I do have to appreciate that you used "your" theme (as in your intro theme) to finish the video for the best weapon of 2023 for what probably will be the last video of this year. Because that weapon has to be a jack of old trades, the good ol' reliable, I feel like your theme which represent you and your channel is the perfect fit to finish the year. Merry Christmas Nomad. And Happy new year.
ME: -sees video on woty ME: I bet he's gonna choose Quicksilver like a braindead simp. ME: -skips to 21:38 ME: ....I should probably become a medium or some shit. Joke aside, I'm glad I skipped instead of wasting my time watching this diatribe that would make Dick Cuckis salivate at the total runtime. I don't even care that I sound like an asshole, truth is a cold hard mistress. Do better.
We had focusing lens too, where you could put a stasis debuff (hunter super) on a boss and get a damage boost for super damage + unnerfed bubble & well to proc focusing lens + one fusion rifle shot for particle with cartesian and then go ham with sleeper or even 1k. Fond memories.
For the best DPS I genuinely thought you were gonna say thunderlord for a second and the sheer relief and catharsis when you said dragons breath was astounding.
I was fully expecting Conditional Finality to sweep so many categories. But then Dragon's Breath showed up at the 11th hour and made its presence FELT. Great video!
It won't be underrated for long once people realize how cracked it is with triton vice now.. Mix it with a void hunter build with the fragments feeding melee kills into grenade energy and you've got a build that can ad clear like a monster. Devour procs every 2 hits, and invis in the back pocket if you need out fast.
@@ValiantNomad I love vex for the same reason I love bloodline: getting void verbs on subclasses where they make zero sense. Woven mail from Cyrtyrachne + void overshield from vex = 80% DR fun times
i would say thats half true because it did get reworked in lightfall which made it so much better and becoming meta. if it didnt get reworked it wouldnt have been looked at as a option.
And that's it for me for this year. Thank you all so, so much for watching in 2023. We'll be back at it early next year. Looking forward to seeing you then. ❤❤❤
3:06 "It really kickstarted the whole idea of fusion rifles being used as apart of the DPS rotation". It did not we shall never forget sleeper and cartesian coordinate.
I don’t say this often: This was, without a doubt, one of the most interesting and creative videos I’ve seen from a Destiny 2 creator in a long, long time.
Quicksilver really ain't all that surprising. Not only is it the swiss army knife of guns, it can also be kinetik and strand. having 2 energy types is insane, as you can get the damage boost for all kinetik type builds and go with the strand synergies with the gun, while it still performs so well anywhere
I always wanna run it but it would require me to put down Rufus Fury and that ain't happening. Rufus is my favorite weapon in the entire game without question..
I fully agree with your pick for Weapon of the Year. It really is a skeleton key for any activity, and it was my go to primary for any new and potentially difficult activity I went into blind this year. Conditional Finality is good and all, but it doesn’t have the honor of being a default loadout weapon like Quicksilver Storm does.
Unsure if this counts, since it's not a D2 weapon, but I think a SOLID runner-up to Apex Predator for "most improved" is Zaouli's Bane. Before Sunshot got buffed (again), Zaouli's was basically the same gun, but it didn't take up your exotic slot. The combo of explosive rounds and Incandescent, in addition to the Origin Trait that can give you up to 6 extra bullets in the mag, vaulted this HC from arguably the worst legendary weapon in D1 to one of the top primaries in the game. It also just got a reload animation fix, so it feels less clunky to use if you're trying to reload-cancel all the time.
This was incredibly entertaining to watch. Just such an enjoyable destiny video that sits well above many of the "series" content videos that are rampant. In a time where there's not much variety in the destiny content being made, this was a great breath of fresh air that kept my interest the entire time. Well done. Truly. My award for destiny content creator of the year goes to you.
Worst exotic award is so fitting. You mentioned lightfall exotic that you never used, I was thinking "Oh that stasis glaive? Like its not great but i wouldn't call it the worst thing", Just completely forgetting Deterministic chaos was a weapon that existed at all.
Nomad I LOVED this video, cant wait for the destiny weapon awards for 2024 but PLEASE add the category for the best looking weapon, no matter how good or bad is, it just looks cool, sounds great, and even the lore behind or something is worth it.
Seeing you put Abyss Defiant as most underrated Legendary just made me cheer. Everyone I know said "It's Meh, not that great", and yet from the moment I got it I fell in love with it and have been getting through PvE and PvP with it and always felt like it was slept on
Hard agree. I put 2.5k on my normal rng drop that has Heal Clip/Incandescent. I ended up spending nearly 900 spoils to get an Adept roll and I don't regret it.
