all ammo

    • @SidVirtuous
      @SidVirtuous Год назад

      Is there a slug shotty with Cascade point yet?

    • @ty_tgm
      @ty_tgm Год назад

      I’ve only been using apex with recon/bipod and lucky pants with malf, but a cascade point shotgun might actually be worth it if some damage phases are really close to the boss.

    • @MrLolzmuch
      @MrLolzmuch Год назад

      @@SidVirtuous not that I know, I'm using the ikelos one, my aim isn't good enough for slugs anyway

    • @sammyadams8994
      @sammyadams8994 Год назад

      I don’t expect Malfeasance to get to Day 1. It’s probably gunna be on the list of disabled guns with the Overload/Unstoppable double dip bug. I wouldn’t plan on it.

  • @superman15922
    @superman15922 Год назад +19

    Bipod has to still get one very specific buff for me to consider it usable.
    It needs to be able to pickup 2 Rockets from a finder brick at base and scale accordingly wit more finders etc.

    • @JG54206
      @JG54206 Год назад +2

      Good point. That would make it a pretty solid consideration for me.

    • @messiahnyx971
      @messiahnyx971 Год назад

      Honestly just lower the reductio a bit more or change the heavy ammo drop rate and bipod would be good

    • @superman15922
      @superman15922 Год назад +1

      @@messiahnyx971 while it would definitely benefit the perk I kind of doubt it, as it would get too close to simply turning into an upgraded Clown Cartridge at that point.
      It already does enough dmg for it's intended role, the one thing that would truly make it a viable perk, as I said is improving it's ease of use

    • @digiorno1142
      @digiorno1142 Год назад

      That doesn’t make sense though because bipod doesn’t double reserves. Just run a scavenger mod between phases

    • @superman15922
      @superman15922 Год назад +1

      @@digiorno1142 no it definitely makes sense.
      While it doesn't double reserves, it vastly increases them.
      if amm pickups stay as is, then the perk literally also nerfs them.
      It increases reserves by 5, which on a typical rocket (base reserves, no mods) equals to 7 shots, so it increases reserves by 70%.
      Imo it would make 100% sense if the perk also improved ammo pickups by on average 70% or at the very least add a +1 multiplier or something, so you always at least pick up two.
      Since imo the scavenger argument doesn't help here, since you could easily also say the same about regular rockets of which you then would still get more bang for your buck.

  • @tslo1808
    @tslo1808 Год назад +4

    Interesting to see a difference of opinion here compared to Aegis' most recent videos, and to mirror other comments on this video; effective use of B&S requires using other ammo like Izi heavily, and also requires re-proccing, as opposed to bipod which doesn't required another weapon as heavily, potentially preserving special ammo. One factor to account for is the value of each individual rocket as well, for consistency: if you miss one or two bait and switch rockets, the loss in damage is far greater than missing one or two bipod rockets. You're also relying on hitting more crits with Izi, which can easily be missed. The ammo economy issue is the only thing that would make me strongly favour B&S, but with the amount of ways we currently have to generate ammo (Cenotaph, Aeon's, Exotic primaries, Elemental artifact mods), I feel like bipod might be the way to go, even in day 1. Except for highly skilled teams of course, who have that consistency of hitting their shots accurately.
    Great video all the same. Valuable information.

    • @gmeinersYT
      @gmeinersYT  Год назад +2

      Yeah I agree with pretty much everything you said. Basically if you don't burger shots tho, might as well run B&S.

  • @RubedoURTV666
    @RubedoURTV666 Год назад +1

    I love how he's basically saying "Bipod is just as good as B&S when just shooting rockets, but when I add these other guns - B&S wins." Well, no shit. Is there a reason you couldn't use Izanagi with the Bipod rocket as well? You've got about 10 seconds after emptying all your rockets with Bipod before you reach the B&S time, so why not fill that time with Izanagi shots? And you're only counting finder bricks for your ammo pickups? Obviously if you're running 3 scavangers until dps phase, you'll only need a couple normal bricks to max out Bipod (the finder bricks are just a bonus). Not saying B&S isn't good (or even better) compared to Bipod, but you weighted your findings pretty heavily to one side. I'd also like to see the Envious/Bipod dungeon rocket taken into consideration :).

