Barrow-Dyad looks cool but is kinda bad?
I was really hoping the gun was good because it just looks really cool. Hopefully the catalyst saves it even though we have to wait several weeks to even get it.
1.The gun isn't build defining: It's a strand smg. You could fit it into a strand build but you could probably find better options if you're just looking to have a strand weapon for your strand build. Like I'm sure there are strand weapons out there that could enhance your strand build better than this weapon does because it's exotic functionality doesn't really do anything for strand. Blighted seekers doesn't really enhance strand in the way that other things can. Adding hatchling helps but then it's just a strand smg with hatchling.... yay
It's exotic function is..... weird?: Shoot enemies to charge the meter. Reload and you can shoot the blighted seekers. If you don't reload then the meter is instead spent on essentially reconstruction. It just feels weird because if you hit one or two enemies in an activity, you're pretty much guaranteed to spend all of the meter on the reconstruction part. So when you get to the next pack of enemies you're pretty much restarting from the beginning. So all you really achieved is reloading your gun. Even if you do manage to build up a lot of the meter, if things die too quickly then it could all be gone before you even get to use the perk. If you reload then you have about 6 seconds to shoot the seekers. If everything is dead or you don't have a target to shoot in those 6 seconds, then you've essentially gained nothing from the perk because unlike some other weapons, it doesn't have an alternate firing mode.
The blighted seekers feal weak?: Insert this is a primary weapon excuses and blah blah blah. I'm not asking to be able to kill a champion with this thing. The current damage though doesnt really make up for needing to actually prep a full meter without wasting it and timing it well enough to actually have a target worth using it on. No one really needs blighted seekers to help kill red bars. It's nice but I'd rather be using it on majors or something to really get something out of it. But you can't time that or control it. Either you have the enemy there ready to shoot when you have the meter full, or you don't and it's probably gonna get wasted.
All in all tl;dr the exotic looks cool but doesn't really feel like it's essential or even fits well into a build that takes advantage of what it does because nothing cares about blighted seekers. It really needs to pick one or the other between wanting to use the reconstruction perk or letting you fire the seekers instead of both. Hopefully the catalyst saves it.