Gotta say really enjoy your video's man, you've been able to still put out a lot of fun and enjoyable content at a time when most creators are just branching away from the game or dismantling it further. Not that both of these actions aren't understandable or acceptable. It's just refreshing to have some unique and enjoyable content in this low period of the game. Genuinely look forward to your vids and wish you the best this coming year
That’s such a banger track to announce quicksilver. Excellent video nomad. I watch you for the dialogue, the comedy, the consideration. Excellent work.
love this video but fusion rifles like cartesian co-ordinate with Vorpal have been meta DPS options since like season of the lost, especially for bosses that cant recieve critical damage from slug shotguns back when they were uber meta
honestly, i couldn't agree more about quicksilver being weapon of the year, I used it in checkmate trials and managed to go flawless for the first time ever. It felt absolutely amazing
ok thank you for adding a nod to conditional for best overall. that gun has carried me in a lot of PvE and definitely gets that second spot for overall.
Crowning Duolouge and Deterministic Chaos being the 'worst' weapons shattered any trust I had in this channel. Crowning has never left my strand warlock and Deterministic has allowed me to solo dungeons that I never thought possible at my skill level.
I disagree about crowning duologue. I still use it often, especially this season. It overloads the mag to 5 with the right roll and fires quickly. With overload rockets on the table through the artifact it makes it an awesome grand master option right now.
I definitely think this should be a yearly series! Maybe next time you could take inspiration from the game awards and have other Destiny creators on to hand out some of the awards
I think Until it Returns is the most under-rated weapon this year. No one talks about or uses it, but with overflow/cascade point, it's absolutely incredible. It's overlooked for Swordbreaker and Heritage, which are amazing weapons(and so is this season's slug shotty with cascade point), but Until it's Return is litterly point and fire. Cascade Point is incredibly easy to proc on a special weapon, and when it's active, it's like a legendary 4th Horseman that can hold 16 rounds with overflow and doesn't kick to the sky. Craft one and try it out with Sunshot when you're not on a punch Titan build, and I promise it'll surprise you how well it bursts down nearly any enemy.
Another honourable mention for glow up: Polaris Lance. From sitting in a vault since warmind/forsaken, to absolute explosion monster with the seasonal artifact mods in season of the wish, it really has found it’s place and rivals sunshot in GM level activities. I’m really glad obscure weapons get brought back into the meta. Hell, even skyburner’s oath became meta for the proving grounds strike, and now we have old classics returning once more like Whisper of the Worm and Thorn. Everyone dunks on weapons like Queenbreaker or Wavesplitter, but who knows? We’ve had weapons no one ever gave a second glance at before return back. Maybe we’ll have them in the list next year.
There's a reason I call it Cooksilver these days. It is so absurdly strong and the only reason it hasn't been used more for me currently is because the artifact doesn't lean into strand as heavily as it does solar this season
I still think, to this day, that the most powerful aspect of the alt fire mode for quicksilver is the sheer fact of no self damage. That is a simply ridiculous addition to a already strong tool. No matter how swarmed you are, no matter how bad things get, you can whip out the old "GTFO" bomb and clear house. I can't think of a single ranged tool bar maybe tractor cannon that can safely do that.
totally agree on quicksilver storm, its just an autorifle/grenade launcher combo. laserbeaming mobs from a distance and doing some very good damage on the launcher part. it has been and always will be my go to strand weapon.
