With the introduction of the Curse of Osiris DLC we received our first sandbox update.
A bunch of stuff has been changed like increased super damage against bosses in PVE and well
deserved nerfs like the pulse grenades which I think most of us will agree upon.
I won't go through all the changes in this video , you can find a link to the bungie
sandbox update page where you can find all the details of the sandbox changes in the
description below.
In this video I want to focus on how the change has affected the popular 450 RPM auto rifle
archetype , which has the most popular auto rifles in the game like the Uriels gift, origin
story, and the newly added positive outlook and how does it stands now against the 600
rpm archetype.
Before we compare the two archetypes let's have a look at what has been changed.
The latest sandbox update Increased the base damage and reduced the precision modifier
of Precision Auto Rifles, so those are the 450 rpm auto rifles like the uriels gift,
origin story and the positive outlook.
The other auto rifle archetypes remained untouched.
So before the 450 rpm auto rifles will do 23 damage to the head and 16 to the body,
where the optimal time to kill is 1.07 seconds with 8 headshots and 1 body shot and the bodyshot
time to kill is 1.6 seconds with 13 bodyshot.
The headshot damage is now 22 instead of 23 and the bodyshot damage has increased from
16 to 18 making the new optimal time to kill a tat slower from 1.07 to 1.2 seconds with
5 headshots and 5 bodyshots and the bodyshot time to kill is decreased from 1.6 to 1.47
seconds with 12 body shots, whereas before this was 13 bodyshots.
So all in all the 450 rpm auto rifles aren't hit that bad, they need 1 extra bullet to
hit their optimal time to kill but it also needs less headshots for that and they now
need 1 less bullet to get a body shot kill.
So now we have the new time to kill numbers let' s compare them with the 600 rpm auto
rifles.
So on the left hand side we have the 450 rpm auto rifles like the Uriels Gift , origin
Story and the positive outlook.
We just established the new time to kill numbers, That is 1.2 seconds with 5 headshots and 5
bodyshots and the bodyshot time to kill is 1.5 seconds with 13 bodyshots.
On the Right hand side we have the 600 rpm auto rifles, like the Forward Path, the Ghost
Primus and the Null Calamity 9.
The time to kill has not been changed, this is still 1.1 seconds with 11 headshots and
1 bodyshot, and the bodyshot time to kill is 1.5 seconds with 16 body shots.
So when you look at the numbers the 600 rpm auto rifles now have the fastest time to kill
however you do need to land all 11 headshots and 1 bodyshot to get to the theoretical time
to kill number of 1.1 seconds, but on the other hand the bodyshot time to kill is a
bit slower when you compare it with the 450 rpm auto rifles.
So should you be using a 450 or 600 rpm auto rifle?
It really depends, each archetype has their pro's and cons so let's go over them
The 450 rpm archetype needs less headshots to get to their optimum time to kill.
And as long as you hit your shots you will always kill with 10 to 12 bullets, so that
means the gun is very consistent to use and it is more forgiving since you need less headshots
and less bullets to kill than the 600 rpm counterpart
On top of that all the 450 rpm auto rifles has the precision frame which has the intrinsic
perk counterbalance to make your recoil more manageable, that why these guns are so easy
to use because of this intrinsic perk, This can be even further improved with Counterbalance
mods if you want to.
And generally this archetype has higher range when you compare them with their 600 rpm counterpart.
This archetype also has interesting perks like Kill Clip which grants you 33% extra
bonus damage upon reload after a kill, which is at the making of this video not yet been
introduced on any 600 rpm weapon.
This is why the Positive Outlook is so popular at the moment, with kill clip activated you
only need 7 headshots to kill instead of 10 bullets.
So you can see why the Positive outlook is so dominant at the moment in the crucible.
On the contrary the 450 rpm auto rifles do have a relatively slow reload, slow handling
and a low mag size when you compare it with their 600 rpm counterpart.
As for the 600 RPM archetype it is the other way around.
This has the fastest time to kill of 1.1 seconds when you are accurate with your shots.
You will always kill within 12 to 16 shots and this archetype has more than enough bullets
to do so due to the naturally higher mag size.
The fast reload and high handling of these guns are also a strengths only reserved to
the 600 rpm auto rifles.
On the negative side the effective range is lower than the 450 rpm auto rifles.
And you need to hit your headshots to get to the that optimum time to kill, if you are
not that accurate your time to kill will drastically fall.
And unlike the Precision frame The Adaptive Frame does not have any intrinsic perk , it
does not do anything at all.
So after our analysis, in my opinion the 450 rpm archetype is still very strong.
They are much more forgiving when you miss any headshots but still have a competitive
time to kill, in addition you have the intrinsic counterbalance perk to help you land your
shots and it has higher range as well which is king in the crucible.
So that forms the basis of a strong archetype , and above all the individual guns have interesting
perks that make them really stand out.
Origin Story with Rampage, Uriel's Gift with High Caliber Rounds and Tap the Trigger, and
Positive Outlook with Kill Clip makes the already strong 450 rpm archetype even stronger
with their individual perks.
The 600 RPM auto rifles are more of an high risk high reward archetype , which is more
for the accurate players where you need to hit those headshots in order to reach that
optimum time to kill, the fast handling , high mag size and fast reload makes it optimal
for the slayers among us.
But this archetype is lacking in range and like I said before range is king.
But despite all of this this archetype is a lot of fun to use, and there are great guns
out there like the Iron Banner Forward Path and Scatelock which are both very strong.
But I feel that this sandbox update has come a bit too late , and a lot of players are
now sticking with the 450 rpm guns because they are used to using those and there is
not a lot of incentive in trying out the 600 rpm counterpart.
In my opinion the 600 rpm guns also have a bit of a PR issue, there is no strong outlier
that represents the 600 rpm archetype.
Whereas the 450 rpm archetype have guns like an Uriel's Gift or Positive Outlook which
everyone is talking about and there is no such gun among the 600 rpm archetype.
So to conclude the 450 RPM auto rifles are still very strong especially because of the
higher range, its intrinsic counterbalance perk and the strong individual guns like the
Uriel's Gift and The Positive Outlook.
It did got nerfed a bit with its optimal time to kill but is balanced out with a faster
bodyshot time to kill, if anything it actually made this archetype more consistent.
Whereas the 600 RPM auto rifles have a theoretically faster time to kill but it is much less forgiving
if you miss your headshots.
It is a lot of fun to use, the fast reload, fast handling and high mag size makes it the
perfect bullet hose gun if you are into those.
It is lacking a bit in range which is in my opinion the biggest downside of this archetype
, this puts this archetype in an awkward situation where it can be potentially replaced with
a high range submachine gun like an Antiope-D. My personal preference still goes to the 450
RPM archetype, mostly due to the higher range and guns like the Uriel's Gift and Positive
Outlook which is really hard to ignore in terms of their outstanding stats and perk
combination.
I really hope Bungie will introduce a great 600 rpm auto rifle so we can see those more
in the crucible and add more diversity within the game.
But until this has been Swaye thanks for watching, subscribe for more and as always I will see
you in the next video guardians.
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