False Promises

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False Promises is a 360 RPM Kinetic Auto Rifle introduced in Season 11. The High-Impacts are notable by their extremely long Range and extremely poor Stability and False Promises is no exception. On console, False Promises is pretty tough to control. Even with vertical Recoil, there’s still a lot of bounce in the reticle because the Stability is so low.

PvP Thoughts#

I’m recommending, nay requiring Dynamic Sway Reduction for any False Promises roll I’d consider using in PvP, because of its marked affect on Stability and Accuracy. Here’s what Bungie had to say about DSR prior to S11:

Dynamic Sway Reduction: Adds 10 Stability over time in addition to accuracy (this is way more powerful than it sounds). Reduced reticle movement from Stability should now tell players this is working.

Here’s a couple of videos examining Stability, including the effects of DSR. These were recorded before the aforementioned buff, so some of these may be a little out of date depending on which part of the content you’re referring to.

• Dynamic Sway Reduction on Auto Rifles & Zoom Effect | Destiny 2 Season of the Worthy
• Stability In Depth | Stat Review and Guide - The Heart of Destiny 2

All of the following rolls feature Eye of the Storm, Rampage and Swashbuckler. Think about this from a “forgiveness” perspective. If you want more forgiveness during your first exchange, choose Eye of the Storm. If you want more foregiveness during follow-on encounters, choose Rampage or Swashbuckler.

PvE Thoughts#

In PvE you’re going for as much Range as you can get with sustained damage upkeep.

🙊 Keep Your Word (pvp)#

360s have high Range and low Stability. Let’s use the ancillary perk slots to make up for Stability and our core slots for post-engagement benefit.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Killing Wind
  • Perks 2: Swashbuckler, Rampage
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling, Fluted Barrel, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling, Chambered Compensator
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell, High-Caliber Rounds

💸 Bad Deal (pvp)#

Dynamic Sway and Eye of the Storm will give you an edge in close-call duels by increasing Stability and Accuracy as they progress.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Dynamic Sway Reduction
  • Perks 2: Eye of the Storm
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling, Fluted Barrel, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling, Chambered Compensator
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell, High-Caliber Rounds

🚗 Used Cars (pvp)#

With the recent knowledge that Zen Moment reduces reticle bounce and shake, it’s a solid perk on a weapon that has each of those. Let’s pair it with Dynamic Sway and turn this into a laser.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Dynamic Sway Reduction
  • Perks 2: Zen Moment
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling, Fluted Barrel, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling, Chambered Compensator
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell, High-Caliber Rounds

🚰 Truth in Advertising (pve)#

All Range and all damage.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Magazines: High-Caliber Rounds
  • Perks 1: Subsistence, Feeding Frenzy
  • Perks 2: Rampage, Swashbuckler
  • Masterworks: Range MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling, Chambered Compensator
  • Magazines: High-Caliber Rounds, Ricochet Rounds, Armor-Piercing Rounds, Light Mag