8:06 For me personally I'd have to give it to Kinetic Tremors. As someone who runs a lot of GMs (the best way to test if your PVE build is good) the ability to turn an average kinetic weapon into an ad clear machine is so underrated. With the enemies having their health, damage, and agro cranked to the max, being able to do 16k+ damage to EVERY single target affected by the tremors per burst in a GRANDMASTER over and over is pretty OP. It honestly should be a perk that should be on an exotic. It synergizes with perks like Shoot-to-loot and Demolitionist and Kinetic siphon mods and the tremors can stun champions when rolled on the corresponding weapon. 21:28 I'd have to give it to Wish-Ender. When you said it can be used for almost everything, I thought you'd go with a Kinetic Exotic. Wish-Ender is the only primary/infinite ammo weapon that can 1-shot Barrier champs, give you literal wallhacks, can be used at any range, pierce a single enemy THREE times including it precision damage + can damage multiple enemies behind the one you're shooting at, doesn't take up a heavy slot or an energy slot, free extra damage JUST BECAUSE it's a kinetic primary, and does free extra damage to Taken enemies, Heavy/special ammo finder works especially well with this (literally every 16 kills will drop a heavy brick), needs no setup for it to shine, and can be run on any class/subclass. I wasn't going to say this because it wasn't released in 2023 but when you said Tractor Cannon, it seems like for some categories you were looking for the weapon that shined the most this year. Plus I'm more biased towards PVE (because Destiny IS a PVE game. It CAN/DOES have a PVP (and glory to you if you enjoy it) but, if they allow so many one shot weapons like LMGs and Rocket launchers, swords, and SUPERS/Abilities in the mix it literally cannot be possible for Destiny 2 to be a legit PVP game hence why there's no official Esports league. There's just no room for outplay. They literally have perks/guns with homing bullets. C'mon be fr guys lol). But yeah other than that this video idea is very unique and I agreed with everything else. Can't wait to see next year's awards show
Oh crap! I finished up the video and saw you had passed 100k subscribers. CONGRATS NOMAD! For the video though, I was there every step for every weapon. Nice list!
Me and my brother both found 2 random godrolls in our vaults; he had a Kinetic Tremors, Rapid Hit Spare Rations and I had a Recontruction Bait and Switch non-crafted Apex Predator. Atleast I think those can be considered god rolls.
I think salvations grip should have gotten best glow up, the thing went from only being used for a quest in beyond light and the exotic with the lowest usage to an actually useful stasis weapon, especially with shatter based builds.
Apex wasn't around for Red War, it came with Forsaken. Sins of the Past was the Red War Leviathan raid rocket and alongside Curtain Call made up one of the first dps metas.
A weapon i think is pretty iverlooked is the Tyranny of Heaven. Its adclear potential is trough the roof, especially with the artifact perks this season, it really slays out
I really enjoyed this video Nomad, honestly probably my favourite video of yours all year. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this, I'm really grateful. Merry Christmas!
@@kilickmarsh2793root is so easy. Definitely doable without a mic. And I’d say buying a mic just to get Conditional would be worth it lol. But yeah no mic needed. But for real you should start raiding. I just started raiding this year (been playing since D1) and it’s the best thing I’ve ever done in the game.
I feel like I've been transported back to the Red War this season, I'm running a Solar build with Celestial Nighthawk and Sunshot. But also highly agreed with Weapon of the Year. I pulled it out when I needed DPS from a primary will solo clutching a Coil where everyone else was dead and we had no revives in the final tier. I use it to crutch in PVP, the grenade mode doesn't splash you! And it just looks cool as hell. And I don't have Conditional Finality. Yep, Quicksilver is weapon of the year for sure.
From the day it was introduced, quicksilver was my 100% go-to for everything. I've never felt more joy for a weapon change than hearing that the reload animation was fixed to have the bullets put in at the same time as the animation puts them in. Pure bliss with it every time I use it, and it's my second most used PVE weapon in the game, behind calus mini-tool, for obvious reasons.
Graviton is a close contender to sunshot in best improved weapon. It got its rate of fire change which destroyed crucibe for a bit and got 3 big pve buffs making it compete very well with sunshot. Only thing I would say sunshot does better is synergy/utility due to it inflicting scorch.
This was a great video! Can’t wait to see what next year brings. Always have appreciated your content, found the channel years ago from the crucible doctor videos, and I’m glad I’ve stuck around. Always look forward to your videos, and I can’t wait to see what the future brings for you and the channel!
Most improved exotic is malfeasance, now is the most devastating primary weapon in the game. The sunshot is shining in this season for artifact perks, but malfeasance will rise again after this season
As a Strand/Void Titan main for the last year, I used Deterministic Chaos until I got a God Roll Circular Logic. Then I finally unlocked a craftable Retrofit Escapade.
Honestly DPS shoutout to Whisper of the Worm, as it has the highest total damage out of probably Every Single Gun in the Game (don’t say primary weapons) and got probably over 30% total of damage buffs this year, try it out on a longer range boss like Oryx
Fusions have been meta for dps swaps ever since VOG was put in d2 possibly even before then but that’s when I remember everyone running them the most back when null composure came out
I haven't been watching a lot of D2 content lately, but I really enjoyed this video. Well thought out and articulated. I probably would have picked Conditional Finality for weapon of the year, and it will go down in Destiny history as an all-timer, but I can see the wisdom in choosing Quicksilver Storm as well. If you have it equipped, it's going to perform. Period. Have a nice break, and a Happy New Year.
