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10/9/2018 7:27:59 AM
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Yes, and it was possible for players to go the entire lifespan of D1 without getting some weapons - for me, it was Icebreaker in Y3, which was a RNG drop from the weekly Nightfall Bounty. I ended D1 without that gun, and it didn't make D1 any less fun to have played. I got gear my teammates didn't, they got gear I didn't, we were able to play certain ways the others weren't, it's a lot of what made the experience interesting and enjoyable rather than "everyone equip X." A lot of players are obsessed with new shiny things and want them all right now (and want Xur to be their personal genie). That works in single-player RPGs with quest-driven paths to static gear, but not in online games with RNG drops where players come and go and each release brings in a new crowd - otherwise new players would never be able to catch up, and if someone misses a week they're boned. Now that 3oC are gone and Exotic drops are rare again, Xur's basically a catch-up mechanic for new players to get Y1 guns and everyone to upgrade to Y2 versions of existing armor, and we're all chasing Forsaken gear in the wild together rather than getting handouts. D2 is on track to be a 3-year game, which gives us 2 more years to get Forsaken Exotics, plus whatever's added through new DLCs - assuming they're not going to make everything obsolete every 90 days, there's no rush to be "first," and with repetition reduction the pool will get smaller with every drop. It keeps people playing through the game's entire life cycle, or it allows them to take a week off and not worry about missing the ONE week Xur sold Two-Tailed Fox or whatever. Different strokes, I guess, but I find the hunt for new Exotics with no guarantee I'll get them to be part of the fun of Destiny, and it keeps everyone from getting the same thing at the same time - patience is a virtue, and if gear's really worth having it'll still be worth having a few months from now...but less likely to get nerfed due to overuse if everyone's using Xur's new toy all at once (e.g. Gemini Jester or Prometheus Lens).
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