Hey. It's been a minute. This video isn't what you're used to, and I want to explain. I'm phasing away from high production quality, overly edited thinkpieces that take 1-2 weeks to make at a time and more towards pure volume for now. There's a lot I want to talk about with Into The Light, with Destiny 2 in general and I feel like I'm just hurting myself by not making more stuff. I'd like to connect more with all of you and hear your thoughts. And in doing so, I'm going to be making stuff that's far more raw, far more off-the-cuff and probably a little less refined. I'll get better at this over time, but I'm committed to this direction to see where it takes me. Thanks for reading this and watching the vid.

I’ve been keeping track of my Elsie drops for shits and giggles, I’ve had terrible luck with 84 drops and nothing that I wanted…until today. Three drops in a row, two 5/5 pvp rolls and one shiny with a 5/5 for pve and pvp. I was stunned.

Quick note about Elsie's Rifle: you can't forget about deterministic recoil. ER's recoil is HEAVILY to the left even with a recoil stat of 100. You're better off getting 83 to even out the left kick, so go with Extended Barrel or Chambered Compensator, both with a handling masterwork. Both will negate the handling penalty and will free up your mod slot for whatever you choose. Edit: to illustrate what I mean, watch CoolGuy's video on Elsie's Rifle. Around the 4 minute mark. He shows off the recoil and 83 is slightly more grouped together than 88/98/100. 100 is debatable, but with the barrel/masterwork combo above your mod slot is still free for another mod.

I do find it hilarious that this rifle is both a very good legendary and an exotic rifle. It’s quite the paradox.

I’d like to shout out the combination of Repulsor Brace + Adrenaline Junkie. Outside of Gyrfalcon, killing an enemy with a grenade with the right Fragment equipped is main way of getting Volatile Rounds. The Origin trait is a mini Demolitionist or Pugilist. Getting a Grenade kill procs Adrenaline Junkie x5 and Volatile Rounds, then getting a kill with Volatile Rounds procs Repulsor Brace, and getting kills recharges your grenade to restart the whole process.

AND were going to be able to enhance it down the read too. This thing is going to be nuts.

This went from "eh could be better" when it was first dropped in that Into the Light stream to "oh my god I need every roll" and I could not be happier

Like others have probably mentioned by now, Extended Barrel and Chambered Compensator are by far the best barrel options because of deterministic recoil. The deterministic recoil on Elsie's pulls it to the left, and the only way to neutralize this is to have recoil pull it to the right. This can only be achieved by having either of the aforementioned barrels. Higher recoil direction does help with the grouping of shots (which is abysmal at 73) and at 83 the gun becomes incredibly precise.

Hello Ascendant Nomad - i reinstalled destiny 2 & hundreds of women flooded my dms, they said "wow, do you main solar titan??" at first i was afraid (i do not talk to women) Then, I began to understand this is the power of destiny 2, the game. This is what Bungie has been working towards all these years

i think the reason it ended up like this is because its statistically identical to ntte, fluted and a range masterwork (no accurized rounds) gets you to literally the same stats with 6 more in the mag on top and then you can add even more with mag and the 2 perk slots

High Cal and Armor Piercing are also really strong in PVE on a pulse like this. I'd honestly take that over flared magwell. Especially if you're running Feeding frenzy.

So the first shiny I got was Rewind Rounds and Zen Moment in one column and Headseeker and Desperate Measures on the other 😲

Hey played with you today, you were popping off can’t wait to see the coup video you’re doing

Oh boy! A rare treat! An AN video. Cheers buddy.

Well Nomad, you've sold me on this gun. In under 5 minutes, no less xD. Welcome back, and I'm very keen to see more videos like this.

Zen Moment doesn’t add any actual stability at all, so it doesn’t reduce the vertical spacing between bullets. It just reduces the reticle bounce and visible weapon shaking which, combined with its reduced flinch, makes it easier to stay on target. The old description for Zen Moment mentioned stability, so a while back Bungie updated the description to reflect exactly what the perk does. They also directly clarified that the perk has zero impact on the stability stat.