  • @itsRela
    @itsRela Год назад +45

    Good point on the ammo economy, seems like a rough tradeoff to not pick up any extra ammo even though you've traded weaker rockets for higher reserves

    • @barstool9156
      @barstool9156 Год назад

      Even so, the ammo economy is still not the best with Bipod. Their are two variable factors. How fast you can blow you load, and how much ammo is left over. You could only fire off three Bait n Switch rockets and 8 bipod rockets, but because you are firing off less Bait n Switch rockets, in that moment the economy is better as you have more remaining ammo. The trade off is damage of course. That’s why when testing, you want to use same type builds to find what is truly a better damage source.

    • @deesevrin8570
      @deesevrin8570 7 месяцев назад +3

      You do pick up more ammo per brick with bipod. Up to 4 before mods or exotic perks. I do not know why this was not mentioned.

  • @TheGerardo136
    @TheGerardo136 5 месяцев назад +1

    So about the same damage with one proc of bait… at that point might as well just us bipod. Less steps to get the full damage 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @Mochi-yv1us
    @Mochi-yv1us Год назад +82

    wsg my little pumpkin

    • @wxl2562
      @wxl2562 Год назад +6

      ... what. 😅

    • @SlongestKongest
      @SlongestKongest Год назад +20

      ​@@wxl2562wasgood my butter cream pie

    • @theogknight2292
      @theogknight2292 Год назад

      ​@@wxl2562wsg sugah

    • @dudeman757
      @dudeman757 Год назад +7

      @@SlongestKongest wasgood my cuddlecake

    • @pinguman2074
      @pinguman2074 Год назад

      ​@@dudeman757wsg my sweet little crumbcake

  • @Skootlesecrets
    @Skootlesecrets Год назад +3

    15 bricks? That’s more than rockets in reserves. 6:28

    • @gmeinersYT
      @gmeinersYT  Год назад +1

      Meant to say 5 bricks

    • @Skootlesecrets
      @Skootlesecrets Год назад

      @@gmeinersYT you really out here man! Keep up the good work!

  • @twizms2
    @twizms2 Год назад +8

    your Bns switch times are way longer. I don't see why you couldn't add filler dps for bipod.

    • @haych569
      @haych569 Год назад

      This exactly. 8ish seconds to close a gap of 650k is not insurmountable. A BnS Supremacy can so that.

  • @GingerBeardMan977
    @GingerBeardMan977 Год назад +5

    Perfect timing. Was going to make the new strand rocket with field prep and bipod.

    • @krispiests6554
      @krispiests6554 Год назад +2

      Im pretty sure the ammo reserve buffs dont stack unfortunately, my buddy had reserve mods with bipod, and i had the same but with field prep but we both only had 15 rockets

    • @jordanreavis8163
      @jordanreavis8163 Год назад +2

      @@krispiests6554 near max reload speed while crouching is probably what op is going for

  • @anthonycassola4241
    @anthonycassola4241 Год назад +12

    The new strand seasonal rocket with enhanced field prep and bipod is amazing imo. I'd like to see some breakdowns of it if possible.

    • @ROFLWAFFLELAWL4
      @ROFLWAFFLELAWL4 11 месяцев назад

      Month late but I agree especially if you're using a Strand special or kinetic for surge matching. Not to mention Field Prep and the origin trait Head Rush actually pairs amazingly well as you not only double up on the reload bonus but it also helps negates the reload speed decrease from Bipod. Any time you're crouching for the Field Prep reload you'll naturally also proc Head Rush. Honestly I think it's slept on.
      Enhanced Bipod is -15 reload. Enhanced Field Prep grants +55 reload. Head Rush gives +10 reload.

    • @RisnerFamilyGaming
      @RisnerFamilyGaming 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4 foe tracer with strand subclass and strand rocket, insane damage

    • @xt0net0nex66
      @xt0net0nex66 9 месяцев назад

      Its ass

  • @sauceinmyface9302
    @sauceinmyface9302 Год назад +13

    I will personally be going with bipod for day one since it allows more flexibility with my other two weapons with less reliance on burning a ton of special ammo for dps. Good to see the harder combo also does more damage though.

    • @ElevatedScvrecrow
      @ElevatedScvrecrow Год назад +1

      I like b&s but bipod seems more reliable in some situations. I’m probably going to craft another rocket with bipod so I could have both to choose from.

