Thanks for telling me I'm free to disagree, Luke. (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Friday, October 23, 2015, 19:51 (3414 days ago) @ Xenos

The thing is, Elemental damage was never the reason that certain primaries were used so much more than all the others. Look at how many people stuck with a 300 Fatebringer all the way through Crota's End hard mode, even though none of the enemies had Arc shields. What made Fatebringer special was the insane combo of perks.

That was also because it was the BEST of the elemental primaries though. I think even if you took Firefly out of Fatebringer people still would've used it, but it would've been balanced slightly by Fang of Ir Yut and Oversoul Edict.

I'd argue that Fatebringer without Arc damage would get used every bit as often as it did with arc damage. The lone exception would be during nightfalls/PoE when burns are in play.

Heck I knew people that used Abyss Defiant quite a bit, and I even used Word of Crota against the Vex in PoE. Any time there was a burn it was almost insane to NOT use a primary element that matched, and most people I know did if they had one. The fact that now I can stick to the guns I actually love without feeling like I'm handicapping myself seems a lot better.

Except we're being handicapped now, not the other way around. In year 1, you could use your favorite weapon, or switch to a primary with elemental damage if you wanted that extra edge. Now, we have no edge. The option to use whatever weapon we want was always there. We've had an option removed, not added.

I am hoping they come out with more Exotic primaries with an element, but mostly because you are paying the price (an exotic slot) to use that element type.

I think this would be a great solution.