Killer Video! Great Insight, Great Presentation, Great Content. I firmly agreed on all counts. Vexcalibur and Ex Diris have been my secret loves since their releases, and though I would never run them in any serious content, I always find myself coming back to them whenever I just want to have a good time.
Ngl, over a year ago I crafted a Tripwire Canary. Lightweight, 500ms base draw time, going all the way down to 180ms with archer's tempo/successful warmup being topped off by the veist stinger trait. The downside, negative hit registration. Meanwhile, I took a break from the game, and came back a couple weeks ago. Idk what they did to bows, but my meme bow actually hits things now! And it's a menace. Depending on the veist stinger RNG the ttk fluctuates between 0.01sec below or 0.01 sec above a 140HC. It's FAST. Wrote this at the start of "Category #10" and TLDR do NOT sleep on the funny, cuz bungie does unexplainable things
great award ceremony :) very good breakdown of the year, i agree with almost all your winners, but especially vexcalibur and quicksilver storm. both are truly on another level. keep it up :)
Yeah aint no way conditional finality which is a dps monster, has built in unstoppable which is more valuable than anything quicksilver can already offer, has no business having the range it does in pvp and 1 shotting every single super in the game, did not win best exotic of the year. This should be considered a criminal offense and punishable by persecution in the state of illinois
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I do have to appreciate that you used "your" theme (as in your intro theme) to finish the video for the best weapon of 2023 for what probably will be the last video of this year. Because that weapon has to be a jack of old trades, the good ol' reliable, I feel like your theme which represent you and your channel is the perfect fit to finish the year. Merry Christmas Nomad. And Happy new year.
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ME: -sees video on woty
ME: I bet he's gonna choose Quicksilver like a braindead simp.
ME: -skips to 21:38
ME: ....I should probably become a medium or some shit.
Joke aside, I'm glad I skipped instead of wasting my time watching this diatribe that would make Dick Cuckis salivate at the total runtime. I don't even care that I sound like an asshole, truth is a cold hard mistress. Do better.
Underrated legendary weapon was the right call but if it was a 600 rpm it would be the best auto in the game in any content
Cartesian coordinate with lead from gold and vorpal with artifact perk particle deconstruction in S15 was the best fusion meta of all time
yeah paired with sleeper
it's still good for swap-dps
Best meta of all time*****
We had focusing lens too, where you could put a stasis debuff (hunter super) on a boss and get a damage boost for super damage + unnerfed bubble & well to proc focusing lens + one fusion rifle shot for particle with cartesian and then go ham with sleeper or even 1k. Fond memories.
Even without particle it’s still been one of my go to for special dps idk what he was talking about
For the best DPS I genuinely thought you were gonna say thunderlord for a second and the sheer relief and catharsis when you said dragons breath was astounding.
I was fully expecting Conditional Finality to sweep so many categories. But then Dragon's Breath showed up at the 11th hour and made its presence FELT. Great video!
Vexcalibur as "most underrated" justified all my trust in this channel
It won't be underrated for long once people realize how cracked it is with triton vice now.. Mix it with a void hunter build with the fragments feeding melee kills into grenade energy and you've got a build that can ad clear like a monster. Devour procs every 2 hits, and invis in the back pocket if you need out fast.
@@ValiantNomad I love vex for the same reason I love bloodline: getting void verbs on subclasses where they make zero sense. Woven mail from Cyrtyrachne + void overshield from vex = 80% DR fun times
Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Sunshot. For hanging around for so long to finally get its moment to shine!
ive loved that gun for PvE since it came out year 1 and it’s gotten better over time
I’ve been good for a while but I’ve just kept on getting buff after buff
i would say thats half true because it did get reworked in lightfall which made it so much better and becoming meta. if it didnt get reworked it wouldnt have been looked at as a option.
it really got its moment in the sun
All I use
And that's it for me for this year. Thank you all so, so much for watching in 2023. We'll be back at it early next year. Looking forward to seeing you then. ❤❤❤
Thank you for another year of amazing videos! Enjoy the rest of your 2023 and happy new year!
Another fantastic video enjoy the holidays & stay safe ascendent!
Happy holidays! I hope to see this format return again!
I disagree with Sunshot, I humbly suggest Polaris Lance. Happy holidays
Thank you for the year, Nomad. Can't wait to see what you cook up in 2024!
3:06 "It really kickstarted the whole idea of fusion rifles being used as apart of the DPS rotation". It did not we shall never forget sleeper and cartesian coordinate.