    • @lenxmu9765
      @lenxmu9765 Год назад

      At this point u will get more value from a CC FP hothead, bipod has way too low of an ammo pickup

    • @elskinnyoo9307
      @elskinnyoo9307 Год назад

      ​@@lenxmu9765a scav with a finder while using an exotic primary i hit max reserves on both bosses in root with plenty bricks to spare. I also had top dmg when paring it with cartisan

    • @sauceinmyface9302
      @sauceinmyface9302 Год назад

      @@lenxmu9765 While 2 per finder brick is kind of ass, 4-5 per random heavy is kinda nice, ngl.

    • @lenxmu9765
      @lenxmu9765 Год назад

      @@sauceinmyface9302 u still have 4-5 even with bns

  • @dreamingleviathan3354
    @dreamingleviathan3354 Год назад +1

    Yall slept on it until my Cold Comfort with Restoration Ritual and Bipod can shoot 4 rockets in 2 seconds
    also unless you can somehow optimize the Hive Sword for better damage, I dont think its gonna matter day 1

  • @I_AM_NV_
    @I_AM_NV_ Год назад +3

    I don't see how these numbers are realistic why would you just stop dealing damage after spamming the bipod rockets? You still have up to like 12 second left over after RDM bipod before you'd run out of rockets doing Izzy fusion, why not just use that 12 seconds after to follow up with special weapons? Seems like that would make up the difference

    • @kitkit8375
      @kitkit8375 Год назад

      its not the fact of which loadout could do more damage, its which rocket perk is better.
      BaS requires you to use your other weapons, so you have to use it to proc the perk. Comparing the Radient Dance Machine Numbers shows it all because he never needed to reproc BaS in that time. The BaS apex did more damage with less rockets and even faster time than bipod, so the dps for BaS is much better than bipod. The only reason Bipod would be good is if the dps phase is really short, like 15 seconds short.

    • @jonathange5450
      @jonathange5450 Год назад

      It would not make up the difference because no non-heavy in the game, except for maybe lucky pants malfeasance or fourth horseman, is hitting anywhere remotely close to 92,900 damage per second over 12 seconds, meaning it will considerably lower the dps.
      For example, let’s consider some arbitrary weapon that we can swap to with a dps of 50,000. If we do 16.26s of RDM bipod dps, then 12s of this weapon’s dps, that leaves us at (1,510,000 + 12*50,000)/(16.26 + 12) = 74,663.84 < 92,900.

    • @I_AM_NV_
      @I_AM_NV_ Год назад

      @@jonathange5450 fair point, for the record, hunter main here, totally had malfeasance in mind when I commented, I doubt it makes a huge difference, I just thought it was weird to compare using all three weapons with BaS against only using the rockets for bipod lol

  • @burger45
    @burger45 Год назад +12

    So apex predator has the perk reconstruction which makes it auto load after a little more than 3 secs. You can be shooting other weapons during this time and bipod gives you extra time to do it because optimally you proc it twice. Rocket spam will not be the meta in day one because as we saw they are limiting the damage we are gonna do

    • @PopularNobody
      @PopularNobody Год назад +2

      Doubt*

    • @Kehls
      @Kehls Год назад +1

      I believe you may have misread the patch notes. They’re increasing (not decreasing) the cap on player outgoing damage for Contest Mode so we’ll actually be able to potentially output more damage than we normally would locked at 1790. Rockets will likely still be the play, they’re just in too good of a spot right now not to use.

    • @zacmac404
      @zacmac404 Год назад

      @@Kehls no it was decreased damage and crota takes 25% less damage from rockets and 25% more damage from swords so thats fun

  • @blakec8549
    @blakec8549 7 месяцев назад +2

    This video is going to get a lot more views this week lol

  • @needmechanics8650
    @needmechanics8650 Год назад +1

    I used to love your videos, but this one is a bit meh. You don't want to spam with bipod, you can swap too. My rotation against this oger is : 4 rocket > reload > 5 fusions shots > 4 rockets > reload > 2 fusions shots > 3 rockets > reload > 2 fusions shot > 3 rockets. Then you launched your 14 rockets with lot a fusions. But i have to agree on the economy part tho.

  • @omegapex
    @omegapex Год назад +3

    I'm curious how much of a difference it makes when you can have auto-loading paired with bipod instead of reconstruction, since then you can still use it to full effect in a weapon rotation as it loads both rockets at a time. Osprey can roll alh+bipod, though it *is* a lower damaging frame I'd still like to see the numbers if you can get your hands on that/are willing to test

    • @tenacity25
      @tenacity25 Год назад

      I'd love to see Osprey tested.. with Cluster + Bipod.

