Meaningful choices. (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Thursday, August 09, 2018, 12:34 (2375 days ago) @ Ragashingo

Isn’t that a positive? Pick your play style and lean into it?

I'm with you. It's honestly the one thing I wish Destiny encouraged a lot more. I think it does, for what it's worth, but it never seems drastic enough for me to really dig into everything and find something that works. I just play with what I have and it never seems to matter all that much what I'm using. I think that can also be a strength, too, but I'd love to see more meaningful diversity.

I had a discussion on the subreddit the other day. Everyone is pissed about elemental modifiers going away, but I celebrate it. And I think it comes down to meaningful and interesting choices. When you can switch elements so cheaply and easily, they might as well just remove that entire aspect of the game, because it no longer matters. I am actually really looking forward to not necessarily having an ideal weapon with the right elemental damage type. Do I switch to my Sidearm, because it's the only thing I currently have to match the void shields, or do I keep running that solar Scout Rifle so I can keep my distance? That's much more interesting than stopping for ten seconds to make that solar Scout Rifle into a void Scout Rifle and rolling on through. I desperately want to see more tactical trade-offs in Destiny. And while elemental damage and modifiers aren't a huge deal either way, I think it's a step in that direction.

Not too mention, having easily selectable elemental modifiers makes Hard Light and Borealis nearly useless as exotics.