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Destiny |OT39| Tainted Love
- Thread starter DrDrizzay101
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BreezyLimbo
Banned
So here's my radical idea to make *SOME* loot better and to better the health of the game-
Remove regenerating shields as a mechanic. Replace it with a life bar of sorts that doesn't recharge.
The issue right now is that armor is meaningless. It's less talked about, but it really is. Your tankiness depends on your light level, and that determines everything you do. It's an issue. Doing heroic strikes, you take the same amount of damage whether you're 240 light or 320 light, you die just as fast. There is no feeling of 'wow I have max armor, I can tank more.' Armor is mostly useless because of that. It literally doesn't matter except for the perks that they provide. And even then the perks that are 'Gain more armor while X class' are just as useless because the player doesn't really notice it. There is no discernible difference.
So say you remove rechargeable shields. Suddenly your health is determined by the armor you have. The skills you pick, the one that provides more armor, increases your base health bar. Armor gives you some health points. This creates opportunities for more skills within the perks as well. Suddenly you can play with life leech on weapons, maybe perks on armor that gives you an overcharge on kills, maybe perks that increase health by a flat or percentage. It increases variety in loot, it lets you feel like you've increased in power by having a number associated with your life, and it helps out in variety of loot and boosts existing perks(Suddenly perks that only take affect during low health can suddenly be used properly if you risk being low life).
That's my radical idea of the day.
Remove regenerating shields as a mechanic. Replace it with a life bar of sorts that doesn't recharge.
The issue right now is that armor is meaningless. It's less talked about, but it really is. Your tankiness depends on your light level, and that determines everything you do. It's an issue. Doing heroic strikes, you take the same amount of damage whether you're 240 light or 320 light, you die just as fast. There is no feeling of 'wow I have max armor, I can tank more.' Armor is mostly useless because of that. It literally doesn't matter except for the perks that they provide. And even then the perks that are 'Gain more armor while X class' are just as useless because the player doesn't really notice it. There is no discernible difference.
So say you remove rechargeable shields. Suddenly your health is determined by the armor you have. The skills you pick, the one that provides more armor, increases your base health bar. Armor gives you some health points. This creates opportunities for more skills within the perks as well. Suddenly you can play with life leech on weapons, maybe perks on armor that gives you an overcharge on kills, maybe perks that increase health by a flat or percentage. It increases variety in loot, it lets you feel like you've increased in power by having a number associated with your life, and it helps out in variety of loot and boosts existing perks(Suddenly perks that only take affect during low health can suddenly be used properly if you risk being low life).
That's my radical idea of the day.
Mass Effect 2 had more guns than Mass Effect 1.
xVaalbarAx
Member
anyone want to play Doubles?
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
I have found a 310 immolation fist exotic from a legendary engram i guess thats something.
Dthomp
Member
Suicide doubles? I'll go with ya again Kadey
No not Prison of Elders. Firefight. Halo Reach. Wave upon wave upon wave of enemies.
Prison of Elders version 2.0
Might want to do challenge mode in a few?
Dthomp
Member
CM would be ideal for me since I really need some new gears/guns to get above 303 light. PSN is Dthomp if you have others doing it LMK
Would be down for something in about 30 mins
Dr_Drizzay101 has been playing Halo and Kurt Nissan/Snakeyes been playing BLOPS III
EDIT: http://www.twitch.tv/planet_destiny
There's a podcast going from planet destiny at the moment. They've got someone from Bungie talking about CD.
xVaalbarAx
Member
I;ve been playing BLOPS 3
I'll join if you have a spot.
Yep! So just one more I'm playing Crimson with camo at the moment suiciders!
Zoso Achilles
Member
No. That was similar in a way, but not even close.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Spring update will be upgraded VoG and/or Scrota, plus adding back the missing strikes. Don't expect anything more than that from it.
Fall expansion details at e3 I hope.
Who are you and what have you done with Vaal?
Fall expansion details at e3 I hope.
Who are you and what have you done with Vaal?
xVaalbarAx
Member
This is Vaal. Ruthless pls
I wasn't comparing the number of guns between both of those titles. The point was that ME1 -> ME2 resulted in regression just like Year 1 -> Year 2.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Your avatar is still a warlock, not a hunter. You lied.
TheAquaticApe
Member
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Sounds about right
Ps4 hm Iam down bigmanny287
GustyGardens
Banned
Anyone for suicides?
PSN GustyGardens
PSN GustyGardens
optimus8936
Banned
BF4 is one of the best shooters on the market right now, I put 500+ hours into it and loved it. Plus the games been out for I think two years and it's still getting support and new content that is free like maps and guns. It also has over 100 guns and 1000's of combinations of attachments to choose from. It takes time getting used to but once you do, it's a fantastic game.
xVaalbarAx
Member
GustyGardens
Banned
I play both Call of Duty and BF4. They're both pretty great. I only just got Black Ops, though.
The regression is nothing alike.
If Year 2 Destiny had revamped the powers and made the class differentiation more interesting then we would have a stew going.
Yeah, just send me an invite
Got one with me so might have a friend
What's ur psn again?
shiv2099
Kalamari
Member
3 more spots open
you guys doing crucible?