Controversial Alternative (Destiny)

by red robber , Crawfish Country, Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 21:40 (3179 days ago) @ Cody Miller

I think it would work great for PvE too if PvE were tweaked. The idea that building your fireteam for Raids requires certain roles of teammates based on their weapon loadouts seems interesting. You'd have to make special/heavy weapon more available, and you'd have to adjust which weapons do more damage to bosses to compensate for not everyone having certain weapons equipped.

This idea would be fantastic if Destiny were an RPG where guns are not randomly acquired. Random loot means you can't design encounters to require certain things. I mean, you COULD, but it would be stupid.

Not necessarily. Just because one weapon is the best (g-horn, black spindle), doesn't mean you can't kill bosses with other weapons. A good example is Golgoroth. When we first played through, I used black spindle, but later I used 4th horseman or invective. So maybe you don't have the best weapon, but usually a weapon of a specific type would fit the bill. Also since you have six folks for a raid, you tailor your teams to who has the best weapons for the needed situation.