Loaded Question god roll & best perks

Loaded Question — Destiny 2 Fusion Rifle
Legendary · Fusion Rifle
Where it drops: Random Perks: This item cannot be reacquired from Collections.

“"Hey. You see Cayde around, tell him his gun's ready." —Banshee-44”

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Built from 168 curated wishlist rolls for this Fusion Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

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Community wishlist roll

96 wishlist rolls

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for sustained DPS in a damage phase against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Loaded Question is a high impact fusion rifle, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being "strongest standout for body and ranged QoL DPS and a big step up over other fusions". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, and a ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when ADS and moving slower that 2.8m/s - crouch walking speed - as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/852069910/loaded-question and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/852069910 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The Recoil Direction is a bit right and fairly tight, but with only 5 bolts to control, you could look to boost Range with the barrel perk, which helps to a degree with recoil anyway, or to boost your preferred stat. As the battery perk, Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced or Ionized Battery with an Backup Mag mod gets you to 7 or the maximum of 8 shots respectively. High-impacts provide the best boss total damage and DPS among fusions. You can overflow the battery with Overflow which refills the magazine and boosts its capacity to ×2 of base (×2.2 when enhanced), rounded up, on picking up an ammo brick, or Envious Assassin in the first trait perk column, which overflows the magazine to up to ×3 capacity at 10% of mag size per kill with primary weapons and 20% with heavy (12.5%/22.5% enhanced) before readying. Alternatively, Demolitionist provides an instant magazine refill on grenade use and generates chunk grenade ability energy on kills or Auto-Loading Holster refills the magazine 3.5s (3.3s enhanced) after stowing. In the second column, for damage, Controlled Burst reduces charge time to ×0.9 and boosts damage by ×1.2 for 2s (2.5s when enhanced) after a kill or landing all the bolts in a burst. The Problem Solver origin trait is very good for PvE when facing yellow bars - 12 hits (4 bursts) will apply Exhaust to an enemy, reducing damage output to ×0.9 for a refreshable 5s and granting +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s (12s when enhanced) - both effects are refreshable. Otherwise, Vanguard Determination provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage to max ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. If you're interested, "Loaded Question" has a deeper, tragic-comic meaning tied directly to Cayde-6 and his relationship with the gunsmith, described in the lore and the flavour text. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Charge Time or Backup Mag mod, or your preferred choice to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Controlled Burst

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Extended Barrel Overflow Envious Assassin Demolitionist Auto-Loading Holster Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Corkscrew Rifling Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator

Community wishlist roll

48 wishlist rolls

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for sustained DPS in a damage phase against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Loaded Question is a high impact fusion rifle, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being strongest standout for body and ranged QoL DPS and a big step up over other fusions. The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, and a ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when ADS and moving slower that 2.8m/s - crouch walking speed - as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/852069910/loaded-question and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/852069910 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The Recoil Direction is a bit right and fairly tight, but with only 5 bolts to control, you could look to boost Range with the barrel perk, which helps to a degree with recoil anyway, or to boost your preferred stat. With precision frames, you need to worry less about recoil control for look to improve Handling or maybe Stability. Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced or Ionized Battery in the battery perk slot with an Backup Mag mod gets you to 7 or the maximum of 8 shots respectively. High-impacts provide the best boss total damage and DPS among fusions. You can overflow the battery with Overflow which refills the magazine and boosts its capacity to ×2 of base (×2.2 when enhanced), rounded up, on picking up an ammo brick, or Envious Assassin in the first trait perk column, which overflows the battery to up to ×3 capacity at 10% of base size per kill with primary weapons and 20% with heavy (12.5%/22.5% enhanced) before readying. Is the second column, Reservoir Burst makes this a multipurpose roll, Reservoir Burst provides a ×1.3 (×1.33 when enhanced) damage boost when the battery is at or above maximum capacity and triggers an AoE explosion on a kill to help clear groups of Minor adds, as well as passively granting +30 to Battery Capacity - the equivalent of a Backup Mag mod. The Problem Solver origin trait is very good for PvE when facing yellow bars - 12 hits (4 bursts) will apply Exhaust to an enemy, reducing damage output to ×0.9 for a refreshable 5s and granting +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s (12s when enhanced) - both effects are refreshable. Otherwise, Vanguard Determination provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage to max ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. If you're interested, "Loaded Question" has a deeper, tragic-comic meaning tied directly to Cayde-6 and his relationship with the gunsmith, described in the lore and the flavour text. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Charge Time or Backup Mag mod, or your preferred choice to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Reservoir Burst