    • @DanielMorales-jm3ll
      @DanielMorales-jm3ll 4 месяца назад

      i know its late, but auto loading doesnt work on breach launchers or rocket launchers

  • @bjcooper4365
    @bjcooper4365 Год назад +1

    Idea for Crota specifically (assuming his 2 DPS phases still last 5 seconds):
    x4 Izanagi’s (don’t reload) then 4 apex rockets (reload 2, reconstruction puts in a 3rd) then reload a x4 Izi while the 4th Apex rocket loads via Reconstruction
    I did the math on pickups and you can have 8 rockets per phase for 4 phases if you rally with max reserves and pickup 6 per phase (assuming your team is running scouts and maybe a cenotaph this should be no problem with scavs)

  • @virtualshift
    @virtualshift Год назад +2

    This honestly looks like a very biased test to me. If you were truly trying to give by bipod a fair chance, you should done the rotations something like Izanagi's, Ikelos Sniper with fourth time the charm and focused fury. You start by shorting 4 rockets, Izanagi's, 8 Ikelos Sniper (reload), and then 4 rockets would be ready again. Also, you're wrong about the ammo economy. I've noticed that once you pick up the first brick, I was consistently getting five rocket from one heavy ammo break with only one scavenger mod on. I generally only needed to pick up 3 or 4 heavy ammo bricks to have max ammo again, the same if I was using bait switch. Another thing you forgot to mention is that with enhanced bipods, it's only a 20% reduction, not 25%. I personally decided to use bipod rockets over bait and switch because I notice I would get far less damage on a boss that moves around a lot If I missed one of my shots in the rotation with bait and switch, but using bipod I can shoot everything and it doesn't matter if I miss one or not.

  • @death_magnet1382
    @death_magnet1382 Год назад +2

    With reconstruction and bipod, I tend to not use anything that boosts reload speed, at standard reload speed the animation finishes just before reconstruction procs resulting in 3 rockets per reload. Haven't done the numbers on DPS with that it though

    • @soraneptune4178
      @soraneptune4178 Год назад +1

      pretty sure it will be worse than just equipping an instant reload exotic or just playing hunter still .

  • @greed5891
    @greed5891 Год назад +3

    Have you tried cold comfort bns vs bipod?

    • @ElMigol_
      @ElMigol_ Год назад

      Don't know the numbers (could check aegis spreadsheet but I'm lazy lol) but I guess it would be even better than apex since you can buff the damage even further with the warlock exotic, don't remember the name.

  • @GetLikePrincee
    @GetLikePrincee Год назад +1

    perfect vid I was literally looking for a vid answering this question earlier

  • @lionelderboss3649
    @lionelderboss3649 Год назад +1

    When I am out of rockets I definitely swap to Fusion rifle😂

  • @avgjoesgamin9935
    @avgjoesgamin9935 6 месяцев назад

    ILL keep my crafted enhanced apex with incandecant and bipod. bait and switch takes way to much work for only 400k more damage.

  • @justsomeguywithamoustachea2712
    @justsomeguywithamoustachea2712 4 месяца назад

    Well ur comparsing assumes that the guy using bi pod gies completely afk after shooting all his rocketed which simply just nwver happens

  • @agentstepp
    @agentstepp Год назад +1

    Bipod in my experience is king in things like lost sectors where you need them a lot but might not need all the damage. This gives you a lot more shots at quickly ending a fight.

  • @w-gsnow8427
    @w-gsnow8427 Год назад +9

    Dont forget the dungeon rocket. Can roll with envious assassin and bipod. With the reload on empty you can launch seven rockets without reloading.

    • @TheRivs80
      @TheRivs80 Год назад

      stacking surges is harder, thats why most people will use apex.

    • @ando5035
      @ando5035 Год назад

      u can actually do 9 if u do the EA glitch

    • @connormcateer7125
      @connormcateer7125 Год назад

      @@TheRivs80plus you have fewer damage options for surges too. If someone’s using witherhoard that’s off the table, if you take izzy you have no matching element fusion rifle or even GL or shotgun I can think of that is secondary and stasis besides the new Tessalation exotic but then you gotta drop Izzy.

    • @soraneptune4178
      @soraneptune4178 Год назад

      @@connormcateer7125 Ok this is a huge misconception with surges. CC is so much better that the 1 surge difference isn't actually going to make apex better . This is has been thoroughly tested. Is like wilderflight. That gl is so much better than even WITHOUT surge matching it does more dmg than every other energy breach gl.

