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Black Hammer was probably the most powerful PVE weapon of all time. The fact that is was a legendary and a special on top of everything was crazy. Still remember that Fatebringer, Black Hammer, Gjallarhorn loadout in Y1

I still remember the day I got my Gjallarhorn to drop from cheesing a nightfall in D1. That moment is seared into my head. It was like winning the lotto.

This video also bringing out PTSD...

Don't forget, the Moutain Top also had sticky nades. I would tag doors with them and let roaming supers kill themselves, or favorite on Legion's Gulch, a barricade and a MT round behind it on the catapult landing pads.

I remember Xur selling Red Death the first week of D1 but I didn’t have enough strange coins to buy it, so the second week he came I purchased the Ghorn because I was desperate for an Exotic. Week 3 came and EVERYBODY was buying the Suros Regime, I remember being so mad because I bought a stupid rocket launcher instead of the overpowered AR that took over the Crucible. A couple weeks later and I was so glad to have Ghorn, I got Vex my second clear and I enjoyed that overpowered gun for over 2 weeks.

Seeing gameplay of curse of Osiris and warmind maps really makes me miss them.. I'll never understand why those maps haven't been brought back already

I know you mentioned it but Uriels Gift was the bane of PvP in D2y1. Was soo accurate and stable

I miss d1 so much , forever grateful to grow up with such a fun game. Pre ordered d1 and still playing d2

To add more context to pocket infinite at it's most broken state you could've continuously fired the gun for about 12 shots it had a base mag size of 5

I am proud to have been there to experience laser tag weekend. It was cool of Bungie to add an emblem for those who did as well as another for Lord of Wolves.

I think pre-nerf black spindle/whisper of the worm probably had the highest use rate out of any of these. In most raid boss fights you're almost guaranteed to see a Divinity and it's still just a fraction of how absolutely ubiquitous Whisper was

Fun fact about Prometheus Lens: XUR SOLD IT ON LASER TAG WEEKEND.

You really need the footage of truth being shot through a portal, then travelling all the way around the map to hit its target.

Season 3, OG Claymore with the first introduction of Desperado was quite frightening. Especially since it was so difficult to obtain.

I feel like another gun that everyone forgets about is how broken witherhoard was when it first dropped. It would end any raid boss in seconds due to a bug.

You forgot something about why suros was nerfed in D1. Its exotic perk allowed ANY hit to immediately start health regeneration. So basically suros battles turned into regeneration battles.

I remember buying GHorn when it first came out, i was so young at the time that exotics to me was extremely rare and a amazing accomplishment, Ghorn wasn't my first exotic weapon, but it was the only one I didn't regret buying to this day

Ah I remember the old days of Trials of Icebreaker, genuinely one of my favorite guns of all time- behind pre-nerf Doctrine of Passing, my D1 players know what I mean.

I still remember Prometheus And LOW when they were at there peek, I honestly miss the days where we only had to worry about one gun being broken instead of the current times where we have so many one shot weapons that define a game, back then it was so much nicer, yes there were so many complaints about it but now it feels almost like it’s more meta then skill based in some games I play, I try to use other weapons and end up going 0 and 10 sometimes but as soon as I use the meta weapons I can go 20 and 4, I really do wish we could experience that time one again just so we can remember truly how much different it was then vs now

A lot of people forget that exotics sometimes had secret perks in d1. Gjallarhorn actually secretly had proximity detonation

I worked so dang hard for my Not Forgotten. I miss being able to use it in all current light level activities.”! 😢

The funniest part about the Prometheus Lens laser tag weekend was that Xür was *selling it at the same time*

Effrideet also rolled with a perk that would bring it down to a single bullet in the mag, so every shot was a 1 shot. That gun was legendary

8:05 ty for being one of the few big names to actually call this out lol

maybe a hot take: Bungie should un-nerf Trench Barrel. Nerfing it was a reaction to auto-reloading that wells provided, but having to reload it (or having to waste an additional perk like Demolitionist that only reloads when your grenade is up to get auto reloading) dramatically reduces the impact it can have.

Don't forget the Hardlight meta in D2. So many ricochet round around corner kills.

This video bring back so much memories! I love Last Word D1 version, my favorite weapon so far! I miss Fatebringer in this list, this weapon has history to tell too!

it’s been so many years, and yet, the name “pocket infinity” still sends shivers down my spine

Surprised chaperone in its D2 prime wasn’t on here. And as someone who still plays D1 and has seen every meta I think Touch of Malice (for pve) and tlaloc (for pvp) definitely belong on this list to name a couple. Still fun seeing the list.

Please make a sequel! It was so nice to see all of these OP weapons from destiny’s past!

I got nervous because the only reason I watched this was for the PLens, and it rightfully got the #1 spot lmao Laser tag weekend was such an iconic time for D2, I think you should’ve mentioned that Xur sold it that weekend right before they nerfed it into the ground.