If destiny is still kicking next year, this definitely deserves to be an annual video
:/ not looking good
I don’t say this often: This was, without a doubt, one of the most interesting and creative videos I’ve seen from a Destiny 2 creator in a long, long time.
Quicksilver really ain't all that surprising. Not only is it the swiss army knife of guns, it can also be kinetik and strand. having 2 energy types is insane, as you can get the damage boost for all kinetik type builds and go with the strand synergies with the gun, while it still performs so well anywhere
I knew it was gonna be Quicksilver before even clicking on the video. Probably the least surprising pick on the list except for the Immortal.
I always wanna run it but it would require me to put down Rufus Fury and that ain't happening. Rufus is my favorite weapon in the entire game without question..
Kinetic
@@lukatosic09 what?
@@SlimeyZockt you spelt it wrong
I fully agree with your pick for Weapon of the Year. It really is a skeleton key for any activity, and it was my go to primary for any new and potentially difficult activity I went into blind this year. Conditional Finality is good and all, but it doesn’t have the honor of being a default loadout weapon like Quicksilver Storm does.
Unsure if this counts, since it's not a D2 weapon, but I think a SOLID runner-up to Apex Predator for "most improved" is Zaouli's Bane. Before Sunshot got buffed (again), Zaouli's was basically the same gun, but it didn't take up your exotic slot. The combo of explosive rounds and Incandescent, in addition to the Origin Trait that can give you up to 6 extra bullets in the mag, vaulted this HC from arguably the worst legendary weapon in D1 to one of the top primaries in the game. It also just got a reload animation fix, so it feels less clunky to use if you're trying to reload-cancel all the time.
I NEED 16:31 to be turned into a Shaxx/Saint-14 voice line for when you’re on a tear. This sounded menacing (in the best way)
This was incredibly entertaining to watch. Just such an enjoyable destiny video that sits well above many of the "series" content videos that are rampant. In a time where there's not much variety in the destiny content being made, this was a great breath of fresh air that kept my interest the entire time. Well done. Truly. My award for destiny content creator of the year goes to you.
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sun shot has been a beast for ages, not just the past 2 seasons. people just didnt use it cause streamers didnt tell them too!
Worst exotic award is so fitting.
You mentioned lightfall exotic that you never used, I was thinking "Oh that stasis glaive? Like its not great but i wouldn't call it the worst thing", Just completely forgetting Deterministic chaos was a weapon that existed at all.
i didn't even use it in the mission when they wanted you to let alone in any other content
It was Meta for RON for a bit, so that's probably why. You could melt nezzy
Merry christmas everyone! May you all get your raid exotics in your first runs.
Nomad I LOVED this video, cant wait for the destiny weapon awards for 2024 but PLEASE add the category for the best looking weapon, no matter how good or bad is, it just looks cool, sounds great, and even the lore behind or something is worth it.
“My day during the red war,” mentions a forsaken weapon…
Seeing you put Abyss Defiant as most underrated Legendary just made me cheer. Everyone I know said "It's Meh, not that great", and yet from the moment I got it I fell in love with it and have been getting through PvE and PvP with it and always felt like it was slept on
Dude, I have 3k kills on my non-crafted Recon Target Lock Abyss Defiant. Nice to see another fellow auto enjoyer.
Hard agree. I put 2.5k on my normal rng drop that has Heal Clip/Incandescent. I ended up spending nearly 900 spoils to get an Adept roll and I don't regret it.
Gotta say really enjoy your video's man, you've been able to still put out a lot of fun and enjoyable content at a time when most creators are just branching away from the game or dismantling it further. Not that both of these actions aren't understandable or acceptable. It's just refreshing to have some unique and enjoyable content in this low period of the game. Genuinely look forward to your vids and wish you the best this coming year
That’s such a banger track to announce quicksilver. Excellent video nomad. I watch you for the dialogue, the comedy, the consideration. Excellent work.
Vicetone always slaps
This is one of the greatest destiny videos I have watched in years. Refreshing, just brilliant. Thank you.
After gilding Conqueror 8x times, I think Wish-ender deserves to win some of those awards
love this video but fusion rifles like cartesian co-ordinate with Vorpal have been meta DPS options since like season of the lost, especially for bosses that cant recieve critical damage from slug shotguns back when they were uber meta
The only fusion rifle dps meta I remember Bernie now was Merciless on Calus in vanilla D2.
honestly, i couldn't agree more about quicksilver being weapon of the year, I used it in checkmate trials and managed to go flawless for the first time ever. It felt absolutely amazing
YO WHY IS NOBODY GONNA TALK ABOUT THE TRANSITION AT 11:31
ok thank you for adding a nod to conditional for best overall. that gun has carried me in a lot of PvE and definitely gets that second spot for overall.
