Hopes and Fears - Des2ny and You. (Destiny)

by dogcow , Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Friday, March 31, 2017, 18:43 (2885 days ago) @ Harmanimus
edited by dogcow, Friday, March 31, 2017, 18:49

A great point was brought up in a different thread. I think it merits its own discussion however. So disregarding the tone of the trailer, worries about pre-orders and remaining customer dissatisfaction after the lqunch of Destiny, how are people feeling regarding Destiny 2?

I'm quite hopeful. The fact that they're ditching all the old gear adds to this hope of mine. I am scared for the story telling though.

What are things you are hoping to see changed? Things retained? New things?

• Change: No RNG on weapon rolls, or at least make the weapons names MEAN something. If there must be rolls NAME the weapon with the roll and reduce the # of possible rolls (Matador 64a, Matador 64b, Matador 64c, etc.). There are too many possible perk combinations and too many choices that affect how good the weapon performs, it's information overload for me.
  
• Change: Don't make us level up our gear. If we're going to have to level up our gear then the perks should be static and just make the weapon better. However I'm fine w/ interchangeable sights, but let everyone have access to the same sights with the same gun, no RNG. It's ridiculous to have 2 sniper rifles with the same name but they can't use the same scopes because of RNG on the drop. (this applies to more than just the scopes)
  
• Change: No RNG for getting a drop. Let us acquire loot based upon non-random stuff, such as completing objectives/missions, killing certain enemies, & such. Barring that how about we don't get duplicate drops until we have received the "full set" and we're guaranteed a drop upon completion of the mission. If you must make us grind for something make it clear, such as "you must defeat crota 5 times to get this weapon." Don't treat us like rats you're training to push a button, random reward is dumb (imho, you can like random reward and I won't hate you, I'll just disagree w/ you).
  
• Keep/Change: The definite begin & end to an activity is good. Keep the opening dialog & "end mission" screen. It would be nice to enter an activity w/o going to orbit, also let us stay after an activity is over, but give us the chance to go to orbit from the "end mission" screen or to jump to the start of the next mission.
  
• Keep: distinct missions, don't turn missions into steps in a quest.
  
• Change: more linear main story line.
  
• Keep: side quests are fun little distractions and can nicely add flavor to the main plot & add subplots. Please mark them CLEARLY as side-quests/missions.
  
• Keep: the "Bungie Console Shooter Feel".
  
• Keep: The Vex. I love fighting them. They're the most fun to fight against IMHO. Maybe that's because the units are so different, I'm not sure. Cabal are my least favorite to fight, make them more fun (I suspect this is due to bullet magnetism pulling my shots away from the exposed hand/gun and toward the head making my shot miss & hit the shield, seriously frustrating, I've hated the cabal ever since, plus they remind me of the brute bullet sponges of Halo 2).
  
• Keep: The Fallen & the shanks. I love shooting down shanks, reminds me of the Drones in Marathon.