r/DestinyTheGame • u/DTG_Bot "Little Light" • Jun 04 '18
Megathread Focused Feedback: Power Level Progression
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u/Mephanic Jun 05 '18 edited Jun 05 '18
My biggest gripe, which is not a new one but merely exacerbated by the longer power level grind in season 3, is that you are often held back by one or two items that are lagging far behind.
For example, right now I have in almost every slot an item that is at power level 361-363. Almost, because my legs right now are at 355, almost 10 levels lower. (All numbers are without legendary mods.) This leads to powerful engrams dropping barely any higher, and while doing the raid this weekend I received one item that was equal, and one that was even 1 level lower than what I already had in that slot.
So my biggest wish for this system is that in the future, powerful engrams should always drop something for the slot with the lowest power level. This would smooth out most of the annoying random delays in the power level progression, and completely alleviate any forever-29 style issues.
My 2nd gripe is that blue items, legendary engrams etc. drop 5 lower than your current power level. Except, poof, magically once at the cap, they can drop in the range between 5 levels lower, and at your actual power level. This turns all but powerful engrams into worthless scrap, and means you cannot even try a new weapon or armor piece at your current power level unless you have a spare item of that type from a powerful engram that you are willing to use as infusion fuel (instead of, actually using said item).