They did this in D1. People hated it. They later realized it was a mistake and allowed for infusion. Hmmm...

Anything that involves any form of a quest to complete should not be left behind. Plain and simple if I put in the time to complete all the steps I should be able to use said weapon for as long and whenever I want without worry of it being "retired" just to re-earn another version of it that's "new" so bungie can pat themselves on the back for making content.

This decision feels like Destiny is becoming Anthem Part 2 as soon as you know it Destiny will also be a ghost town lol

This change honestly isnt for new lights and casuals. Its more for a handful of people who have exhausted their own loot pool by playing more than most people (i.e. streamers) and want new carrots to chase every season because they already have it all. While the new lights and casuals are content with the things theyve earned or are earning. Im someone who plays probably more than most and i hate this change. It makes randomized perks not that exciting when you know it expires.

The constant nerfs have me pretty beat down. To the point of I was just whatever with losing weapons. Then you reminded me of mountain top. I rarely use it. The problem I have is this. I sweated my ass off to get this gun. Played hours upon hours upon hours spamming grenade launchers in game modes I hate. Most matches I was running 3 launchers. Not because I was any good with them. Because I found myself not using them if I had any other option. It sucked. Didn’t think I could feel anymore beat down. A gun I spent that much time doing something I hate is going away. Again, not that I would use it, but knowing I can’t if I wanted to. Doubt I will do that grind again for another weapon.

Yes. You can never own weapons anymore. You have to rent them

BUMP I feel same way. Revoker and NF is my combo even in PVE. I just love them so much (design, sound, feeling) and now we don't have equal replacement for them.

Retire a weapon, but introduce a new weapon with virtually same specs and rolls for people to re farm to find same specs as the one that has been retired. But of course there will be new ornaments to buy from Eververse for these new but same weapons.

I very recently started playing again after about a year off, I had a lot to grind to catch up and I’m almost entirely caught up. Worst thing for me to grind for was MT and man do I hate GL’s but I knew it was good and wanted a reason to play so I grinded it out. Turns out it’s my favourite kinetic weapon and I’ve basically had it equipped on a character since I got it. It feels so unique and makes breach launchers feel very useful instead of “yeah I think iron banner has a regular one maybe” micro missile was a fantastic middle ground between game breaking pinnacles and rituals. So naturally when I heard stuff will be getting shelfed down the line I was kinda bummed at first, I’d just gotten a gun that was outrageously frustrating to get but was very useful in endgame content and was fun for me to use. So the kicker here is bungie knows people feel this way about our guns, pinnacles and what it in particular. How would you feel if rituals were discontinued and pinnacles made a return? How would I feel if MT got retired but we got something with micro missile and something else just as if not better in its place? I’d fee pretty -blam!-ing good. I refuse to believe bungie would shelf anything people consider super fun and unique without offering something more fun or unique in its place. I see no way to do this without offering us something better. So even though I literally JUST got MT maybe 2 weeks ago I’d be pretty cool leaving it in the past for something better. See this new system is pretty great actually, pinnacles and exotic stuff can be more outrageous without bungie having to worry about wasting time a year from now with issues on EVERYTHING from the past, wether it’s retuning quests steps due to game changes, content being phased out like the forges more or less. Like I’m genuinely excited to see what stuff they’ll put in our hands starting with the next dlc. Maybe micro Missile will become a perk open to all breach GL’s? Wouldn’t that be cool if we actually had a reason to use that entire class of weapons lol. TL;DR bungie must know taking away our toys will upset us. But we probably wouldn’t mind it as much if the toys they replaced ours with were a -blam!- load cooler now would we. Or if the standard for new toys was just a lot higher.

When I heard the power level cap for the first time, it made me feel very angry, actually I felt that Bungie has disrespect me, for making all efforts I placed in the game sounds like it was for nothing (I mean… I know it is a game and, in the end, it is for nothing), but then I read why they are going to do that and, somehow it made a lot of sense, so…. I tried to think in a different alternative which wouldn’t hurt the players as much. Instead of allowing players to upgrade they weapons with material that can be farm, why not make it an artifact skill? This way, players can still choose one ( or more) weapon to upgrade together with their progression in the season, and every time he/she want to get that old weapon from the vault they will need to choose wisely which weapon to upgrade, because after the third artifact reset it becomes very expensive to do so. • With only one weapon power level upgrade per artifact, it will “force” the players to farm weapons for the other two slots. • The artifact resets every season, so will be the weapon power level. • Old weapons would still be useful, but not as much. • This option would clean the vault of the “non perfect rolls weapons” • Old raids/ gambit/ menagerie would still be worth plying, because who would play old content if they are not able to use it in the end game?

As someone that has grinded for all the pinnacles I think you are out of touch. You will still be able to use your weapons in all content outside of endgame. That gives them the opportunity to keep endgame fresh for the next few years. Do you really plan on using the same gun for the next few years? If so, how boring.

What if the gun has a timer on it based on when you found it? I know this would have problems like having to redo pinnacle weapon quests. But this could be a less painful version of what we are talking about. And it would make all activities more relevant, not less.

Back in destiny 1 this same thing happened, and it was actually a lot of fun. If weapons never got left behind, things like fatebringer would've been used for the entire lifetime of the game. These days a new dlc will come out, and we just won't use any new weapons, because we already have the best stuff.