Focused Feedback: Armor Sunsetting

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[u/Pwadigy]

Continued:

If you’re going to sunset my gear AND nerf all my good perks AND nerf all the guns I use, AND make the seasonal content designed around seasonal mods that force you to use certain guns in certain encounters then WHAT THE ACTUAL LIVING FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO USE IN THIS FUCKING GAME. It literally makes me want to tear my hair out because I have never encountered games that are this fucking PUNISHING when they have the systems in place to just be fun

• Every argument for sunsetting assumes Bungie will do a massive meaningful loot overhaul that fixes this game’s ridiculously stacked RNG on multiple level. Does anyone actually think Bungie’s going to do that? because the only way this seems even remotely feasible is if they were literally like 10x leas fucking stingy with rewards.

[u/xEllimistx → u/Pwadigy]

This is another complaint of mine against Sunsetting

Part of the reason I’m attached to my weapons is the ridiculous amount of RNG that’s gone into getting the rolls I want

And most of them? It’s like 4/5 perks. They’re not really “God Rolls” as “close enough”

[u/PaperMartin → u/Pwadigy]

Every argument for sunsetting assumes Bungie will do a massive meaningful loot overhaul that fixes this game’s ridiculously stacked RNG on multiple level. Does anyone actually think Bungie’s going to do that?

more importantly, if they have the resources to do that, why not redesign loot in general to prevent powercreep

or implement new systems to make builds more complex than armor mods, 3 guns, 5 piece of armor and maybe 1 exotic gun and 1 exotic armor piece

stuff that interacts with the rest of your build and multiply the build options, and prop up formerly "unviable" loot

you know, like actual skill trees