Vexcalibur has always been good and now that they buffed glaive shields to auto generate its even better
Crowning Duolouge and Deterministic Chaos being the 'worst' weapons shattered any trust I had in this channel. Crowning has never left my strand warlock and Deterministic has allowed me to solo dungeons that I never thought possible at my skill level.
I disagree about crowning duologue. I still use it often, especially this season. It overloads the mag to 5 with the right roll and fires quickly. With overload rockets on the table through the artifact it makes it an awesome grand master option right now.
I definitely think this should be a yearly series! Maybe next time you could take inspiration from the game awards and have other Destiny creators on to hand out some of the awards
I think Until it Returns is the most under-rated weapon this year. No one talks about or uses it, but with overflow/cascade point, it's absolutely incredible. It's overlooked for Swordbreaker and Heritage, which are amazing weapons(and so is this season's slug shotty with cascade point), but Until it's Return is litterly point and fire. Cascade Point is incredibly easy to proc on a special weapon, and when it's active, it's like a legendary 4th Horseman that can hold 16 rounds with overflow and doesn't kick to the sky. Craft one and try it out with Sunshot when you're not on a punch Titan build, and I promise it'll surprise you how well it bursts down nearly any enemy.
Another honourable mention for glow up: Polaris Lance. From sitting in a vault since warmind/forsaken, to absolute explosion monster with the seasonal artifact mods in season of the wish, it really has found it’s place and rivals sunshot in GM level activities.
I’m really glad obscure weapons get brought back into the meta. Hell, even skyburner’s oath became meta for the proving grounds strike, and now we have old classics returning once more like Whisper of the Worm and Thorn. Everyone dunks on weapons like Queenbreaker or Wavesplitter, but who knows? We’ve had weapons no one ever gave a second glance at before return back. Maybe we’ll have them in the list next year.
8:27 Merciless meta for the leviathan and nightfalls.
There's a reason I call it Cooksilver these days. It is so absurdly strong and the only reason it hasn't been used more for me currently is because the artifact doesn't lean into strand as heavily as it does solar this season
For some obscure reason I've cried in tears in the end of the video during the best weapon section. And that nostalgia music from 2012 or so, my god
I still think, to this day, that the most powerful aspect of the alt fire mode for quicksilver is the sheer fact of no self damage. That is a simply ridiculous addition to a already strong tool. No matter how swarmed you are, no matter how bad things get, you can whip out the old "GTFO" bomb and clear house. I can't think of a single ranged tool bar maybe tractor cannon that can safely do that.
totally agree on quicksilver storm, its just an autorifle/grenade launcher combo. laserbeaming mobs from a distance and doing some very good damage on the launcher part.
it has been and always will be my go to strand weapon.
Genuinely great video Nomad. Truly. The way the music kicked in when you were announcing Weapon of the Year literally gave me chills. 10/10.
Quicksilver Storm was my main auto rifle before the Craftening for the Heist battlegrounds Europa GM.
Those grenades are insane for gm adclear.
8:06 For me personally I'd have to give it to Kinetic Tremors. As someone who runs a lot of GMs (the best way to test if your PVE build is good) the ability to turn an average kinetic weapon into an ad clear machine is so underrated. With the enemies having their health, damage, and agro cranked to the max, being able to do 16k+ damage to EVERY single target affected by the tremors per burst in a GRANDMASTER over and over is pretty OP. It honestly should be a perk that should be on an exotic. It synergizes with perks like Shoot-to-loot and Demolitionist and Kinetic siphon mods and the tremors can stun champions when rolled on the corresponding weapon.
21:28 I'd have to give it to Wish-Ender. When you said it can be used for almost everything, I thought you'd go with a Kinetic Exotic. Wish-Ender is the only primary/infinite ammo weapon that can 1-shot Barrier champs, give you literal wallhacks, can be used at any range, pierce a single enemy THREE times including it precision damage + can damage multiple enemies behind the one you're shooting at, doesn't take up a heavy slot or an energy slot, free extra damage JUST BECAUSE it's a kinetic primary, and does free extra damage to Taken enemies, Heavy/special ammo finder works especially well with this (literally every 16 kills will drop a heavy brick), needs no setup for it to shine, and can be run on any class/subclass. I wasn't going to say this because it wasn't released in 2023 but when you said Tractor Cannon, it seems like for some categories you were looking for the weapon that shined the most this year. Plus I'm more biased towards PVE (because Destiny IS a PVE game. It CAN/DOES have a PVP (and glory to you if you enjoy it) but, if they allow so many one shot weapons like LMGs and Rocket launchers, swords, and SUPERS/Abilities in the mix it literally cannot be possible for Destiny 2 to be a legit PVP game hence why there's no official Esports league. There's just no room for outplay. They literally have perks/guns with homing bullets. C'mon be fr guys lol).
