There are a variety of items that make up the entire of Future 2, and over time a variety of stated items have been overhauled to the enjoyment of the group. Nonetheless, I’d argue one such aspect of Future 2 that has had every part round it improved however not improved itself is Legendary armor, and truthfully, it’s excessive time Bungie overhauled Legendary armor drops.
Among the finest modifications Bungie lately made about armor was the removing the varied subclass components 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. However past these modifications, 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 night time and day.
I requested myself why that’s the case, and found that it’s due to rolls and the entire lack of impactful excessive worth rolls.
Permit me to elaborate: when purple armor drops, it at all times has the identical 4 mod slots, and the one factor a Guardian may get enthusiastic about is the armor’s gear stat rolls. The issue is that good rolls are extremely unlikely until you’re doing endgame troublesome PvP or PvE content material. This makes nearly all of Legendary armor rolls practically ineffective since you’re at all times going to know when to anticipate good and unhealthy rolls.
It’s that figuring out and expectation that kills the thrill of virtually each armor drop. What’s worse is that throughout the endgame content material, the armor might have a excessive roll, however the gear stat distribution could also be within the reverse stats you’re searching for. This finally ends up feeling terrible, particularly contemplating the trouble that goes into finishing Future 2’s troublesome endgame content material.
Bungie should look into improving 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 which may 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 needs to be extra rolls to contemplate. I do know the argument for extra RNG isn’t at all times a well-liked one, but when each single drop has the potential to drop as a god roll — with barely larger possibilities in troublesome content material — then that ought to make every drop all of the extra compelling.
I feel it will be a internet optimistic for the Future 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 arduous to implement both, or not less than to design a framework to construct such a system round. One resolution could be to present items of armor their very own traits and origin traits like what weapons presently have. These new armor traits could be what provides the armor its gear stat bonuses. Now, think about three columns of traits that symbolize steel, cloth, and stitching. Every column’s trait may give two gear stat bonuses. A trait referred to as Tight Weave may give, say, 12 Mobility and eight Energy, whereas one other in that very same column may give 7 Mobility and 14 Resilience as a substitute.
With such a system in place, gamers would take a look at every bit of armor dropped and examine the varied armor traits to see if a excessive roll in two or three gear stats could be potential. I do know I will surely experiment with each drop if that have been the case.
Moreover, a slight tweak to mod sockets may additional enhance pleasure round Legendary armor drops. The change may very well be so simple as every drop rolling between three and 6 mod sockets, with 4 being the typical roll. This might make it so present builds and loadouts wouldn’t be modified all that a lot, whereas permitting for future drops to present gamers extra mod customization in the event that they get fortunate.
It’s simple to get carried away with RNG on prime of RNG, however I’m assured that modifications like these could be a internet optimistic. They’d make half of the loot pool all of the extra attention-grabbing and price taking part in and grinding for, whereas additionally giving gamers a purpose to care about Legendary Armor drops for the primary time in eternally.
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