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Edited by CarlosDeRiviera:
5/12/2021 2:51:35 AM
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Cryosthesia..
Can someone clarify why this sidearm is in the primary slot? Its a sidearm that is aligned with a element similar to Devil's Ruin being aligned with Solar and The Keening being aligned with Arc. But unlike Cryosthesia these weapons are in the energy weapon slot rightfully so. So why isn't this the case for the new sidearm?
I'm assuming this has something to do with enemies in the game not specifically being weak to Stasis yet? But that bring up another question. Do kills with this weapon count as energy weapon kills? And if enemies potentially in the future do get Stasis aligned shields does this mean the weapon will switch slots?
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Edited by Swiftlock: 5/13/2021 11:15:29 PMBecause no enemies have Stasis shields. It'd be pretty bad design to have an worthless element take up your energy slot.
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I think a big part of the reasoning behind this is that they want to add stasis shields to the game. Perhaps there will also be “decay” shields in Witch Queen. Once you start having more than 3 possible shield types in an encounter it becomes hard for a single player to equip themselves to handle them all. Bungie’s solution appears to be “put the new energy types in the kinetic slot”, which is an unexpected but smart approach. Basically, you can forgo the extra damage from a kinetic to gain more versatility against enemies with darkness-flavored shields. And to those in this thread saying that the Cryosthesia doesn’t deal elemental damage: the gun works with Mantle of Battle Harmony and counts for stasis kill bounties in its primary fire mode. It always deals stasis damage.
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1 ReplyThis is how D1 guns use to be, kinda feels like they are paying omage to Zhalo Supercell.
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You mean the crystal pistol?
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I honestly don’t mind it It reminds me of D1 weapons
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3 RepliesTLDR; Stasis as a whole is kinetic. From what I can tell, stasis is more status effect than elemental type. It's a subclass focused around freezing and slowing, and this weapon looks to take advantage of that. The poor description in the weapon preview uses the system of denoting elemental type to say at a glance that this weapon is based around freezing enemies.
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It definitely works the same as an energy weapon because I’ve been using with mantle harmony and stasis subclass lol so I can see what you’re saying!
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4 RepliesBecause the gun does kinetic damage. Only the secondary fire does stasis damage
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Well is it so farfetched an idea that moving forward all stasis weapons (and typing ) can occupy all 3 slots? Plus technically it’s not even an element or energy.
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Edited by WhoTookMyIGN: 5/12/2021 12:23:13 PMYep, makes no sense to me whatsoever it being in the kinetic slot and I'm glad I'm not the only one questioning Bungies "logic" in regards to it.
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2 RepliesNo clue but I tried it and the gun is total shit
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Stasis isnt an element. Its a state of being.
