My concern (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Thursday, April 23, 2015, 17:45 (3600 days ago) @ Cody Miller

So you've just done the hardest content in the game. But then, what do you need the best guns for?

As far as this specific concern goes, I don't think it's less a matter of "giving you the tools you need", just "more tools" (or "toys" depending on how you look at it).

We didn't NEED Gjallarhorn or Black Hammer to beat VoG, but having them sure allows us to pull things off that we never could have before. In a way, the weapons themselves add a substantial amount of replay value to the game. Nevermind the grind we go through to get them, but actually using them adds a lot of variety.

This is true, but we are only really doing cool things with these weapons in challenging situations - the raids.

I think that changes from person to person. I still really enjoy jumping into the ROC Strike playlist, because it's challenging enough to keep me awake, but relaxed enough that I can goof around with weapons and abilities I wouldn't normally risk during a raid.

Again, I don't know what the Prison of Elders is going to be like but my nagging suspicion is that it will be less challenging (challenging, not difficult) than a raid would.

My hope, as others have suggested, is that PoE will be a game mode that ramps in difficulty the further you progress. Think back to ODST Firefight... you could jump in with just about anyone, make it through the first set, and feel like you'd done decently well. But only the best of the best teams were going to complete the Endure achievement. Getting that far required much higher levels of teamwork and coordination.