Well... (Destiny)

by Robot Chickens, Friday, May 22, 2020, 14:51 (1433 days ago) @ Claude Errera

Other tidbit from that update

Pocket Infinity

• Charges too quickly after the first shot
  
• Fix in progress, to be released in a future update

Look at how innocuous this looks. RIP PI

...you don't think they'd have gotten away with "We're going to cut its heart out", do you?

True.

IMHO:

• Destiny is best when there are multiple powerful spikes in the meta. Suros, Mythoclast, Pocket Infinity were all annoying to be killed by, but you also had the option to pursue any of them to fit your playstyle.
  
• Destiny is frustrating when only 1 playstyle dominates. That is a supreme lack of choice.
  
• Destiny is at its worst when there are no spikes in the meta. This gives the illusion of choice in playstyle, but everyone just feels weak.

Giving people multiple choices without power creep is hard. Gutting an exotic probably isn't the way. Honestly, I think that random rolls kill the game. Bungie gives up too much control with this and then people chase things they will get sad about losing. Make perks better, but only give them to specific weapons. Then give those weapons a season to shine. The way they handled swords for this season is a perfect example of how it can work well- they just need to give multiple avenues for a couple weapon types to shine. When that meta goes away, people don't get all cranky because they knew it was temporary going in.

Don't take away great exotics or other great weapons. Just give incentives for other guns to compete in that space.