But yeah other than that this video idea is very unique and I agreed with everything else. Can't wait to see next year's awards show
Oh crap! I finished up the video and saw you had passed 100k subscribers. CONGRATS NOMAD!
For the video though, I was there every step for every weapon. Nice list!
Fun fact: the Deterministic Chaos does have a catalyst in the api with a perk set to it. It has 4th times the charm...for what ever thats worth....
Me and my brother both found 2 random godrolls in our vaults; he had a Kinetic Tremors, Rapid Hit Spare Rations and I had a Recontruction Bait and Switch non-crafted Apex Predator. Atleast I think those can be considered god rolls.
I think salvations grip should have gotten best glow up, the thing went from only being used for a quest in beyond light and the exotic with the lowest usage to an actually useful stasis weapon, especially with shatter based builds.
What a wonderful Christmas Present! Thanks AscendantNomad! I loved this video and it made me feel all the nostalgia from this past year of D2.
Im so happy that Sunshot, my favorite weapon since i started playing this damn game, is finally getting the spotlight it deserves
Apex wasn't around for Red War, it came with Forsaken. Sins of the Past was the Red War Leviathan raid rocket and alongside Curtain Call made up one of the first dps metas.
i anticipated quicksilver thru the whole video, heart dropped because that weapon clutched me in so many situations
Throw deterministic on a gyrfalcon build. Weakening + volatile on an lmg is actually really fun.
A weapon i think is pretty iverlooked is the Tyranny of Heaven. Its adclear potential is trough the roof, especially with the artifact perks this season, it really slays out
This was an enjoyable video to watch. Thanks for putting this together.
I was going to say Conditional Finality, but when you said Quicksilver I was like, “ah yes, that makes sense” it really does do basically everything.
I really enjoyed this video Nomad, honestly probably my favourite video of yours all year. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this, I'm really grateful. Merry Christmas!
This is gonna be a Conditional Finality sweep I can feel it in my bones
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@@AscendantNomadI'm never raiding period I don't have a working microphone
@kilickmarsh2793 no mic raids exist. I do them alot. Most the raids in d2 are dummy easy
@@kilickmarsh2793root is so easy. Definitely doable without a mic. And I’d say buying a mic just to get Conditional would be worth it lol. But yeah no mic needed. But for real you should start raiding. I just started raiding this year (been playing since D1) and it’s the best thing I’ve ever done in the game.
@@bulldogfront666 I love raiding I'm saying my mic always breaks within 1 month of buying it
Underrated legendary for me is Heliocentric QSc, heal clip and incandescent puts in so much work.
Lovely work on this! It’s always a pleasure to see new uploads from you
8:29 year one merciless shredded callus like paper
My personal underrated legendary is Targeted Redaction. Especially in checkmate. It's one of my favorite weapons in a long time
I feel like I've been transported back to the Red War this season, I'm running a Solar build with Celestial Nighthawk and Sunshot.
But also highly agreed with Weapon of the Year. I pulled it out when I needed DPS from a primary will solo clutching a Coil where everyone else was dead and we had no revives in the final tier. I use it to crutch in PVP, the grenade mode doesn't splash you! And it just looks cool as hell. And I don't have Conditional Finality. Yep, Quicksilver is weapon of the year for sure.
This might be one of my favorite vids you’ve done. Just feels so unique & creative. Looking forward to next year :) cheers
From the day it was introduced, quicksilver was my 100% go-to for everything. I've never felt more joy for a weapon change than hearing that the reload animation was fixed to have the bullets put in at the same time as the animation puts them in. Pure bliss with it every time I use it, and it's my second most used PVE weapon in the game, behind calus mini-tool, for obvious reasons.
Dude this was such a great watch excellent as always
Eremite cemented high impact fusions as a quick damage option in most of my builds. Controlled Burst is king
Amazing opinions, glad to have found your channel!
Vex calibur is slept on after the glaive rework. Add on strand warlock with necrotic grips and its insane
Wow. Really surprised Wish-Ender didnt get a mention at all.
