Question about Exotic weapons

[Eddie The Croc Boi]

as far as i know you can get exotic weapons from pilgrim chests and legend chests when leveling via by legend levels but the main source of exotic weapons are from GRE Anomolies/Aberrations but what kind of exotic weapons do you get?
is it any legendary weapon (aside from crafted weapons) that can be exotic? or does it have it's own loot pool?

[BTD_22]

I think the base game has the same loot pool as the legendaries. But I looted an exotic nocturnal sword that I hqdn't found in base from the tower raid chests. Honestly, exotics are kind of meh unless you get stupid lucky with the affixes. At least with legendaries, I can craft them until I get something good.

[Uncle Jack]

Nocturnal weapons with exotic also drop by volatile tyrants on nightmare. The level of weapons is fail in dl2. The golden level weapon from dl1 much better than exotic weapon dl2. Even with 300lv with full set one hand gears + exotic weapons, u cannot one shot kill viral on easy mode. I dont see any value of exotic weapon.

[BTD_22]

Originally posted by Uncle Jack:

Nocturnal weapons with exotic also drop by volatile tyrants on nightmare. The level of weapons is fail in dl2. The golden level weapon from dl1 much better than exotic weapon dl2. Even with 300lv with full set one hand gears + exotic weapons, u cannot one shot kill viral on easy mode. I dont see any value of exotic weapon.

Tf? You can absolutely one-shot anything on any difficulty. Wdym?! On normal, you can one-shot volatiles. On hard, you can if you headshot them. On nightmare, you probably need two or three hits, but they are just fine to take down, especially with the setup you describe. I main knuckle dusters and absolutely destroy on any difficulty. On two-handed, you one-shot literally everything.

[Uncle Jack]

Maybe u play with different version or me? 300lv with full set one had gears+ exotic weapon cannot kill viral with one hit on easy mode even headshot. Just like 99%.

[Kosevich]

As far as I understand exotic weapons can be received from several sources:
- each time you get legendary level you receive a chest with a descent chance to get exotic;
- killing GRE anomaly;
- killing Volatile (around 2500hp, can be silently one shouted in head), Tyrants (10k hp) and Volatile Hives on Nightmare difficulty before going to New Game+ as it much more easier to kill;
- pilgrim Outpost reputation;
- high reputation rewards from Vendors;
- daily and weekly bounties (each 5 grant you a chest).

Each New Game+ playthrough makes game harder.

[Kosevich]

Pretty sure Tower Raid and Elite missions also can grant you Exotic weapons.

[BTD_22]

Originally posted by Uncle Jack:

Maybe u play with different version or me? 300lv with full set one had gears+ exotic weapon cannot kill viral with one hit on easy mode even headshot. Just like 99%.

Maybe. I'm fully updated and just...plough through things. With any weapon, really. Pretty sure I could pick up a stick and one-shot a viral, with the legend level bonus alone...

[Dwarf_Bastard]

While I was lower 100 legend, the best melee weapons I had were the ones I've crafted. One dropped from a pilgrim chest. One out of 50 opened chests or something. On 100+ I started receiving higher grade chests, but still didn't get any better melee weapons from those. Farming random Renegade events, Special Infected Events, anomalies, or doing missions never gave me a better weapon. I think DMG on my weapons will only get higher while lvling up Legend and investing into DMG boosts from now on. Not sure If I'll ever get any better weapon than I already have, relating to stats/dmg. Maybe I'm wrong... no idea.