I snagged an Over Under Kill Clip roll and I'm so excited to try it out this weekend.

I got your exact PvP roll last night (Hammer-forged, Ricochet, Zen Moment, Headseeker, Handling Masterwork). Then this video shows up on my homepage today. Instant sub.

I'm really enjoying these "new look" videos Nomad. Still packed with the necessary info, but shorter and crystal clear. I hope there are more to come in this vein, meanwhile I hope all goes well with the wedding 🤞

Love the down and dirty video, not gonna lie I've been tossing these while farming but I'll be keeping my eye on the rolls a bit closer now. Cheers!

I am so happy to see you back at the destiny videos friend. I like the format and will be tuning in to all the weapon vids. Happy to see you enjoying the game again. Cheers 🍻

Pulse is in the artifact currently Nomad.

I got the headseeker perfect roll without too much effort and I am excited to see how it fares vs syncopation which since crafting it (should have done so much sooner) has far and away become my favorite pvp weapon in the space of 5 games.

Got that exact roll with extended instead of hammer forged but handling masterwork makes up for that and 98 recoil direction I love it

Repulser + Desperate is Coolguy's Recluse roll for pve, the pairing with either Gyrfalcons or the echo that gives volatile rounds on grenade kills + the origin trait goes *very* hard alongside Devour.

Great vid, thx.

I love how nomad comes out from under a rock once every five months to talk about a new pulse that came out or to complain about the state of the game

Aestheticly and from a feel-perspective this gun has ALWAYS been insanely pleasant for me. NTTE was my main pvp weapon for a long time even in non pulse rifle metas it was my go-to gun to be competitive.

extended mag,rewind,desperate measures + backup mag and ur balllling i got a shiny like that today and love it

got the max range roll with Ricochet rounds zen head seeker and omg I’m having a blast with it. Zen moment on pulses is so good

Loved this gun in D1 and now with all these perks. It was the first brave weapon I went after and glad I did. But with all these great poems you definitely need a shiny version with multiple perks to get the perks you want. I got a shiny with zen moment and desperate measures and don't remember the other 2 perks but still wanted a 3rd set of perks to try just because of how big the perks pool is.

I have one with Arrowhead, Armor-piercing, Zen moment and Desp Measures and it absolutely BANGS on almost every PvP map (and does great in Onslaught). It's definitely the best pulse out there

I have a shiny with an extended barrel, ricochet rounds, keep away, rewind, kill clip, head seeker, and a stability mw. This thing feels like an exotic. It's that good.

DAD IM BACK YOUR SMOKES ARE ON THE KITCHEN TABLE!

2:05 You know this man is genuine when you can hear it in his voice. Not that he wasn't genuine about the others, but the shock is real. Welcome back, Nomad! Glad to see you're still kicking strong! 👏

This was my favourite pulse in OG Destiny and I was worried about it just being nostalgia but damn it feels like it is better. Odd out of all the weapons in Into the Light that hit so far and now gotta figure out the rolls I want. Watching with interest

man I'm in love with this pulse in PVE it does really amazing damage

I love when Nomad starts cooking

It has NTTE's stats (known for being insanely high) while also allowing you to grab consistency perks like Zen and Headseeker.

Everyone was dismissing Elsie's in favor of Blast Furnace...I knew from looking at it that Elsie's was going to be nice. Plus, you can lean into subclass synergy with Elsie's.

This will be the gun that makes them look at headseeker, and I hope they don't crush it. On 340s it's mandatory at this point.

I'll be keeping a few of these. The full roll I want is Arrowhead, Flared or Appended, Repulsor Brace and Destabilising Rounds, and either a Stability or Reload masterwork - I think with Flared and the masterwork it gets to a 1.5ish sec reload, it's daft I have two with Repulsor Brace and Frenzy, I'm quite fond of that combo on Hunter since Gyrfalcon's Hauberk doesn't need the help of Destabilising Rounds

Glad you're having fun. I wish primaries were better in pve I'll give it a try though.

