Patience and Time
Overview
Weapon Type	Sniper Rifle
Slot	Special
Rarity	Exotic
Technical Specifications
Damage	302/331
Magazine	4
Where to Find
Dropped as Loot?	Yes
Vendor	Xûr
Price	17 Strange Coins
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	If you've got it, they'll never see it coming.
— In-game description

Patience and Time is an exotic sniper rifle. It can be purchased from Xûr for 17 Strange Coins or obtained in a raid, from an engram, or from finishing Crucible matches and Vanguard Strikes.

UpgradesEdit

• Field Choke: More range and impact. Increased recoil.
  • CQB Ballistics: Greatly reduced recoil. Significant penalty to range.
  • Aggressive Ballistics: More predictable recoil. Enhanced impact. Shorter range and more recoil.
• Third Eye: Radar stays active while aiming down this weapon's sights. (500 Glimmer)
• Upgrade Damage: Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage. (950 Glimmer, 16 Weapon Parts and 8 Materials)
• Custom Optics: Precision glass for better zoom. (500 Glimmer)
  • Fitted Stock: Increases weapon stability.
  • Field Scout: Maximum ammo capacity.
• Patience and Time: You gain active camouflage while aiming down the sights. (500 Glimmer)
• Upgrade Damage: Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage. (750 Glimmer, 16 Weapon Parts and 16 Materials.)
• Upgrade Damage: Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage. (950 Glimmer and 16 Materials.)
  • Upgrade Damage: Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage. (950 Glimmer and 16 Materials.)
  • Upgrade Damage: Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage. (1500 Glimmer, 25 Weapon Parts and 1 Exotic Shard.)^[1]

TriviaEdit

• During Bungie's gameplay demo on the Sony stage at E3 2013, this weapon was referred to as "Shut Up and Get Behind Me" by Jason Jones^[2], and during a separate gameplay presentation, it was referred to as "Better Than Yours" by another Bungie employee. This led to some confusion as to the weapon's name, but employees at E3 2013 confirmed during a closed-doors session that these names were made up as jokes.^{[citation needed]}
• Patience and Time was formerly known as Closing Time.^[3]
• Tom Doyle described Patience and Time's history as being originally "owned by a group of survivalists operating on the new frontier."^{[citation needed]}
• Patience and Time's rendering uses everything in the Destiny engine's upgraded palette. According to Doyle, "Dave Stammel really wanted to push our new shader system with this weapon. We have as many different materials as possible on this asset: gunmetal, plasteel, wood, plastic, and ghillie netting. It showcases the rendering strength and diversity of our new engine."^{[citation needed]}

GalleryEdit

Render of Patience and Time when it was known as Closing Time.

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ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ http://www.destinydb.com/items/3118679309-patience-and-time Patience and Time - Destiny Database
2. ↑ (11-Jun-2013) YouTube: Destiny - Sony Press Conference E3 2013 8:12. Retrieved 18-Jan-2014.
3. ↑ http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/File:Closing_time_marquis.jpg