Old vs New: Weapons (and Armor) (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Sunday, March 13, 2016, 00:14 (3272 days ago) @ red robber

I would imagine that the year one guns are not so game breaking anymore. You mentioned having to fix Thorn if it ever saw its way to current light levels, but between its own nerfs to its poison effects and general tweaks to Hand Cannons, I think it would be much less overpowering that in was. You still see it from time to time in regular Crucible and it is still a bit of a pain in that it forces you to take cover a little longer than usual, but it can't really kill from around corners any more.

Same would go for most year one weapons. Overall changes to weapon balance and perks would likely see most of them fit in just fine. Of course, this also means they would not perform exactly as they did in year one... If Bungie pulled forward The Devil You Know, would it be the cross map mini-sniper it used to be? Nope. And if not, what would be the point of bringing it forward except to have a weapon with a name you are fond of?

I kinda wonder if the heart of the complaint here has more to do with not getting a fresh infusion of new names than it has to do with actual weapon fun-ness. If we were on the year one schedule we'd have had another mini-expansion by now with a complete vendor refresh, right?

Personally, I have at least one year two weapon in each category that I enjoy using or that fill the same role as a previous year one weapons, so in the end aside from wishing I still had the names Fair and Square and Three Little Words and so on, I don't see any pressing need to bring back old weapons.

As for armor, I'd like to see some sort of system to bring any armor up to max light level, because why not? It's not like I can't wear ANY set from any expansion if I've kept it around. Letting me wear them and be competitive seems fairly inoffensive...