The difference was that you chose when to use your keys. You could hoard your keys and you basically get to choose which loot you go for and in which strikes. So the grind mechanic was/is (because it's there for you to try and test in D1) very different from running a strike for a chance to get something and often times getting nothing at all. You basically can grind for keys and have a high chance of getting a key at the end of a strike. Once you have the key you can choose to use it immediately or hold on to it and play a strike who's loot you actually want! The difference in a nut shell is that control is in the players hand. If you want to collect 50 keys then spam a strike to get it's loot then you can. Want to open the chests when the key drops then you can do that too. Want to run some strike lists for bounties or fun, then you will be getting keys while you do that too. You don't have to spam a nightfall, not get anything then wait 4 weeks for another RNG session.

Blaming streamers still. Aight, lul.

Life exotic on exotic armour would ruin the point of having exotics....are you deluded? Or is it because you want to "look pretty" Although some of the other points are good

You may be ridiculously out of touch... or plain delusional. Either or really.

I don't know how I feel about the key thing...rng on a key drop that's also rng on a chest...i think they even made it to where you HAD to have a key at some point. It should be an rng drop like usual except be able to use keys to guarantee yourself something.

The best memories are of solo flawless runs and spending hours perfecting some aspect of the game to conquer.. Challange of elders solo.. Defeating truly difficult things alone was great.. Try getting a group to stick around at calus for 5 hours trying different tactics.. Good luck..

No one said it was? But it also had Minimal artificial barriers to stop people from trying things solo.. Crotas end Challange of elders Atheon Court of oryx Oryx himself That place in earth patrol after Roi All of those were soloable if you so chose.. They didn’t have 4 plates to stand on to block progress.. And yes my flawless came from doing Crotas end... Tried dozens of times always dying to something like crota fake kneeling and then face punching me.. Ended up getting it when I wasn’t trying to get it..

Cheers!

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What do you need rifled barrel for? lol

I know, that's the point my man. I've gone on about this plenty of times. Trying to explain it isn't the 'god roll' people chase, it's the addiction to RNG. The best versions of the weapons in D1, were static rolled. When they left y1 behind, people chased weapons in that archetype to get as close as you could to the static roll, hence imago loop, aka fatebringer 2.0. Just as an example. The purpose was to get a legendary version close as possible without the obvious exotic perks it came with, that way you could use certain exotics and you could use any kinda combination. Bungie told everyone ( that was around at the time ) that they were going to let every archetype have its moment to shine. That's why the META changed frequently. That's what created the artificial grind for the 'god roll'. You combine the Forge and the Mod system, along with some basic RNG...they have the formula in place. It's all about execution on Bungie's part. They are in a tight spot...they have to make the decision of alientating complete groups ( MMO, RPG, FPS, Looter Shooter etc ). 1 or more of these groups will be pissed ( rightfully ) and leave. It's all up to how Bungie plays it out. To make it clear, I don't agree with 80% of what Bungie has done with this franchise. I see the problem, but all I have is this keyboard and some words on a dried up forum. Only thing I can do is explain why they do things, in the hopes to stop the hating, and generally help people understand the why, so we can move on to the how.