So it's been a while now since the taken king dropped and bungie introduced the new infusion system. As we year 1 vets know Etheric light used to be the way to go when it came to boosting old favorite gear. Now, especially after the 1 to 1 update in April, the ways of the past have been quickly forgotten, though this is not a bad thing. Progress, especially for newer players, seems much quicker with the new system, but Etheric light now sits idly by in our inventories. A friend and I were discussing this as I was lamenting the fact that several of my friends were 334 because of once gear slot that refused to drop. In our discussion about the old ways vs the new I randomly came up with a suggestion that may help with this cause.
Etheric light could be used to boost the light level of one piece of gear by 5 points up to 335 in a manner similar to infusion.
Think about it, it's still very rare to get, and this simple change would allow players to boost their gear without it being completely rng dependent while giving Etheric light some use again. Any and all comments are welcome. My group really liked the idea so I figured I'd put it up here for review.
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Not bad, now to get the Grim citizen...
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Lol I have so much etheric light I would get to max level very quickly
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Bump. This is a great idea.
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I want it
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I'd rather they keep it as a something to turn in for rep with Petra Venj and give her more of an updated inventory to pull from upon rank up, like the Chasing Infinity ship.
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You can turn in etheric light to Petra for the queens bounty increase. Which is still pointless in my opinion. She only gives you year one drops.
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Edited by PedalOnTheRight: 7/21/2016 3:33:23 PMI've been beating this drum since y2 started change it to an incremental upgrade - even a 1 light bump would be welcome over completely worthless queen rank which may ironically reward you with an etheric light there are always arguments against like "y1 weapons are OP and blah, blah, blah...." not valid anymore since all the perks that made them worth having have either been nerfed to crap or removed. Even elemental primaries which would be nice and not affect the pvp crybabies at all, are less desirable since elemental shields are not the same as y1. If it was added to the loot tables of old raids like VOG/CE, it would instantly make them at least somewhat relevant without any other work than a couple database entries.
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Don't say e-light, I'll cry, for real
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Seriously? I only play like an hour or two a day and I'm still literally getting buried in 335 gear I'm not sure what to do with now. I actually infused my Boolean Gemini to 335 the other day just because. A [i]Boolean Gemini![/i] I don't think I've fired that gun since a few days after I got it like 10 months ago. It wasn't even fully leveled up!
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Having an item for infusing into anything for a small boost sounds like a good idea to me.