I was talking with a few friends today and our conversation sparked the idea of letting players invest in their gear in a much different way. Our idea had a few key points:
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- Allow players to take a low level item that they like the look of and make it into something awesome
- Make this process be a "Labor of Love"; possibly at the price of breaking down legendary and exotic items and using special materials like motes of light and the like to achieve
- Allow players to take this custom creation, give it a name, and call it their own.
- In the end, you could have a common, uncommon, rare or any other level item that would be one of a kind.
- This process would be very difficult and these custom creations would take a great deal of investment to get to the level of fully upgraded out-of-the-box Legendary and Exotic items.This process would give your item a unique story.
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This mechanic posses many design challenges and balancing this would be a huge task, however, the experience would be unlike anything I have seen in a game (maybe this has been done in some way before, but I'm sure Bungie could make it unique and add that polish and golden touch they have).
Imagine someone asking you "Where did you get that gun 'Every Rose'???" You know it started with breaking down Thorn... It was a labor of love that took patience and dedication. In the end, it's yours. Become Legend, Guardians.
Let's get the conversation going about this. I would love to hear all of your thoughts about this topic and share ideas.
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I posted something similar about mythic tier who's upgrades all have option slots and the slots choice affects the design of the armor, but this is more awesome.