Locked Loadouts (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Sunday, July 09, 2017, 15:35 (2783 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Also, if say, the raid had locked loadouts, a simple return to orbit and reloading of the checkpoint could thwart that…

They’ll never be able to completely prevent you from doing that (you can always switch characters/online accounts/platforms!) but they could do some things to make it more natural to have a locked loadout. For instance:

• What if at some point during an activity a special buff was applied to your current weapons such that swapping them would hamper your progress.
  
• What if instead of locking your load out for an entire activity, it was merely frozen while you were in a Darkness Zone?
  
• What if this applied to things like Public Events. They can come and go quickly enough that it might make a ton more sense to fight with what you have instead of trying to retreat to a different area, swap weapons, and come back before the event ends. (This would be even more true if you couldn’t spawn a Sparrow while in a Darkness Zone!)
  
• What if checkpoints on high level activities like Nightfalls and Raids remembered both how far you progressed and your load out?!

I just can't see which activities would actually benefit from a locked loadout.

It just another way to provide additional challenges. Personally, I enjoy things that prevent Fireteams from trivially obliterating enemies on things like Strikes. There are certain Strikes that can be downright boring if your team is too good or too prepared. Modifiers that force a little actual teamwork and struggle are a plus in my book!