    • @connormcateer7125
      @connormcateer7125 Год назад

      @@soraneptune4178 what testing, I’d like to see that then. I know cold comfort is better in ideal scenarios, ballidores and at max capacity and what not but that’s not easy task. So I’d be curious to see the tests and the conditions they show for how at one surge CC is better than apex at 3 surges.

  • @johnmccracken513
    @johnmccracken513 Год назад +13

    Both are good. The true test would be a team of 5 players with bipod and 1 with ghorn just melting a boss. If the boss dies super quick then there’s no need to even use bait and switch.

    • @soraneptune4178
      @soraneptune4178 Год назад +2

      ? I mean during regular raids sure . But for day 1 unless we get another nezarec situation , you are going to want the extra time with other weapons and extra total damage that BnS provides. Rn bipod is worse of both worlds unless you are one of those players who has never played with a dps rotation before and relied on solely holding left click on one weapon for dps you can't really mess up a basic BnS rota .

  • @kazoden4225
    @kazoden4225 Год назад +1

    This man doing the Lord's work

  • @chiccimusnuggimus9055
    @chiccimusnuggimus9055 Год назад

    I do not understand this math. Everyone says bipod got a 25% buff. But -40+25=-15. It is only a 15% buff by the looks of it. Am I missing something???

    • @gmeinersYT
      @gmeinersYT  Год назад

      If it did 60% damage and now does 75% damage compared to other rockets, its damage over increased by 25%.
      0.75 / 0.6 = 1.25

  • @nellons85
    @nellons85 6 месяцев назад

    Since then it’s been buffed and bait and switch has been nerfed go Bipod

  • @michaeltodd707
    @michaeltodd707 6 месяцев назад

    This week apex has dual pod and tracking in case ur short on red boarders

  • @xbronson9558
    @xbronson9558 5 месяцев назад

    How do you have pack hunter enabled? Isn’t that glallhorns perk? I’m new to d2

    • @maihimesatoru3342
      @maihimesatoru3342 5 месяцев назад

      someone nearby shooting a gjallarnhorn will grant wolfpack rounds to other nearby legendary rocket launchers

  • @LakersKOBEman8
    @LakersKOBEman8 Год назад

    I have an adept braytech osprey with envious assassin and bipod. I out damaged my buddy using B&S apex. Thoughts? I was also using witherhoard

  • @MasterHeldiverRecords
    @MasterHeldiverRecords Год назад

    Is the same shit of damage. Have a good day.

  • @deesevrin8570
    @deesevrin8570 7 месяцев назад

    You get up to 4 ammo per brick using bipod before any other mods or exotics are concidered.
    You didn't check any sort of damage swap anything for bipod, just dismissed it outright for no given reason and then compared it to the goated damage swap rotation.
    You have proven that a single perk on its own is not as good as the best damage swap rotation in the meta. Applause.

  • @jt2aw15
    @jt2aw15 Год назад

    p sure whole point of bipod is flexibility to nuke minibosses in runup, and using more special in dps for long phases (>30sec) for higher total damage

  • @Kizzster
    @Kizzster Год назад

    neva neva neva

  • @ManBaguette
    @ManBaguette 3 месяца назад

    "I will have a video linked below"

  • @briahlia
    @briahlia Год назад

    I got demo and bipod on apex and it feels terrible. On paper it should be great but it's just meh.
    I've been using osmio warlock for easy nade regen while in dps

  • @shiroonD2
    @shiroonD2 Год назад

    BnS is gonna be better for me, Bipod spam gives me bad memories of forced to starfire meta.

  • @ryanhinson7329
    @ryanhinson7329 Год назад

    Bipod would be closer if Wolfpack was truly a flat increase but it actually isn’t and bait and switch increases Wolfpack damage which is why the damage is high overall and why I feel bait and switch will remain best for rockets for the time being

  • @ZeroWorldline
    @ZeroWorldline Год назад +1

    good video big g

  • @Stooboot
    @Stooboot Год назад

    If they put bipod in the first column it's over

  • @xyzhero8480
    @xyzhero8480 Год назад

    Seems like Bipod was made with the idea that you can run it in hard contents to take out big health pool majors with a healthy ammo economy.