Mountain top

I did not realize that emblem was for using Prometheus during Lazer weekend. That's cool. I actually have something unique. XD

For those of you who were fortunate enough to not experience the D1 Thorn/ Last Word PVP meta, this video does not do it justice. The Thorn was a consistent 2 tap across map, and Last Word could kill you in 10 frames FLAT. I want you to image the Dead Mans Tale PRE NERF but with Cranial Spike permanently turned on to max damage and you crank up the aim assist to max. This was also around the time where Warlocks had a firebolt grenade which dealt 50% damage and applied scorch to multiple enemies which took them down to 75% health and denied health regen. So if you managed to NOT 2 tap someone, you could tag someone with the grenade + thorn/ last word bodyshot, it would ALWAYS result in a kill no matter how high their resilience was. The worst part about it? That wasn't patched "in the next season." Nononono, seasons didn't exist back then. This was around the time where Bungie community outreach was at an all-time low and patches were ONLY done when major content drops were released, so once a year. This meta lasted over 300 days, the equivalent of FOUR to FIVE seasons.

Seeing escalation protocol footage was a blast from the past

The Lament definitely deserved at least an honorable mention tbh. It’s still one of the best exotics in the game rn!

Couldn’t see some of the maps here anymore. Thanks for bringing in some nostalgia.😊

I remember when someone in LFG thought i was lying when i was talking about how Black Spindle was able to pull ammo out from thin air from doing 3 headshots

The Prometheus lens bug was hilarious to me, literally couldn’t even play crucible without getting killed within two seconds, and then Xur sold it so literally everyone had it, fun times honestly

this brings back memories to getting one of the first flawless’s ever using vex mythoclast on burnout when trials first launched

I miss the grind, nowadays bungie wants you to play weekly

Destiny 1 hand cannon meta with thorn/hawkmoon and last word still haunts me to this day

18:08 I remember when xur sold it and turned trials into laser tag lmao

They should bring back laser tag as a mode like scorched.

I'm sorry but Prometheus isn't #1 on the list lol, but thank you for unlocking memories. I remember getting Gally from harpy chest in vog in d1 then getting Vex in the same raid. Crazy times and i miss them

I only played D2 for a long time at ShadowKeep when MT and Recluse were King. The mountaintop grind was so long, but once I had the combo I felt like a god.

The Prometheus lens weekend was by far the most fun I’ve ever had playing destiny/destiny 2. It was absolute chaos in the best of ways lol

Ahhh I remember the old days with the mythoclast that gun never left my hands early on in destiny

Just started playing d2 again, your vids are the best man

The last word and the 1000yrd Stare was a beautiful combo in D1

My first raid ever was an lfg carry hard mode VoG about 2 months after it came out, got truth out of the gorgon chest and then Vex to drop from atheon. You guys have never heard a fireteam so bitter.

I think an important thing to mention with recluse is master of arms makes your body shot damage the same as headshot damage making it incredibly easy to use

Hair apparent definitely an honorable mention.

I'd like to nominate hardlight too during the auto rifle meta. Mainly hardlight I still have nightmares about that gun lol

Hand cannons having taken the places of scout rifles and pulse rifles in pvp it is crazy.

The Trials scorch fest weekend is still my favorite weekend of trials. Frickin laser beams everywhere.

Single body shot* with Thorn plus at bolt was a kill. 56+(6x7)+122. Arcbolts and firebolts were a menace, speaking of.

Why wasn’t witherhoard on here? It was able to just legitimately delete a raid bosses healthbar.

Fun fact about the Prometheus Incident, it was so brutal and chaotic that bungie manually made Xur bring it the weekend before the patch, so that more players would have a chance to experience it. In an old twab around that time.

6:20 ye Revoker is the only Sniper I use And usually the only weapon I use in PvP to this day 12:00 And Icebreaker is my favorite Exotic of all time Which kinda explains why I like the Revoker so much lol

I forgot how nasty the felwinter and Thorn combo was all those years ago

ooh one thing about d1 thorn, im pretty sure it got patched at one point but if you pulled out ghost if you got two tapped it would stop the burn, ppl would two tap and run away and come back really confused as to how you did not die, iirc it worked for regular burning as well so if you were about to burn to death or were getting ticked by thorn you could pull out ghost and it would not finish damaging you. I dont think many ppl knew about that one

What? No Sunshot?! That cannon is freaking awesome in ad clearing. One shot clears 6 or more, hell I even take out Captains when I hit the little guy net to him.

I used to cook with that green Shingen-C at a huge level disadvantage in early iron banner. It just felt so right.

I haven't played Destiny in a year, but I enjoy the nostalgia.

You forgot about the Irene sniper rifle with luck in the chamber

I remember my first raid of the vault of glass in Destiny 1 and I was the lowest light level on my team I think like 25. I ended up getting the last word from atheon and my friends were so mad that I got it since I was such low lvl. But that gun ended up being my go to for pretty much everything it felt like until the taken king dropped.