I had a random shiney drop from the chest next to Shaxx. Hammer-Forged, Ricochet Rounds, Rewind Rounds, Destabilising Rounds, Range MW. The other 2 Perks were Adrenaline Junkie & I cant remember the other off the top of my head 😄 After using it on my Gyrfalcons Build? Literally just what I had equipped at the time & thought "yeah, that'll be fun!" I absolutely want a Repulsor Brace x Destabilising Rounds one with maybe a Stability MW as the Range is really good as is! Very surprised by how damn good it felt! I was gunna go for Zen x Headseeker for PVP but now I've added another roll to chase totally by chance 😑😄

So glad I was able to get a shiny with both Rewind/Repulsor and Frenzy/Desperate measures to drop. got a couple decent pvp rolls laying in the vault for now like zen + kc but will have to try those once done with the brave farming. Let the farming for god rolls continue

Elsie's rifle is the first 340 pulse I've enjoyed using. It's so good.

I'm normally not a master of 340s in the Crucible but I got a roll with like 85 reload, Zen Moment, and Desperado. The snappy load into Desperado makes it feel so much better than it did on Messenger. Now for a PvE roll...

I currently have the zen/headseeker roll but i'm after, what i would consider god tier, an under-over and kill clip roll. In PVP with over-shields galore UO feels criminally slept on.

Welcome back, Pulse King. We missed you, brother. 😘

This gun should definitely not be overlooked. Nice video, interesting suggestions on rolls. Btw @AscendantNomad are you Irish?

As a void hunter lover i was over joyed when i saw the elsies perk pool and hammerhead perk pool. Also recluse is a lot of fun

I don't often gush about a gun but this thing is a freakin thing of beauty. The only con it has is the false sense of security it will lull you into because you'll feel like there isn't a duel you could possibly lose.

I personally think a lot of people are really overlooking keep away with frenzy. Both of those have to opportunity to be up and running at all times. Arrowhead, fluted, and extended are the best barrel choices. Pve I'm going with destabilizing and repulsor as a voidwalkwer to constantly have an overshield and it's even more achievable with an In transit with the same rolls of destabilizing and repulsor. In my kinetic is good ole' Witherhoard. Oh.. and I'm running Briarbinds. 😅

I have a god roll adept messenger and I don't play well with it. To be fair, I haven't played a whole lot with it. However, I tried elsies in trials this weekend and was blown away. It feels real nice

perhaps this is the reward for never getting a craftable void pulse

Thank you for creating an easy to follow weapon breakdown that doesn't make me immediately zone out. Seriously. So many videos out here are just ADHD word vomit. This was good.

Was about to give up shiny hunting one of these, then last run before bed i got Arrowhead, High cal, Zen Moment, Headseeker, stab mw. I couldnt believe it. I swear that happens everytime

I legitimately feel like Im being carried by the Zen headseeker roll. It's amazing, you have a NttExplain on the energy slot and pair it with Conditional, it's nuts.

I'm honestly glad that Bungie finally let the sandbox team back into the kitchen. It's about time, and IMO Nomad is the Gordon Ramsey of weapon reviews, and it's about time we got some good godsdamned food.

I got rewind rounds, desperate measures and zen, headseeker on one shiny. S-tier gun

an absolute LASERBEAM in PVP, an ad clear beast in PVE, and it looks GREAT. Bungie cooked with this thing.

I don't feel great about spending pattern extractors on phyllotactic a couple months ago...but I grabbed the elsie's I wanted so it doesn't feel THAT bad.

After watching this I feel really lucky with the shiny rifle I got to drop. It's got hammer forged/polygonal, appended mag/flared magwell, repulsor/zen moment, and desperate measures/kill clip with a handling master work

Destabilising Rounds is an awesome pairing for Child of the Old Gods, no matter the weapon.