  • @WasherGareth
    @WasherGareth Год назад

    7:00 Are you sure Centotaph always capped at 2 rockets? I swear running GMs last season my teams set-up was giving 3 per pickup. Perhaps it was just that I was using field prep hothead for arc surge.

    • @gmeinersYT
      @gmeinersYT  Год назад

      This was with scavenger and max reserves. Field prep might change things, but bipod also looks to increase ammo per pickup and it didn't seem to with cenotaph.

  • @linneamooney3090
    @linneamooney3090 Год назад

    This might be dumb but can someone explain how he was able to have 4 rockets in the mag?

  • @thecastleofnothing7074
    @thecastleofnothing7074 Год назад

    I find it so funny that, this rocket the last wish rocket is now part of the meta, remember when we all said this thing was trash, oh how the mighty have rise

  • @TheHengKong
    @TheHengKong Год назад

    Does that mean that bipod is better than explosive light which obviously gets outclassed by bait and switch?

  • @GroundlessBeef
    @GroundlessBeef Год назад

    So i have a apex predator bait and switch plus reconstruction. Is that good?

  • @zanthemeximan
    @zanthemeximan Год назад

    someone forgot to tell Gmeiners that fashionis the ultimate end game in destiny

  • @ryanhashimoto9189
    @ryanhashimoto9189 Год назад

    Nope

  • @yycccyytrtctcc
    @yycccyytrtctcc Год назад +1

    Thanks for the vid man amazing work on the dps testing

  • @twocontollersonebrain9071
    @twocontollersonebrain9071 Год назад

    I think they play here for day one is 3 cenotaph warlocks 2 on solar and one on strand

  • @shiftymcnifty4
    @shiftymcnifty4 Год назад +1

    great video, well explained, thanks for the hard work

  • @nytrix9406
    @nytrix9406 Год назад

    i wonder is izzy - rapid fire sniper- 2 shot bipod rotation really a dmg loss?

  • @ayufever1978
    @ayufever1978 Год назад +3

    i crafted the new season 22 rocket with quick launch, impact casing, enhanced field prep, enhanced bipod and reload masterwork. (just make sure to crouch when reloading!)
    with 1 strand reserve mod i have 15 rockets. no other rocket in the game can do this. 14 rockets is good but 15 is better 🙃
    picking up a single ammo brick (not a finder or scout brick) gives a guaranteed 4 rockets, but can be 5 with rng.
    the ammo efficiency is insane with this setup!
    when the rest of the team is out of heavy and swapping to a fusion or sniper, i am still shooting rockets.
    also with bad rng of heavy ammo drops, i need less heavy drops to fill back up.
    math is math and numbers dont lie. i respect the time and effort you applied to provide this information.
    however, one of the intangibles of gameplay is rng. not every encounter is going to have an ideal setup and be raining with heavy ammo drops.
    you can fully mitigate being starved with heavy just by using the above setup.

  • @maddoxcarlberg1021
    @maddoxcarlberg1021 Год назад

    i just wish i could should whisper for a whole damage phase and have it at least be reliable

  • @sherlocksvp5537
    @sherlocksvp5537 Год назад

    Link to vid to optimize heavy brick pick ups?

  • @dylanmiller1140
    @dylanmiller1140 Год назад

    There’s something to bed head for how much easier bipod is to use as opposed to having to time your weapon swaps and such

  • @JG54206
    @JG54206 Год назад

    I think a good compromise for the B+S swap rotations would be Izi, Fusion, and B+S. Probably a bit less overall damage/DPS and than Izi, GL, B+S but when you run out of Izi ammo you’ll still be able to use reconstruction to reload the rocket and shoot the fusion in the downtime. Could also use Supremacy with Kinetic Tremors or another good roll so you can maintain ammo longer for the B+S rotation. The main weakness I see with the Izi, GL, B+S rotation is that Izi runs out of ammo very quickly and leaves you unable to proc B+S any further. Is it worth it to just manually reload the rocket once you’re out of Izi to get as many B+S rockets as possible?

  • @DaZGK
    @DaZGK Год назад

    Why no impact casing and why the normal bipod?

  • @Novistary81
    @Novistary81 Год назад

    Any reason why you're not running impact casing on the bipod roll?

