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6/12/2020 3:42:11 PM
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I'm a D1 veteran and I do not mind Bungie sunsetting our old gear

This is probably going to be extremely unpopular and draw a LOT of hate, but please hear me out. I have played Destiny 1 since launch. I played D1 consistently and only ever took a break from it once. I have over 2000 hours poured into D1. I'm saying this so you understand where I'm coming from when I say, I do not mind Bungie sunsetting our old gear in Destiny 2. I know just by saying that, people are going to be mad. But I clearly remember when Destiny The Taken King launched, a large portion of our past gear was left to the past and could not be used in higher light/power level activities in The Taken King. You could still use them in PvP where light/power level did not matter except in things like Iron Banner for example. You weren't forced to delete your old gear. You could vault it and pull it out for casual PvP. In Private Matches, you and your team could play with old weapons just for fun. You could go out to older destinations or activities with lower light/power levels to use them. You had freedom to use them however you wish in Destiny 1, they just weren't going to be useful in a endgame activity like raids or light level enabled PvP. So now we come to Destiny 2 and a similar thing is happening: our older gear is being left behind so that new weapons and armor can be used in the future. I think this is a good thing because it means the endgame PvE and PvP meta will change. In addition, there is absolutely going to be new weapons with godrolls that people will farm for. Not satisfied? Well I present to you example 1 from D1: Hung Jury. This weapon was a medium rate of fire Scout Rifle from Dead Orbit with a MONSTER GOD ROLL. Triple Tap with Firefly. Omg this thing was a destroyer in PvE AND PvP. Just search D1 Hung Jury on Youtube and you'll see what I mean. Back to my main point. What I'm getting at is that we shouldn't be too mad about this. Bungie is not deleting your gear. They are not forcing you to use new weapons or armor. You could still play the game and use old stuff. You just wouldn't be able to do high end activities. Like with The Taken King, if sunsetting old gear means moving on and trying new stuff, its a compromise I'm willing to make. As long as Bungie provides a fair number of new weapons and armor in Destiny 2 Beyond Light, then I am fine with saying goodbye to older and worn out armor. You might also ask me, wouldn't you rather have no sunsetting at all? And my answer is of course. If we could get new stuff and still use our old stuff for higher end activities, it would be great. Old and new players would be happy. But since that is not happening, I've just come to accept what is going to be done. And that is all that I have, please be civil in the comments below.

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  • Mostly share a similar view point on this but is it really just endgame? Any new content from the season pass and what not also has a power level limit and now for two seasons those have been public events on our old destinations. I would have trouble calling these endgame like nightfall and such since, unless I missed something, wont give us pinnacle gear or even a chance for it like the others. Now let's be brutally honest on one big reason it's now getting a big backlash. Bungie has effed up this season in what it did. We have certain guns a lot have grinded god rolls of brought to the world loot pool and no changes to them outside of the little icon in the corner and unlike the old beloved ones they have a higher power cap. This is just hurting the reasoning they had for it and giving the idea of them not actually being able to bring in a lot of new guns. Not even that but they can't be bothered to change some perks up or add new ones to the brought back gear. Mean seriously they made some new perks this season and could've thrown some into the gun roll possibilities for other guns to atleast somewhat justify making people regrind them. Instead of being something that has potential it instead feels just like them crapping over everything people have done and time they spent.

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