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

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Friday, October 23, 2015, 20:01 (3414 days ago) @ Xenos

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 don't agree we are handicapped now. The old encounters are still there and we can use our old elemental weapons in them just fine. With the newly designed encounters we don't have access to something at all, and never did for these encounters. Not having an advantage that never existed for these encounters isn't a handicap.

Let me rephrase: Any time we are choosing a primary weapon, we are judging it based on a range of criteria. Do I like the way it handles? Am I fighting at long rang/close range? What perks would be beneficial in this situation? Etc. In year 1, one of the criteria we could consider was would Elemental damage be useful here? If so, is it worth sacrificing the benefits provided by some of my other primaries?.

Elemental damage output was one of the things we could take into consideration when choosing a weapon. Now it isn't. An option has been removed.