Destiny 2 just giga-buffed one of its oldest Exotics and now it's destroying everything

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Destiny 2 just dropped a sizable but fairly standard weapon balance patch, and it's had at least one massive winner: Graviton Lance, one of the oldest guns in the game.

Graviton Lance is an Exotic Void pulse rifle that's been around since the earliest days of Destiny 2. In fact, it was one of the Exotics you could get for free just by finishing the Red War campaign at launch – the same campaign which has now been lost to the Destiny Content Vault. Through years of pulse rifle tweaks, Graviton Lance has ebbed in and out of the meta, often getting by on the strength of its rare two-shot burst. It's long been regarded as a fine weapon, but after this patch, it's jumped several tiers to the realm of absolutely monstrous.

Destiny 2 update 7.1.5 is chock-full of relatively minor changes. Reduced auto-aim here, increased accuracy there. Then you get to the Graviton Lance shortlist in the patch notes, which opens with: "Increased PvE damage by 67%." Sixty-seven percent. This already competent gun is now dealing two-thirds more damage to everything that isn't a Guardian. Holy shit.

Exotic primary weapons have been in the spotlight for a while since they're often the only primaries outside a few archetypes, such as Legendary SMGs and sidearms, that still feel strong after the balance changes in Lightfall. Graviton Lance was also already being used for its free Void AoE on headshots, recently improved recoil, and exceptionally high effective range (for a pulse rifle). And now it's 67% better. That's one of the biggest singular buffs I've seen in all my time reading Destiny 2 patch notes, and reader, that's been far too much time. 

Players and content creators (like Destiny veteran Datto, who's done a handy review) were quick to