Omniscient Eye god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Omniscient Eye is a returning sniper rifle. Rapid-Fire frame snipers have been pretty good for damage but lacking in single shot damage in run and gun settings. Precision Instrument and Fourth Time's the Charm both work great together for dealing DPS. I wouldn't look for Envious Arsenal as you usually don't want to end your damage rotation on your special compared to your heavy." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Precision Instrument Appended Mag Fourth Time's the Charm Fluted Barrel Vorpal Weapon Incandescent Lead from Gold Envious Arsenal Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Arrowhead Brake

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 125 from 3 December 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0unzzecMfqDsL3nxHGSQsp?si=d40055092caa4fa1) with @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for special weapon sustained damage against bosses in general, and end-game underleveled content. Omniscient Eye is a decent choice as a backup damage option against bosses once you're out of heavy ammo. At base the stats are good - 70 Handling equates to a 0.32s ready, 0.37s ADS and 0.29s stow time, and 67 Reload Speed is a 2.74s reload (2.19s with the rapid-fire reload boost is you're reloading an empty magazine). Recoil Direction is a vertical, if loose, 55, magazine size is 6 (max 7) and with 0/1/2/3 Reserves mods you have total ammo of 28/30/33/34 (max 41). To land shots, a little extra control is nice - Arrowhead Brake will tighten up the recoil or Polygonal Rifling will reduce bounce as the barrel perk. Tactical Mag will maximise the magazine size and increase total ammo to near maximum levels on its own. As trait perks, in the first column, Lead From Gold improves with your ammo economy, Fourth Time's the Charm will let you hit 11 crits without reloading assuming a mag of 7 shots, or Envious Arsenal is useful when enhanced to maximise reserves (the main perk probably won't be useful as you'll likely have run out of heavy ammo so won't be able to proc the main perk). In the second column Vorpal Weapon offers a flat ×1.15 damage bonus against bosses or, for longer damage phases, Precision Instrument is ×1.2 damage for the rest of the magazine once you've hit 4 quick crits. The Photoinhibition origin trait is very strong for PvE - a ×1.343 damage boost against barriers and elemental shields and ×1.216 against combatant overshields plus disorienting your target and, if matched with the shield type adds nearby too for 7s. Recommended MW: Handling, with a Quick Access Sling mod.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Tactical Mag

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Vorpal Weapon Lead from Gold Polygonal Rifling Fourth Time's the Charm Envious Arsenal Precision Instrument

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Omniscient Eye always felt good but being a Rapid-Fire frame held it back once they received their standalone body shot nerf way back when. Lone Wolf and Closing Time make this weapon feel incredible but you can also opt for Elemental Capacitor to hit max handling on anArc subclass, instead investing your perks into Range. This max handling and Opening Shot combo is pretty uncommon on snipers but even less common on crafted weapons. The only other crafted weapon with this combo is Someday. Leaving Omniscient Eye as the only craftable sniper with this combo." Recommended MW: Handling.

Essential perks

Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Closing Time Lone Wolf Opening Shot Snapshot Sights Elemental Capacitor