Opaque Hourglass god roll & best perks

Inspired by @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for sustained damage against bosses in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Being honest, Opaque Hourglass - like the other high-impact frame crossbow - is difficult to define a role for. It's a bit slow for burst damage in short damage windows, but because you can recover bolts manually or with a Shoot to Loot weapon as part of a damage rotation, you can effectively have infinite ammo so might be more useful for sustained damage. The stats are good by comparison with its peers, and they're helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and magazine perks are enhanced - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1553681400 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. From @mossy_max's spreadsheet (https://destiny2.science/reserves), total ammo is 10. Gut instinct is to improve Handling with the rail perk, or maybe boost velocity or reload speed without any other maluses. With the bolt perk, Charged Bolts adds a little damage over time - but this is instanced so multiple hits on a target don't increase this DoT - or Serrated Bolts deals damage when you recover a bolt. Note that recovering a bolt will also recover any other bolts within ~2m. For a sustained damage roll, as there are no auto-reload trait perks available, Impulse Amplifier passively boosts projectile velocity by ×1.35, and +20 Reload Speed (+25 when enhanced) with a ×0.85/0.8* animation scalar or Field Prep grants +50 Reload Speed with a ×0.8 animation scalar to both reload and ready/stow when crouched and bumps Ammo Generation by +30 (+55 Reload Speed and +40 Ammo Generation enhanced). There's also Bolt Scavenger which boosts Handling and Reload Speed for 4s after collecting a bolt - picking up additional bolts extend this by 3s each up to 15s max. In the second column, for damage, Elemental Honing grants an escalating stack of damage up to ×1.35 at ×5 stack for 20s (23s enhanced) for each elemental damage type inflicted, which can be refreshed with a new damage type until you've run through all 5. Alternatively, Firing Line boosts crit damage by ×1.2 when you're within 15m of two or more allies. The Frame of Reference Origin Trait stacks up to ×5 times on kills, providing up to ×1.07 damage and boosts to Reload Speed and Range for 8s, with the timer pausing when the weapon's stowed. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Strong alternatives

Impulse Amplifier Elemental Honing Ultralight Rail Charged Bolts Firing Line Field Prep Bolt Scavenger Serrated Bolts Low-Profile Rail Frictionless Rail

Inspired by @CourtProjects, @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for sustained damage against bosses in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content. Being honest, Opaque Hourglass - like the other high-impact frame crossbow - is difficult to define a role for. It's a bit slow for burst damage in short damage windows, but because you can recover bolts manually or with a Shoot to Loot weapon as part of a damage rotation, you can effectively have infinite ammo so might be more useful for sustained damage. The stats are good by comparison with its peers, and they're helped further at Tier 4/5 when barrel and magazine perks are enhanced - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/1553681400 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. From @mossy_max's spreadsheet (https://destiny2.science/reserves), total ammo is 10. Gut instinct is to improve Handling with the rail perk, or maybe boost velocity or reload speed without any other maluses. With the bolt perk, Charged Bolts adds a little damage over time - but this is instanced so multiple hits don't increase this DoT - or Serrated Bolts deals damage when you recover a bolt. For a sustained damage roll, as there are no auto-reload trait perks available, Impulse Amplifier passively boosts projectile velocity by ×1.35, and +20 Reload Speed (+25 when enhanced) with a ×0.85/0.8* animation scalar or Field Prep grants +50 Reload Speed with a ×0.8 animation scalar to both reload and ready/stow when crouched and bumps Ammo Generation by +30 (+55 Reload Speed and +40 Ammo Generation enhanced). There's also Bolt Scavenger which boosts Handling and Reload Speed for 4s after collecting a bolt - picking up additional bolts extend this by 3s each up to 15s max. In the second column, Frenzy boosts Handling and Reload Speed by +100 and boosts damage by ×1.15 for a refreshable 7.2s after being in combat for 12s - that's dealing or taking damage. The Frame of Reference Origin Trait stacks up to ×5 times on kills, providing up to ×1.07 damage and boosts to Reload Speed and Range for 8s, with the timer pausing when the weapon's stowed. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-God PvE-EndGame M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Frenzy

Strong alternatives

Impulse Amplifier Ultralight Rail Charged Bolts Field Prep Bolt Scavenger Serrated Bolts Low-Profile Rail Frictionless Rail