Graviton is a close contender to sunshot in best improved weapon. It got its rate of fire change which destroyed crucibe for a bit and got 3 big pve buffs making it compete very well with sunshot. Only thing I would say sunshot does better is synergy/utility due to it inflicting scorch.
This was a great video! Can’t wait to see what next year brings. Always have appreciated your content, found the channel years ago from the crucible doctor videos, and I’m glad I’ve stuck around. Always look forward to your videos, and I can’t wait to see what the future brings for you and the channel!
Very happy to be in the stream when the idea for this came about
Abbyss defiant alongside side the new vex pulse adhortative are insanely good! Heal clip + incandescent is a great combo.
Most improved exotic is malfeasance, now is the most devastating primary weapon in the game.
The sunshot is shining in this season for artifact perks, but malfeasance will rise again after this season
As a Strand/Void Titan main for the last year, I used Deterministic Chaos until I got a God Roll Circular Logic. Then I finally unlocked a craftable Retrofit Escapade.
Honestly DPS shoutout to Whisper of the Worm, as it has the highest total damage out of probably Every Single Gun in the Game (don’t say primary weapons) and got probably over 30% total of damage buffs this year, try it out on a longer range boss like Oryx
Fusions have been meta for dps swaps ever since VOG was put in d2 possibly even before then but that’s when I remember everyone running them the most back when null composure came out
This was delightful to watch. Would love to see the awards next year too!
There was that one season with particle deconstruction when fusions were meta, not just 1k. Null composure was nuts.
fr hoping for major growth my man you are GOLD🙌🏽
Understand Quicksilver Storm as #1 and deserved, personal pick is Sunshot for weapon of the year.
This was one of the most creative Destiny videos I've seen. Nomad has proven himself to be of the best Destiny content creators out there
Calus Mini Tool has been my favourite legendary in a long time. Cheers
On the point about fusions being used for boss damage, I do believe that Merciless was king back in the double primary Calus days.
“When you’re just dicking around, whip this out…”
- Ascendant Nomad
Love it ❤
I haven't been watching a lot of D2 content lately, but I really enjoyed this video. Well thought out and articulated. I probably would have picked Conditional Finality for weapon of the year, and it will go down in Destiny history as an all-timer, but I can see the wisdom in choosing Quicksilver Storm as well. If you have it equipped, it's going to perform. Period.
Have a nice break, and a Happy New Year.
Killer Video! Great Insight, Great Presentation, Great Content. I firmly agreed on all counts.
Vexcalibur and Ex Diris have been my secret loves since their releases, and though I would never run them in any serious content, I always find myself coming back to them whenever I just want to have a good time.
honestly the most professional looking d2 video I've seen in a very long while nomad never misses with the production.
NOOOOOO I KNEW IT WAS COMING BUT I LOVE DETERMINISTIC CHAOS 😭💔
The immortal is the new recluse
I'm 4 minutes into the video and I love this. Can't wait for next year already😂
Hopefully we have some co-hosts and nomination lists lol
FANTASTIC VIDEO!!! EXCELLENT EDITING AND SOUNDTRACK
Merry Christmas and happy new year buddy!
Dragon's Breath was a revelation. Most fun weapon they've made in a long, long time. Add clear, Boss dps; it has it all.
The irony of you saying sponsor and RUclips dropping an ad right at that moment lol
Ngl, over a year ago I crafted a Tripwire Canary. Lightweight, 500ms base draw time, going all the way down to 180ms with archer's tempo/successful warmup being topped off by the veist stinger trait. The downside, negative hit registration. Meanwhile, I took a break from the game, and came back a couple weeks ago. Idk what they did to bows, but my meme bow actually hits things now! And it's a menace. Depending on the veist stinger RNG the ttk fluctuates between 0.01sec below or 0.01 sec above a 140HC. It's FAST. Wrote this at the start of "Category #10" and TLDR do NOT sleep on the funny, cuz bungie does unexplainable things
great award ceremony :) very good breakdown of the year, i agree with almost all your winners, but especially vexcalibur and quicksilver storm. both are truly on another level. keep it up :)
Yeah aint no way conditional finality which is a dps monster, has built in unstoppable which is more valuable than anything quicksilver can already offer, has no business having the range it does in pvp and 1 shotting every single super in the game, did not win best exotic of the year. This should be considered a criminal offense and punishable by persecution in the state of illinois
I LOVE this concept for a video. I'm so surprised this wasn't done sooner but someone else.