So I got a chance to play both the strike and some pvp. I've played destiny 1 since beta and have played through all the expansions.
I have mixed feelings on the changes made. I do like that in crucible you have two primary weapons. The game play was slowed down but it still felt good. It definitely makes it a skilled gun game. I don't really see people sacrificing a power weapon to fusion rifles when heavy or snipers can earn faster easier kills. The fusion rifles aren't frequently utilized as it is with a few exceptions.
Pve is another different beast. You don't need rockets or sniper rifles to have fun however they are both effective tools. Can you imagine trying to take out bosses (war priest, vosiks) with just primaries? There needs to be a balance between the bosses HP vs the damage output in order for the new weapons systems to be effective. When I played the new strike I seldom came across power ammo and had only a few sniper rounds.
When they mentioned the previous fixed subclass choices they said it was in the name of more customization and player choice. I disagree completely, destiny really didn't have huge subclass customizations and now it really limits your choices.
Its a big wait and see for the beta. Here's hoping to a fresh start for Bungie and Destiny.
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"You don't need rockets to have fun" ... Reported
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Hey what's up :) so it's funny I had a completely different experience with the heavy ammo. I pretty much always had it or a brick to pick up. One thing I want to note in regards to Fusions, shotguns, etc is that this change should really allow Bungie to go balls out with them and to be fair, the highest single target dps weapon in D1 is a fusion rifle.
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Nothing much just figured I'd jump into the conversation. The ammo bricks are random anyway so I could see both experiences happening. Don't get me wrong fusion rifles are awesome especially taking it back to light beware. I just don't see a ton of people using them when other seasons were more viable. If you had a choice between a special fusion fifle vs gally or rockets foe boss fights (without modifiers of course) which would you use? Lol
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I used everything in the demo except the sniper rifle. I actually really enjoyed the fusion and can't wait to play the beta to get a better feel for it. I'm hoping for Vanilla Destiny performance. If they can give us that, the players in the know will be all over them.