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2/2/2025 9:06:45 PM
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Old weapons should be able to use the new weapon mods

I don't think that anyone would disagree with me when I say that the addition of the new weapons mods such as ballistics has been a wonderful new addition to the game, especially for PvP. The thing I don't understand however is why Bungie limited these mods to only newer weapons? These mods could give certain older weapons a nice boost to allow them to be competitive again. For example I was using my old waking vigil a few weeks ago and while it's stats aren't bad they certainly can't compete with the palindromes, austringers, etc. The use of a ballistics mod however could help to lower the gap. There are hundreds of old weapons that would greatly benefit from the use of these mods and I simply can't see a reason as to why they shouldn't be able to use them. I also just want to add that while I am not a game developer I don't think there is a technical reason why older weapons can't use the new mods because in the 30th anniversary event we got the confetti mod and all weapons can use that one.

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  • Completely agree, would be great to use my spare rations with ballistics

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  • So we farm new weapons

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  • I think Bungie has specifically limited these new mods to crafted or enhanced weapons for the express purpose of discouraging the use of older weapons. It's a looter shooter but we've got 7 years worth of loot. Why grind for a new gun if I've got something nearly identical in the vault from 5 years ago? Bungie has to incentivise players to want the new stuff. Plus with possible changes coming in Apollo, everything we currently have could become useless.

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    • I still got all the original season of arrivals weapons now time to regrind them all over again. Still waiting for "Trophy Hunter" and "Pyroclastic flow" to return I kinda regret deleting them now due to sunset😔

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