They don’t do new loot anymore except once a year. They got rid of all the tower vendors because, seemingly, it cost too much to have a small team build new weapon models to go with each vendor. In D1 we got new vanguard, crucible and faction weapons with [i]every[/i] paid expansion, as well as a new raid or hoard mode (prison of elders) which also had all new weapons. Near the end of D1 not only were all those weapons new but each week brought new random rolls to all vendor weapons. It is quite obvious that, compared to the money we spent on D1, that we are now being ripped off big time. Either it cost too much or bungie is just -blam!-ing lazy. Either way they are getting our money and we are, and have been, getting less and less for it.
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Just curious, you saying the vendors costing too much to have a team keep up with the maintenance. Is that something you read about?
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No, but they would need a team to constantly make new weapon models and skin them, which would actually be the easier part. Then they would have to give them to the team that programs the ballistics and balances and play tests them before they could be introduced into the game. And this would have to happen for every single new weapon thrown into the mix. It would be an entire teams full time job just making weapons and you can see the expense in that. Reskins on the other hand can be done in a few minutes by one person and the weapons ballistics are already done, just throw in some random perks and maybe mix up the sound effects and your done. All of the major changes that were done (most highly disliked by us) were to reduce production costs of a game franchise that they no longer care about. This is the [i]exact[/i] reason there are no new strikes or story missions. And also one of the reasons they killed Cayde’s character. Probably why we got stuck with the horribly annoying ghost voice, too.
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Exactly... I can't belive the planet vendor's have the same stuff when the 1st time I visited them, and to be honest I -blam!-ing sick at looking at them. Especially the camo shit that EDZ keep shoving in my face to dismantle. There needs to be something down and make new weapons and armor. No matter what they do it's the same bland stuff. I was excited th 1st time doing the cookie crap but then at the end it just gave you a shitty masterwork oven! What's the point? Whats th point in doing anything after that? Oh wait to trade in the gift and get more -blam!-ing tokens to take and dismantle stuff. Boring
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Exactly.
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Perhaps Im wrong. But, cant they have a small team create a program that creates guns based on a certain set of input parameters? Im certain that if Amazon can know what an entire population is more likely to purchase, place the item close to that population, and deliver orders the same day that a small design team can create a system that creates weapons.
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Borderlands has weapons that get spit out like that, not as cool though, wouldn’t you say? These in destiny are hand crafted.