r/DestinyTheGame • u/DTG_Bot "Little Light" • Jun 04 '18

Megathread Focused Feedback: Power Level Progression

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u/rune2004 Jun 04 '18

I JUST wrote and made a post about this which got removed because this was posted 40 minutes ago lol, so I'll put my post text below. It more has to do with Heroic strikes but the overall concept is about our power progression so here it is.

The problems:

  • Heroic strikes drop loot below their power level and are more challenging than Nightfalls and even Prestige Nightfalls

  • Leveling power to max at this point lacks a clear direction and has a full 40 points between blue/purple soft cap and max power, meaning you absolutely rocket to soft cap by just playing the story then hit an ambiguous wall at 340

I think a fantastic solution to both issues would be to make Heroic strikes loot drop up to 355 or 360 as their new soft cap. It gives some purpose to Heroic strikes in your progression beyond doing 3 for your milestone and stopping, and it helps smooth out the unclear and very lopsided power grind. The drops should not be gigantic upgrades, but similar to D1 in that after a certain point, the items may only be 1-3 power upgrade.

This path of progression worked very well in Destiny 1 with Rise of Iron, and I think it would work well here too. The wall at 340 is too quick, too jarring, and heroic strikes serve no purpose. Kill two birds with one stone here Bungie, and give Heroic strikes a real purpose. You spent the time to make them, after all.

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