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1/17/2024 1:08:05 AM
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Just thinking... Weapon elements.

So, question of curiosity. Anyone ever wonder about having weapons with multiple elements? Member when we could get weapons to drop in all three elements? I member, and I liked it. It always felt great to have a favorite weapon that I could use in any element I chose. I could pursue the best rolls from each, if they had differences [i](the perk selection was pretty limited compared to now)[/i] and it was fine. Even though it was the same weapon, it still felt a bit different between them. It effectively was more variety, while feeling consistent and familiar. I think about all the perks we have now, and how PvP complaints are often around the use of one or two weapons. I mean, really there's just a handful of weapons in the game, comparatively that everyone uses, that are much more effective, which is fine, not a complaint, but why not bring back multiple element weapons again? I'd love to have three different element Ammits. Crafting is pretty streamlined and polished now. I enjoy it, minus the dismal drop rates [i](Still haven't had a single Adhorative drop...)[/i] which could be improved, but that feels like a nice bolster to it, while still keeping it more simple. Just thinking.

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  • Players of a certain age will remember Murmur. Restricting weapon elements seemed pretty arbitrary when it was done, but I can understand why they would want to keep things as-is now. We have elemental keyword perks that didn't exist back then, and it makes sense for Incandescent to only be on Solar weapons, Voltshot on Arc etc. We know Bungie have been experimenting with allowing keywords to be usable outside of their respective subclasses - e.g. Devour from Buried Bloodline, Amplified from Ex Diris - but I think changing weapon elements might go a bit too far. For example, you could have a Void Ammit with Incandescent, so it would apply Scorch and also benefit from Volatile Rounds.

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