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Right now a gun name means little. It's only the perks that mean something. Oh, you got an ABC gun? It's amazing if it has perks XY & Z.

This is an old example, but still relevant:
"I'm totally getting schooled by that Conspiracy Theory D, maybe I'll try mine out..."
Gets killed repeated at a range that's almost as long as a warlock melee snipe.
"Man, I guess his Conspiracy Theory D is just a better gun than mine. What a difference those perks make, it's like a totally different gun."

I'd like less variety in perks on a gun and more variety in gun names. I don't care about gun models as much, but that would be cool too.

I've always wondered why it wasn't that way. I'm sure it's because the art team didn't want to have to marry a mechanic to every piece of art they made, but gosh it would be nice if they had so you could just look at someone and know things about their build and weapon.

I'd love to see all the perks and stats tied to the cosmetic components, and have the components another type of item to find in the game, whether attached to a gun or on their own. You could head to a table set up by Banshee at the Tower and add your mods and customize your weapons with these parts (and something similar with armor somewhere else). So there'd still be a huge range of guns, but there would be a consistent, comprehensible logic to how they behave associated with their visuals.

The raid gear is a step in this direction. It's still a bit vague, but if you see someone wearing a full set of raid gear with read weapons, you know they are specifically well equipped to fight Taken and handle the raid mechanics. Trials of Osiris was similar in year 1 (before all the weapons got random rolls); you knew that a player wearing Trials gear and wielding Trials weapons was specialized for PvP.

I think that's why I enjoy setting my characters up with complete sets; it plays into the role-playling side of the game which is otherwise a bit under utilized.

The system you're suggesting takes this stuff a lot further, though. I love the idea :)

That said, while I understand that it has to fit the setting, dressing a character in the Division is boring. It's all crap I can just go buy right now and actually wear. That's boring to me.

I actually like using things I own in real life. They're details that help me connect with the character.

Cosplaying would certainly be easier...

But then you'd just be Generic Soldier #99969.

That said, while I understand that it has to fit the setting, dressing a character in the Division is boring. It's all crap I can just go buy right now and actually wear. That's boring to me.

I actually like using things I own in real life. They're details that help me connect with the character.

I understand that, too, but it's just not personally what I want. I like dressing up my avatar in cool capes and shiny armor. As I said, it makes sense given the setting, but I find that pretty lackluster as well. Different strokes for different folks and all that.

I just thought it was a funny comic--I didn't intend to turn it into another The Division bashing or Destiny comparison.

Like, for real. Neo in the Matrix looks like the epitome of cool. Black trenchcoat, cool sunglasses, combat boots.

Me and Narc were talking about it while playing Doom 3 because some of the characters are wearing early 2000s hacker chic clothes, and I realized this.

Now, as a person who cares at some level about fashion, I cannot be seen to walk around like this...but I can in video games!

So, if ever I can, I dress up my character to look like a goth movie hacker from 2002.

I would totally walk around all day IRL in a suit of Mjolnir Mk. V Armour. It would probably just be too expensive to acquire :v