  • @karma6467
    @karma6467 10 месяцев назад

    fck the god roll whats that shader damnnnnn

    • @cjp8155
      @cjp8155 10 месяцев назад +1

      Neon Jungle

    • @karma6467
      @karma6467 9 месяцев назад

      @@cjp8155 u the goat fr

  • @HoRrOrCorE1000
    @HoRrOrCorE1000 Год назад

    so overall think about crota raid and what we know from d1. except crota there is only "add clear" encounters. and even crota isnt a normal weapon burst boss you just need to break his shield. where you can realy use bait and switch in this whole raid? i think bipod just couse you have so much more ammo is the way to go or even the good old way autoloading + light

  • @daos20000
    @daos20000 Год назад

    What do you think about using rap fire fusion vs high impacts for damage

  • @Danceqon1
    @Danceqon1 Год назад

    how about a overview at the end what does what dmg ect.

  • @7MDv
    @7MDv Год назад

    Do u guys know something i don't know? ,
    Crota's End technically didn't have a damageable boss, is there any leaks or r u guys guessing they changed it just like Oryx? .

    • @jaken4224
      @jaken4224 Год назад

      Definitely gonna be changed like oryx

    • @7MDv
      @7MDv Год назад

      @@jaken4224 i hope so

  • @ethanlowenthal4437
    @ethanlowenthal4437 Год назад

    What is the name of the song that starts at 2:48?

  • @Based_Shogun
    @Based_Shogun Год назад

    Thanks, G

  • @mikael100100
    @mikael100100 Год назад

    Wouldn't cold comfort technically be better, as it is able to fit a whole 5 rocket in one chamber ?

  • @gamerclips1882
    @gamerclips1882 Год назад

    Running bipod on my seasonal RL and it’s great for majors, and add clear. It hits alright for bosses but if I need to melt a boss I’m just going with my hot head with auto loading /EL and Izanagis. It’s so easy to use its mind dulling.

  • @mexicanwithahat6064
    @mexicanwithahat6064 Год назад +6

    Aegis spreadsheets are hard to use I suppose

  • @robingrob9717
    @robingrob9717 Год назад

    Would be curious if bipod now beats explosive light for general use rockets for strikes and lost sectors.

    • @kylzepolaczkowaty2197
      @kylzepolaczkowaty2197 Год назад

      I'd argue that for strikes is better because you can't predict the boss will have orbs to gather, or you may die by accident etc
      Bipod just gives you a truckload more rockets to use trough whole strike to speedrun those
      But that is just my opinion

  • @Warriors49ers
    @Warriors49ers Год назад

    What would be better for Gambit: Bipod or BnS on an Apex Predator with Reconstruction?

    • @sugi_YT
      @sugi_YT Год назад +1

      Neither, use parasite or a sword for boss DPS.
      Rockets are awful for Gambit

  • @x9x9x9x9x9
    @x9x9x9x9x9 Год назад

    Simply put no.

  • @UKReconGamerz
    @UKReconGamerz Год назад

    What shader is that 😍

  • @pieceofgosa
    @pieceofgosa Год назад

    Crota's End isn't exactly a raid with a lot of DPS phases, or at least DPS phases that need guns. Unless they totally change the mechanics, Deathsinger is probably the only boss you'll need to DPS & I would have thought Well + 6 x Lament would be the way to tackle her anyway.

    • @anunusualname5344
      @anunusualname5344 Год назад

      I’d say Grand Overture would be great on the deathsinger.

    • @twizms2
      @twizms2 Год назад +2

      It's gonna be different. I expect crota to be flipped.

    • @pieceofgosa
      @pieceofgosa Год назад

      @@twizms2 see I expect them to steer into the lack of DPS phases even more. We're getting too good at DPS (see this video for reference) so if they really want to challenge the day one teams, making it more about timing & good mechanical play would seem like the way to up the challenge.

  • @PixelleHearts
    @PixelleHearts Год назад +2

    The positive things about Bipod are as follows:
    1. Deeper reserves means that switching Heavy is always +
    2. You can choose to disperse your damage a lot more flexibily because each rocket is a fractional amount by comparison, whereas using one BnS chunks your damage potential because the damage is frontloaded
    3. Missing one round of Bipod is not as bad as missing a single round of BnS which immediately tanks your total damage from the damage being compounded into one rocket vs Bipod dishing out smaller values in case you do screw up, thus it is less forgiving for a BnS vs Bipod.
    4. Because it has fractional damage by comparison, it means you have fewer opportunities to "overkill" enemies with the rocket, as in, using a round that does more than sufficient damage that could have been better used elsewhere. (Like trying to kill a screeb with a sword even though it will already kill itself anyway)

  • @umbra982
    @umbra982 Год назад

    Very well made, exactly what I was looking for

  • @morgenstern_7
    @morgenstern_7 Год назад

    What's the fusion rifle rifle used?