Personal take, I think mountaintop should be #1. Mythoclast and Gjallarhorn are more iconic as they were OP from the very start of the franchise, but God damn that grenade launcher is something else. It had everything you needed: High ammo capacity, great boss damage, add clear, 1 shot in PvP, high shell velocity, etc. Nothing else was really worth using for so long, and it made the game boring and trivial. It carried me through all 3 solo flawless dungeons, as well as 90% of the games PvE content to say nothing of how infuriating it was in PvP. Not only all of that, it was OP from the moment it dropped in Black Armory all the way to the release of Beyond Light, making it possibly the longest lived OP gun in the game. Truly ridiculous.

2:17 fun fact: The emblem also counts as an iron banner emblem

I'll never forget getting the mythoclast 4 times in a row when VoG first came out in d1 and my friends despising me for it, then getting it after my second VoG run in d2. Good times.

Time to update this and add Ammit AR2

Nothing beats the Prometheus Lens Era. It was literal Laser Tag.

So the thorn part isnt totally accurate, thorn could two tap from the day 1 D1, but because of low handling, small mag and slow reload it wasnt that favorable. People would use it a game or two and vault it. Gun reviewers at the time also highlighted how difficult the quest was especially on titan or without atheon's epilogue, so many people didn't pick up on how truly insane thorn was before the buff.

Most broken destiny guns consist of a crazy good gun that ALSO has something else it just doesn’t even need. Remove the additional effect and it’s still insane. Gjallarhorn has Wolfpack rounds, plus it can track Ace Of Spades has a better kill clip and firefly, plus radar while ads Divinity creates a crit spot with a great debuff, while also doing burst damage after a period of time Recluse could absolutely destroy people with Master Of Arms damage buff, and it could also be procced by any weapon Truth has crazy tracking, and proximity detonation Efrideet’s Spear can one shot body, plus through any wall Remove these added effects and it still dominates

prometheus lens was so OP that they forced xur to sell it a couple of weeks after it dropped even whilst people were still grinding curse of osiris lol, definiteky deserving of the number 1

I was one of the rare few that got the Vex Mythoclast one the first to drop and I will say this: in PvP, instant melt everything. It was really dirty.

Missed the fact that Vex in D1 WAS rare, up until people figured out you could ledge Atheon...

Man, I was only ever really a COD player back in the days of D1. Even though I did play the vanilla D1 campaign, I didn't stick around for most of the rest of the games lifecycle, so seeing some of these crazy busted weapons and just how different things were back then makes me realise how much I have missed out on😞.

I had enough coins first week to buy red death and that gun was an absolute unit, no one ever talks about it, could take out entire teams.

Touch of Malice pre blessing of light nerf in D1 was so much fun

Low key baffled that the Osteo striga isn’t on the list for how many goddamn abilities it has. Poison tick damage, homing bullets, a poison aoe that overloads the magazine for up to 100s of bullets, and fast as hell reload speed with the catalyst.

i only got mountain top and the recluse for pve and i was devastated when i couldn’t use it when i came back to the game

The 2 great loadouts of Destiny, Fatebringer (Arc), Black Hammer and Gjallarhorn vs Mountaintop, Recluse and Anarchy

I love the amp rig in the back. I love my Mesa Mark III.

Efrideets was crazy back in Y1 Trials lmao

I was there for the Broken Prometheus lens and I still have the emblem and I have yet to see another person with one today

universal remote in D1 was also a menace for a while

Wait, what about early days of Jötunn? It was just a special ammo D1 Truth. So long as an enemy with within your FOV to where you could see their health bar it would find them. Making turns as sharp as 70 degrees. It could one shot any guardian who was not in a bubble. Even in the warlock's wells, no matter what they ran. I have fond memories of running Nightfalls with it where the whole team would fire once at Bracus Zahn and he was dead while you waited for the elevator to get up there to get your loot.

I remember playing through Vault of Glass on hard 14 times before I got my Vex Mythoclast

You forgot to mention that laser tag was compounded by the fact Xur sold it that weekend

Laser tag weekend, where bungie decided let’s give everyone the gun to use instead of nerfing it right away

OG EP shotty was nuts, remember when it was in the heavy slot!!!

This came across of my recommendations and all I must say is thank you for causing me a headache for seeing all of these damn guns that cause me unbelievable amounts of pain either farming it or getting smacked like rihanna in the crucible by it. Also revoker had me crying trying to solo to get it got super close but then got trashed on near the top of the metaphorical mountain

god i miss launch dmt, it itched the exotic lever action fantasy so much. ik people hated it but we needa go back to it being a 150 from the hip

The OG thorn from d1 for me has to be on the top. That gun was broken

Got perfect balanced and counter balanced on my clever dragon in D1, man I love that as my primary

Anyone remember when witherhoard basically nuked raidbosses solo?

The prometheus lens one hurts even more now because I never got my emblem and only noticed a few years after the emblem came out :(

The Prometheus Lens was so broken that my brother had me play on his account as a complete noob to the game, having never played before, and carrying in crucible