How do you get the radar to look like that

It does feel good man

even with 100 recoil direction this recoil doesn't go straight to the up it goes to the left side to have optimal recoil direction you need to have 83 RD so it goes to the right a lill bit which is lot easier to control. just for the tip go for extended barrel.

My 2nd roll was a keep away, kill clip roll that I keep forgetting to bring into crucible

I had no interest in this gun or PvE pulses in general when it came out, but after getting a lucky shiny drop w/ rewind+desperate measures I tried it out just for fun and it's become my go-to energy primary. Idk how to describe it other than it just feels amazing.

Resetting the timer for "Whens the last time Nomad posted a video" 🎉❤

My old clan clowned me a bit when I had a pve Messenger roll (Arrowhead, high cal, rapid hit/frenzy with a stability MW; Frenzy was able to be gotten back in WQ, it's a relegated perk afaik). Seeing Elsie's as a void hunter main is a bit vindictive in the best of ways. Can't wait to get a roll on it for pve. Already got the two rolls I wanted for pvp (have a holo with keep away and kc/headseeker swap, as well as an under-over/kc roll).

I got an Elsie's with arrowhead, ricochet, zen, headseeker with a stab mw, I don't mind the lack of range being 35 meters. It feels too good to really be upset with the MW.

I got a curated roll... rewind rounds/zen moment and desparate measures/headseeker. Only have high caliber rounds, so using Smallbore instead for the extra stability.

This is NUTZ 💯🔥

Any chance you'll do a Messenger video, especially the Wild Card version?

Lose change and destabilizing rounds is a laser

I Like this guy, No bullshitting and Great Explanation

Fire 🔥

Def want that repulser brace disabilizing rounds role for pve. Have it on my title and recluse. Suchs a powerfull combo. Specially on warlock with void soul

Recommending hammerforged and a handling mw is insane, please compare the stats to fluted and a range mw ….

Great video, I subbed. But we do have a barrier mod for pulses this season?

First off, I love your videos. Secondly, that sweater is giving me woven mail vibes. Are you becoming a titan main?

I play only pve and my favourite roll is destabilising rounds and the perk that gives the over shield 😅 it does the trick

Yes! NOMAD!!

Glad i got a shiny with zen moment and kill clip/headseeker. Gonna try and get a desperate measure roll but i got frenzy roll for pve, sucks it has feeding frenzy.

This weapon is nuts. It fits right in with my mental status. 😂😂😂

Funny thing I came across while looking at Relentless for PvP as well, Messenger is a stat monster, but not entirely where it counts. Relentless has vastly better base recoil and higher base aim assist. I find this to make it far more consistent.

I have your godroll. Well almost. I have corkscrew and a range mw. But holy sh*t this thing is the most consistent two burst I have ever seen on a pulse.

I believe Elisies is the best PvP primary in the game. I think we’re in an Elsie’s meta and people just don’t know yet. You can get hyyyper agressive with this thing if you get the handling stat right

Eyyy Nomad is back briefly. Great to see you mucking about with guns in the silly space shooter again.

Feels good, have struggled with it in pvp, although that could just be me struggling generally, pvp has felt... Off to me lately

It's honestly kinda overwhelming how good the brave weapons have been. Say what you will about a few of the chosen inclusions but zero bad weapons is a hell of a result.

My PVE roll is full bore, ricochet rounds, rewind rounds and adrenaline junkie. One grenade and the gun turns into a laser…still trying to find that zen moment, headseeker for pvp

Heads up on the PvP role, fluted with a range masterwork is more optimal

Dude I’ve been hunting for repulsor brace destab rounds SINCE INTO THE LIGHT DROPPED AND I HAVENT GOTTEN IT

even with a bad perk roll its still one of the best pulse rifles in the game by sheer brute forcing itself with its stat package

Headseeker or frenzy? I’m mostly PVP

So say i was a void titan, what roll would i want?

I manged to get an elsie's gold with smallbore, high cal, range mw, with zen moment/ under over + headseeker/kill clip. I used all my luck.

How's this one in pve compared to veles-x?