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  1. #1

    Pestilence Exotic LMG (Post Buff): Is it worth farming for again???

    A. Yes

    B. No, despite the buff it is still the worst exotic in the game. There are better high-end LMG's out there.

    C. I don't play in the DZ

    D. I don't play D2 anymore
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    Ubi-RealDude's Avatar Community Manager
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    Not to be a stickler for details but anyone answering C and D really isn't going to be able to help answer your question... and B is an extreme answer to what is ultimately a subjective question...
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    B objectively so

    and I'm mostly a C, but I did venture in ONCE on a very quiet night to get it and got lucky, because I'm a stickler for cool looking guns, regardless of whether they're actually useful.

    Sorry Devs, if you're still got your heart set on niched exotics, you're going to as with the pestilence, get so niche you skip over 'unique to use' to 'objectively a badly designed item.'
    there are more egregious cases of this bad design, in the merciless and sweet dreams, but they have their saving graces... the Pestilence? not so much.

    The ONLY thing I've heard the pestilence is good for is farming to deconstruct for re-rolling other exotics as it appears to have a relatively high drop rate in ODZ
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    The pestilence is getting better, farm it, roll it, deconstruct your lowest ones to roll the best ones even better.
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    I’ll be honest. I think it’s worth it now. If you can try make a glass cannon build, your pestilence would have damage value around 25.0k to 30.0k. That’s more than an average guy’s assault rifle. But it’s more of a fun build to try out. Higher damage build just makes pestilence more viable to use.
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    Farm Pestilence for its exotic components. that is what I do

    Pestilence is by far the one that is easiest to drop so keep 1 Pestilence that has a high roll and the rest just dismantle it
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  7. #7
    It's a really good PVP gun if used right.
    Two people running them in an organized (4man) group are very powerful for DZ and conflict.
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    xcel30's Avatar Senior Member
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    the general rule is to keep one of each exotic, even the bad ones, in case of buffs or reworks like some of them drasticly need right now (i'm looking at you sweet dreams/lullaby)
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    It can be fun for sure, It's not as bad as it was before but still not great. Like someone else mentioned you'll wanna go heavy on weapon damage for it to be very useful.
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  10. #10
    I wouldn't exactly call it farming I got 4 yesterday from an hours play in DZ...if only the eagle bearer had that drop rate.
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