What I'm Worried About (Destiny)

by SIX min WHISTLE , Michigan, Friday, September 18, 2015, 12:42 (3449 days ago) @ Morpheus

2. This new Light system isn't as awesome as people think. Having high Light levels is great, but the main problem is that's with a near-genetic level of specifics in order to make that work. To get Light level X, you HAVE to have this exact weapon on, despite its useless perk in a certain situation; you HAVE to wear this exact armor, despite it drastically lowering your Intellect and Strength. You HAVE to be using this exact Ghost, even though it's detecting Spinmetal...on the Dreadnaught. You HAVE to wear this exact class item, even though it's ugly as all unholy hot garbage pizza hole.

Armor may have been a more unflinching compromise in Year 1--with Etheric Light and all, you may have had to sacrifice your personal preference in appearance for the power you needed to make it through a Prison or a Nightfall more easily, but in terms of weapons, you were free to make whatever choices you wanted. You could go into Crota's End with a Bad Juju and a Hunger of Crota, or a Fatebringer/Gjallarhorn, or whatever combo you felt comfortable with and it didn't matter because you were level Thirty-X; regardless of what your armor held, your weapons still did damage independently. Now you HAVE to go into battle with this extremely specific weapon, armor, and even personalizaton set just so you can be strong enough for this and that.

This is true at the moment but is exactly what the new option to sacrifice higher damage/defense items is for. You are stuck with legendaries, but the idea is to find the gear whose stats/appearance you like and level them up with stuff you don't care about. I think this is a great addition.

The only issue is that it's year 2 only, they really want us to move on to new stuff. But they've said before that they want the experience to change over time, and for us to have different periods of time feel different. I'm not sure if I like this entirely, but I get it and it's better for the hardcore that play a lot. It just sucks if you are a late comer and missed things like wolfpack hunting, Reef bounty hunting, and those kinds of limited time games. The way the game is set up now also leaves anyone not buying Taken King in the dust, with a gutted experience. No Vanguard Playlists, no Nightfall, no Daily mission, Eris and Petra bounties gone, only 3 Crucible playlists.