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Extended Barrel Overflow Envious Assassin Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Corkscrew Rifling Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator

Community wishlist roll

24 wishlist rolls

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing individual Minor adds or tougher enemies in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty, particularly on grenade builds. Loaded Question is a high impact fusion rifle, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic being strongest standout for body and ranged QoL DPS and a big step up over other fusions. The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, and a ×0.8 accuracy cone size and ×0.83 accuracy cone growth when ADS and moving slower that 2.8m/s - crouch walking speed - as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are good by comparison with its peers - you can see them at https://destiny.report/w/852069910/loaded-question and hopefully https://d2foundry.gg/w/852069910 will show how weapon stats impact in-game performance when the site is back up and running. The Recoil Direction is a bit right and fairly tight, but with only 5 bolts to control, you could look to boost Range with the barrel perk, which helps to a degree with recoil anyway, or to boost your preferred stat. With precision frames, you need to worry less about recoil control for look to improve Handling or maybe Stability. Accelerated Coils improves charge time by 40ms at the cost of ×0.98 base damage, or Enhanced or Ionized Battery in the battery perk slot with an Backup Mag mod gets you to 7 or the maximum of 8 shots respectively. To help with tougher minor adds, in the first trait perk column Demolitionist generates chunk grenade ability energy on kills and an instant battery refill on grenade use, while in the second column, Frenzy after being in combat for 12s - that's dealing or taking damage - boosts Handling and Reload Speed by +100 and boosts damage by ×1.15 for a refreshable 7.2s. The Problem Solver origin trait is very good for PvE when facing yellow bars - 12 hits (4 bursts) will apply Exhaust to an enemy, reducing damage output to ×0.9 for a refreshable 5s and granting +50 to Reload Speed and Handling for 10s (12s when enhanced) - both effects are refreshable. Otherwise, Vanguard Determination provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage to max ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. If you're interested, "Loaded Question" has a deeper, tragic-comic meaning tied directly to Cayde-6 and his relationship with the gunsmith, described in the lore and the flavour text. Recommended MW: Charge Time, with a Charge Time or Backup Mag mod, or your preferred choice to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Demolitionist Frenzy

Strong alternatives

Accelerated Coils Extended Barrel Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling Corkscrew Rifling Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator

What these Loaded Question perks do

Accelerated Coils

Decreases charge time by 40ms and damage by 2%.

Controlled Burst

Scoring a Kill or hitting every shot in a burst grants 20% increased damage and 10% decreased Charge Time for 2 seconds.

Overflow

Upon picking up Special or Heavy Ammo: Refills and Overfills the Magazine from reserves. Overfill amount maxes out at 100% of the Magazine Capacity. Activates even while stowed.

Envious Assassin

Upon readying the weapon after scoring Kills with your other Weapons: Refills and/or overfills the Magazine from reserves based on the amount of Weapon Kills scored. Maximum total overfill amount is 200% of the Magazine Capacity. Each activation can only load up to 100% of the Magazine Capacity into the magazine. Loaded ammo per Kill by ammo type (rounds up): • Primary Weapons: 10% of Magazine Capacity • Special and Power Weapons: 20%

Demolitionist

Weapon Kills grant 10% Grenade Ability Energy. Kills with Sniper Rifles, Shotguns, Glaives, and Fusion Rifles grant 20%. Using your Grenade Ability refills the Magazine with a 3 second cooldown. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

Auto-Loading Holster

Refills stowed weapon from reserves after 3.5 seconds of it being stowed.

Reservoir Burst

Passively grants 30 Magazine Size stat. (Identical to a Backup Mag mod) While Magazine is at or above maximum capacity: Grants 30% increased damage and causes enemies to explode on death, dealing 162.5 damage in a ? meter radius. Explosions inherit the weapon's element and Combatant Damage Scaling. Explosions triggered with Linear Fusion Rifle kills deal an additional 30% increased damage.

Frenzy

After being in Combat for 12 seconds: Grants 15% increased damage, 100 Handling, and 100 Reload Speed for 7.2 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed. Dealing and receiving damage refreshes the buff duration. For Frenzy, being in Combat is defined as having either dealt or received damage within the last 5 seconds. Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.

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