So, today I came up with an idea, I hope many of you like:
Quite frankly, leaving getting to level 30 by luck in the raid is not at all fun. So I thought; why do I bother with faction armour. Then I thought; I really enjoyed the exotic bounties. So I put all three together. The concept:
Every two times you rank up, your faction sends you a special bounty, like an exotic weapon bounty, which sends you on a line of quests, to eventually get a supreme piece off faction gear, which can be upgraded to have 30 light. This makes reaching level 30 much less left to luck, and more entertaining for the player. The names could be for example: [name of item] of the Cult, of the Monarchy, or of the Dead. Any thoughts on this? If bungie could see this, I'd love for them to say what they think. Any feedback is great, thank you.
Edit: Example bounty:
Step 1) Your faction mentor has sent a request, signed, for you. (Go to Faction Vendor for Task "Relics of the[Cult/Dead/Monarchy]"
Step 2) [Vendor Name] has mentioned long lost relics of the golden age, lost in the strongholds of our enemies. Search inside of them, kill our strongest enemies, and maybe the relic may show itself to you. (Kill 200 enemies in either the Nightfall, Weekly Heroic or Raid, to obtain Pulsating [Armour Name])
Step 3) This relic contains markings of the [Cult/Dead/Monarchy] themselves, we must return it to them. (Return the relic to the vendor to recieve Shattered [Armour Name])
Step 4) The armour is broken, find materials to heal it. The materials we need can be found on the Moon. (Open loot caches on the Moon until you receive an "Iron-Forged Armour Core")
Step 5) This core fits perfectly, as if it was made especially for the armour. Return to [Vendor Name] to see what he/she can do
(Take the armour and core to the vendor and receive "Healing [armour name]")
Step 6) The armour is nearly ready for combat, but requires a few more adjustments. Dismantle legendary armour to gain enough parts to repair it. (Dismantle 3 legendary armour pieces to gain 3 "Armour Fillings")
Step 7) Nearly there, take it back to your Faction for repairs. (Return to you vendor to receive "Toughened [Armour name]"
Step 8) The armour is nearly ready. Test its structure in the Crucible. Win 5 matches to prove to the Vanguard it is ready for combat. Equip it in your armour slot for when you win, but you may encounter some difficulties with it. (Win 5 matches while wearing the armour. The armour reduces movement speed and reduces jump height. Complete it to receive "Vanguard Approved [Armour name])
Step 9) Finally, return to your Faction to use it out in the wild (Return to vendor to receive [Armour name] of the [Cult/Dead/Monarchy]
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Can we have a limited time even where you need to kill gorgons to collect their armour and if you get enough you can combine them with relic iron and spinmetal to create pieces of armour. Then depending on which piece I armour you want you do a different task, so for example for a helmet you go down and kill 200 cursed thralls to gain their glowing head plate. Then you go to the speaker with all the pieces an he makes it into a helmet shell. This can then be like VoG raid gear level. A final, optional step could be to complete a portal on atheon where you hold the relic or to beat the Templar where you are the relic holder to add some of Kabr's light to the armour, once this is completed you have a piece of gear that looks awesome and has a light level of the gear that drops in Crota's end.
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Good idea^
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I don't even have to read your article, (I didn't, you had me at your title) and I'm liking the idea already. Faction vendors offering bounties directly to you is a great idea. BUNGIE!!! Listen to this guy!
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Excellent idea. More content, please. It doesn't have to be the scale of a new planet necessarily, just more of what is already there.
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Deej why you not notice me? :(
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Bump. Do it for the vibes!
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Bump. This is awesome, and from what I understand, it should have been in the original game. I think they should release it as an update, maybe small at first and add more missions later, but considering it was in the original, it should be free... Just my suggestion. The game was a huge download for a reason...
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Bump; but would like to see a new faction or two.
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This is a good idea as it is difficult for me to find people to do the raid with.
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Bump I love dead orbit and would much rather hit level 30 wearing faction armor instead of raid Armor. They should just give us level 30 or 32 after dlc as an option to buy if you hit rank 10 in your faction. I'd day that's fair.
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There should be at least one piece of exotic armor for each faction.
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Nice idea. Bump
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Could have faction bounties that are more like quests and after so many of them you'd get a special one? Just a suggestion :)
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Bump.
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I love this!
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Bump because now the factions will become relevant
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You know what else? A randomly generated mission/strike hybrid. This sets up a random race vs a random race. The first random you encounter and defeat, the second owns the place and needs to be expelled. Example: Hive VS Cabal. You rid of Hive offensive, Cabal start stomping your existence to non-existence by using [Problem 78-F] against you. You remove Cabal outpost. Hive pop up again with a Big Knight (like that Eye of Oryx one). You have to defeat him. Mechanics for bosses randomly vary from a big sword Knight with AOE sword of Crota like 'slams' to quad Vex Mythoclast wielding Archon to a gunship fight. More ideas. In PVP, there'll be a Blood Gulch-like map with drivable tanks and stuff (no turrets). Medium ammo will limit itself to [u]specific weapon types[/u] (see how you placed Reach guns, then mimic that), this can be re-used on previous maps to completely re-shape how one should CTRL those maps. This might be a bit more focused on Bungie, in perspective of [Writer to Bungie Developers]. Also, 3 more character slots for those who have Xpac Pass, 1 for those who order Dark Below, and 1 for the House of Wolves. Third slot can be either an Xpac Pass or third Xpac incentive, or even both. Additionally, more customizability with armour shaders, please. Weapon, vehicle (land), jumpship shaders also, please. Also, can we be able to make custom armour designs in-game, and lower our weapons (instead of having to wait about 40 minutes)?
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I love this idea. Really like the dead orbit color scheme but put it down for raid gear. So it kinda just collects dust in my storage.
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Finally somebody with a possible idea that makes sense! I agree 100%
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This is a great idea, especially how it caters to solo players and non- solo players
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It's a great idea but knowing bungie they would make it exotic armour haha just to say hey why aren't u in raid. ;p
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