    • @gmeinersYT
      @gmeinersYT  Год назад

      The eremite or Cartesian Coordinate.
      Cartesian is better for rotations and Eremite for spam

  • @machine9736
    @machine9736 Год назад

    Another thing to consider is that bipod rockets plus pack hunter is now the best add clear

    • @diontes1480
      @diontes1480 Год назад

      If a Warlock using Ceno w Navigator and this, it would pack a big punch in GMs

  • @sabreXx
    @sabreXx Год назад

    Short answer no

  • @RaveRaging
    @RaveRaging Год назад

    Is impact casing the best on this rocket?

  • @jeffbeasto3198
    @jeffbeasto3198 Год назад +2

    I am gonna be honest that for a player like me who are still decently new and not exactly grasping the damage strategy, its much better to do Malfeseance Lucky Pants & Bipod Apex. 4 Apex - 18 Malfeseance Shot - reload Mal - Shoot 3 Ikelos sniper - back to spam 4 more apex

    • @ElMigol_
      @ElMigol_ Год назад

      That's exactly the meta rotation for malfeasance :)

  • @mrbliv102
    @mrbliv102 Год назад +2

    Here is my problem with B&S for rockets point blank the reload. Reloading even when optimized means your dps literally stops entirely meaning at least a few seconds for the duration of Bait and switch is not even used. Lets also not forget that the first rocket is base THEN you get damage. With bipod i can incorporate other swaps without losing out on all of my heavy. Its up to preference honestly, if you want to risk dumping all your rockets then praying before next damage phase you get a random heavy brick be my guest. However for me what made bait and switch so good on linears was the ammo economy rockets don't have that. Personally I would rather take overall less damage if it meant on the next phase i can for sure have heavy.

    • @soraneptune4178
      @soraneptune4178 Год назад +1

      It has been proven with health bar testing btw (more accurate than wipe screen numbers) that BnS when procced specifically like the following : shoot kinetic , shoot energy , shoot heavy . WILL make the first shot buffed even if it doesn't show it on the wipe screen. I don't really think not having heavy is that much of an argument here considering that little "feature". As even if you have no heavy ammo , you have done exactly the same damage with rockets as someone who spreads it through 2 phases. if you shot say 10 BnS rockets in 1 phase . That's exactly the same as shooting 5 BnS over 2 phases. Having no rockets doesn't typically lower the dps of your other weapons . So if you were using a conventional izi + fusion or izi + gl cycle for BnS , you can still use those weapons in the next phase even without rockets. And they don't get any worse (most of the time) without the rocket . I feel like this is a common misconception with ammo economy . Just because you didn't use all of your rockets it doesn't mean you are improving your overall dmg . you are both going to end up shooting the same amount of rockets overall and therefore the same amount of dmg from your rocket. The only valid scenario where this is not the case is for specifically final stand. But we have seen time and time before as of late that final stand is perfectly manageable with even just primaries .

    • @Casualfield
      @Casualfield Год назад

      @@soraneptune4178 This.

  • @jimpahnse4704
    @jimpahnse4704 Год назад

    I think bipod is good on strang with thread of generation. More hits more grenade energy bit i need to test it .

    • @soraneptune4178
      @soraneptune4178 Год назад

      Is not just based on hits , is based on dmg dealt. this is why an smg isn't giving you old starfire protocol levels of nade regen

    • @jimpahnse4704
      @jimpahnse4704 Год назад

      @@soraneptune4178 but in the Patchnotes they use the term: per damage event. And i know that they tuned faster weapons different than slower and primarys got an extra tuning. So is it really dmg based and not weapon Typ based?

  • @yoshz5389
    @yoshz5389 Год назад +2

    Field prep + bipod, might change the game max reload massive ammo reserve

    • @gravitonlance3610
      @gravitonlance3610 Год назад

      On semiotician that’s what I crafted. Without reserves, you get 14 rockets.
      Great large filler damage, as I run Navigator and Judgement Glaive with strand titan. It’s great for range and large chuck damage.

  • @jeffreyadams9506
    @jeffreyadams9506 Год назад

    Keep tha change