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Edited by PR0P4NE:
9/26/2016 4:06:51 PM
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Are we still mad about elemental primaries?
Just came back to the game after a nice healthy break and wondered if the lack of elemental primaries is still a thing?
Then I had an idea - we have chromas, and now weapon ornaments; why not have a "Golden Age <insert element> weapon element" which could be used, much like an ornament, to activate an element on an exotic weapon. You could also change it if you had another weapon element.
Imagine a Hard Light with arc, like it should actually be.
Or a void Gjallarhorn
You get the idea.
I reckon this is probably too late in the lifespan of the game now but would have been a welcome addition, seeing as a lot of the exotic weapons are more or less bookends.
EDIT - I didn't, and don't want this thread to be seen as one of the weekly "give me my elemental primaries back" threads. I wanted to suggest something that would let us have them back, whilst giving us variety. Some suggestions are better than others, this one maybe not so much lol...
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I don't know if mad is the right way to describe it. Confused is more accurate for me. I don't understand why primaries have no element. My melee, super, grenade, special and heavy all have elemental damage. Why are primaries the only thing without? Adding modifiers like match game and iron clad along with more variety in shield type through activities make elemental damage that much more appealing. Taking away what few elemental primaries we had doesn't make much sense. Why can't they all be elemental like special and heavy weapons and be as random as those when they drop?
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1 ReplyNot really. It's eased by a large portion of nightfalls/strikes having things like Small Arms which effectively replaces an elemental burn anyway.
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2 RepliesI haven't been upset about it for over a year now. The best "solution" I've seen so far are burn telemetries that apply an element for an amount of time(imo)
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I never got mad at it. I kinda prefer it this way.
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1 ReplyI've never been mad about it
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I have never been mad about elemental primaries or lack of them.
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Atthe very least give us two more exotic primaries. One with solar and another with void. Zhalo supercell should not be all alone. If they want us to vary our weapons lke they said they need more guns like Zhalo for burns. Its the most used primary this week in the strikes obviously. However, with void burn on, Telesto is still the besto. And solar burn now means Wolf Pack Rounds instead of sleeper. Please give us more to play with
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Yes we want them
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12 RepliesI like your idea buy they should only last 2 hours and only be purchasable with silver.
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yes, since that bullshit change im limited to exactly 1 primary weapon i like - Zhalo Supercell, good bye variety also i dont need any othere exotics as my slot is taken by zhalo , even less variety
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Given even the heroic strikes now have burns I would say yes!
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I just think we should have a elemental primarys that are exotic because then it will still make u choose should I run ghorn this week or the vex
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I'm still a little salty, but I'm mostly over it. Honestly, if my light doesn't tank too hard, I might use vision of confluence on this nightfall.
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I came up with the idea a bit back, elemental cores... But everything would just be too easy with a burn. So why not add a burn telemetry? It lasts for 1 minute, and your primary does whatever elemental damage you added on?
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8 RepliesPosted this idea months ago, I called it an elemental orb. Try to keep up :p
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This wld be awesome.
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Can everyone please stop asking for elemental primaries. I made a post like that said the exact thing and I qoute: "Bungie did not remove elemental primaries because they hate fun. They hated the fact that everyone could be equipped for every situation and every modifier in the game and breeze through like it was nothing". Who hates nightfalls with no burns and a bunch of crappy modifiers like exposure, unflinching and trickle? I sure do. Unless you want that, don't ask for elemental primaries.
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I'd have xur sell some item that lets you apply a randomized element to you fav gun.
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Nope....not a thing in my view. There are so many great weapons out there that you can have a lot of fun with and the fact that not every week contains a guaranteed burn modifier means that you just don't need them. Sure, Zhalo this last week has made it easier and quicker to get through heroic and nigthfall but i'm just as happy when there is no burn modifier and therefore don't miss elemental primaries.
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I honestly think Hard Light would be my go-to PVE weapon if it had Arc damage. Zalo does, and has even better perks with the lightning-chains and the mag refill. Hard Light "only" overpenetrates and has riccochet-rounds. Visually, it is my favourite exotic. So yes please, Bungie, add Arc damage to Hard Light.
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1 ReplyI hope those people who like a challenge won't be using gally with solar burn, you know... coz its easy mode..
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They will not bring them back. The reasons they gave for eliminating them didn't hold up in my mind though. But, they need numbers, and by increasing the grind they see better numbers (for them).
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Not as much for me
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3 RepliesEdited by GalaxySpider: 9/27/2016 8:26:41 AMNope. It makes the game more challenging. The current shield and elemental system would need a complete rework to justify elemental primaries. And I think this requires a lot of time, creativity and coding to implement ideas, testing them and finally make a decision > and this is the most difficult task. Many Destiny Day 1 players experienced what it means to have weird decisions implemented into the game. Tweaks for guns, for example. And we all know that only a minor part at Bungie still works on Destiny. Almost all of them make Destiny 2 right now. So I highly doubt, no matter if the community screams for it or not, will not happen until Destiny 2. Taken King started it, the mentality was brought into the April Update as well and now goes on with Rise of Iron. The game works perfectly fine without them. Imagine having them right now with the current system. Perma easy mode. I think most people simply don't get that.
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Nobody knows yet...new pulse could be a burn primary
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1 ReplyIt'd be cool to see two new exotic primaries each with its own damage type like the Zhalo
