Tier-2 Rare Weapons (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Friday, December 12, 2014, 16:58 (3433 days ago) @ CyberKN

Does anyone else think the decision to add a new set of rare weapons in the expansion was a odd one?

I've mainly found these by completing strikes in the new Roc Strike Playlist. I haven't found any in the many rare engrams I've decoded since Tuesday. They're classified as Rare, but the final upgraded damage is 294 - practically on par with vanilla legendary gear.

So what role do they serve? Stop-gaps for players without legendary weapons, but wanting something better then the old rare weapons? Why not just upgrade them to legendary status/damage levels, and increase the diversity of everyone's end-game arsenal?

They serve the same purpose that Rares served before? To provide up and coming players with higher level weapons while they wait for the Legendaries and Exotics. The higher damage will let them keep even with the bump in the level of heroic missions.