There are a variety of items that make up the entire of Destiny 2, and over time a variety of stated items have been overhauled to the enjoyment of the neighborhood. However, I might argue one such factor of Destiny 2 that has had all the pieces round it improved however not improved itself is Legendary armor, and truthfully, it’s excessive time Bungie overhauled Legendary armor drops.
One of the very best adjustments Bungie not too long ago made about armor was the removing the assorted subclass parts being tied to it. Likewise, the mod system overhaul was a breath of contemporary air for a way Legendary armor’s mod sockets are utilized. But past these adjustments, the act of utilizing Legendary armor as a reward remains to be as stale because it has ever been. The distinction in pleasure I really feel between a purple gun and purple armor dropping is evening and day.
I requested myself why that’s the case, and found that it’s due to rolls and the whole lack of impactful excessive worth rolls.
Allow me to elaborate: when purple armor drops, it all the time has the identical 4 mod slots, and the one factor a Guardian might get enthusiastic about is the armor’s gear stat rolls. The downside is that good rolls are extremely unlikely except you’re doing endgame troublesome PvP or PvE content material. This makes nearly all of Legendary armor rolls almost ineffective since you’re all the time going to know when to anticipate good and unhealthy rolls.
It’s that realizing and expectation that kills the thrill of virtually each armor drop. What’s worse is that in the course of the endgame content material, the armor might have a excessive roll, however the gear stat distribution could also be in the alternative stats you’re on the lookout for. This finally ends up feeling terrible, particularly contemplating the hassle that goes into finishing Destiny 2’s troublesome endgame content material.
Bungie ought to look into bettering Legendary armor to be extra compelling always and throughout all difficulties. This might additionally find yourself benefiting the brand new gamers expertise as properly, however that could be a subject for an additional time.
As an enormous fan of motion RPGs and something that loots after I shoots, when purple armor drops there must be extra rolls to think about. I do know the argument for extra RNG isn’t all the time a well-liked one, but when each single drop has the potential to drop as a god roll — with barely increased possibilities in troublesome content material — then that ought to make every drop all of the extra compelling.
I believe it could be a web optimistic for the Destiny 2 expertise for gamers to not solely fawn over each new gun, however each armor drop too; identical to they might in each different ARPG in existence.
It wouldn’t be that onerous to implement both, or no less than to design a framework to construct such a system round. One resolution can be to give items of armor their very own traits and origin traits like what weapons at present have. These new armor traits can be what offers the armor its gear stat bonuses. Now, think about three columns of traits that symbolize metallic, material, and stitching. Each column’s trait might give two gear stat bonuses. A trait referred to as Tight Weave might give, say, 12 Mobility and eight Strength, whereas one other in that very same column might give 7 Mobility and 14 Resilience as a substitute.
With such a system in place, gamers would have a look at each bit of armor dropped and evaluate the assorted armor traits to see if a excessive roll in two or three gear stats can be attainable. I do know I would definitely experiment with each drop if that had been the case.
Additionally, a slight tweak to mod sockets might additional enhance pleasure round Legendary armor drops. The change could possibly be so simple as every drop rolling between three and 6 mod sockets, with 4 being the typical roll. This would make it so present builds and loadouts wouldn’t be modified all that a lot, whereas permitting for future drops to give gamers extra mod customization in the event that they get fortunate.
It’s straightforward to get carried away with RNG on high of RNG, however I’m assured that adjustments like these can be a web optimistic. They’d make half of the loot pool all of the extra attention-grabbing and value enjoying and grinding for, whereas additionally giving gamers a purpose to care about Legendary Armor drops for the primary time in endlessly.
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