I personally have all the mods in the game except one, but I completely understand the pain of getting to this point. So, I have two ideas that I think would be helpful. The [u][b]first[/b][/u] would be that different vendors could carry a different category of mod, so Ada-1 is not the only seller. So one vendor could carry Warmind mods, another combat mods, etc. Or maybe one could carry weapon mods, another armor mods. Something like that. Basically, more than one vendor that sells mods. My [u][b]second[/b] [/u]idea is that the different categories of mods could drop in various activities or even locations of activity. This could change weekly. Example: X mod is dropping this week in X strike. or lost sector. Basically, making them farmable. The drop rate could be debatable. There are probably flaws in my idea, but it really is ridiculous that Ada-1 only carries a small selection of mods that are not even on a rotation, just random. Oh, there is [u][b]another idea[/b][/u]. How about Ada-1 actually carry them on a predictable rotation, cycling through ALL the mods on a schedule from beginning to end, with one mod in EACH category? Or, she could carry MORE mods each week. I think it is most frustrating to those of us who enjoy making builds or are avid YouTube build video watchers who like trying the various builds out there. It "breaks" the build if you don't have X mod which the entire video revolves around. Next video, please. I don't have those mods. *sigh* Sadly, I don't think this is even on Bungie's radar. As pointed out, the mods make the game more fun, to be sure, but they are not game BREAKING if you don't have them. Because of this, I don't think they really care.

As someone who has played heavily for most of D2 with some breaks here and there. I have every mod that I need to try fun builds and such. I feel all the mods should have a clear description on how to acquire them with running activities or whatever. I don't think hand outs would be the right way, but the current model of waiting for RNG to allow Ada to sell the mod you want is just stupid. Give new players a more accessible way to join the game.

I agree that mods should be easier to acquire. I'm a veteran player that has avout all of them but if I was trying to get new players into the game or potentially new players it would be nice to be able to have them capable of doing some builds so they can understand more of the mechanics of the game. It's not like they don't have thousands of hours of gameplay anyways just to acquire exotics and specific weapons. I don't mind that new players get thrown a bone because the game could use new players that can maintain interest.

Imagine you’re a brand new Guardian - a 10 year old kid who just got D2 for Christmas. You have very little experience with fps games, but you’d like to see what the crucible is all about. Imagine that kid facing the top % skill players in the crucible who have all the mods, all the gear and all of the god roll guns.

Bungie makes every aspect of this game a horrible grind because they are terrified no body would play it otherwise. Even though we would and have

[quote]Mods are impossible to acquire if you're new for the main fact that bungie created Ada in a microwave oven and now because of that she just sells the same few mods for a few months at a time never selling any new mods essentially making myself & i'm sure other new players pretty turned off the game, i'm not saying i'm done playing but i'm not really going to play a game for 40 Years with the exact same build pretending to enjoy it either... Probably won't buy the LightFall Expansion until New players have an actual way of getting mods at the very least, There's 300+ Mods but i haven't even gotten half & i've been buying Mods every day for the passed 3-4 Months Small bungie company[/quote] Not true, pro tip Best way to get them, play the bloody game

Holy hell the gatekeeping in this thread is pathetic.

Pretty sure everyone has said this for months and people still give the same bs response "You had to be there and earn them" you mean do bounties ranking up seasonal vendors through the most tedious task like it's a badge of honor destiny does not respect player time and investment so I want to know where the mentality comes from 😂 especially since as someone who got a majority of then on debut I really don't get it.

Agreed fully. I didnt pay attention to PvE or the PvE meta since VOG day 1 prep, took a break from the grind and just played PvP but didnt do anything else. When KF came back I decided to get caught up, learned vow and started doing master stuff, but I was gatekept out of endgame builds for weeks. On account of a miracle I had font of might but I had no bountiful wells and no time dilation, didnt have them until last week when she sold both. As of today I have enduring wells and supreme wellmaker and can finally call myself pretty set but being timegated and RNG gated from builds like that is pretty dumb and just entrenches FOMO. Trying to explain that system to a new player is just a speedrun of getting them to not even bother playing at all. I know mods really are irrelvant outside of master/GM content but still, crap system, make there be some way of earning them. Hell just make them all available for free. What is even gained from making you have to buy the mods? They literally cost 10k glimmer, basically a handout as long as you login every day to check the stock (which is obviously the intention of the system but that is a dumb system)

I’ve got basically all of em but yeah the system could be better. At least an alternate reward for playing comp or Lost Sectors.

They absolutely should address it. I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be for a new player to try to build craft with massive limitations on mods.

This is ordinary bungo fomo aftermatch - Create a problem - wait for streamers to call it out - fix it after 2 years and sell it as new feature Have not a doubt there will be a change on this in lightfall, I can hear the overwhelming praise from streamers already