[b]The Tower[/b] There are a few things that are missing from the Tower that could add a [i]lot[/i] to the overall experience. The biggest would be some sort of Auction House; after removing the cap, this would give Glimmer actual value and having a living in-game economy would add more depth to the game. This would also make people less reluctant to upgrade high level gear because they will have a more reliable (if more time consuming) way of obtaining Ascendant Materials. A “barbershop” or “gene clinic” would be huge to for recustomization of characters and allowing people to use new options that might be added to the game in the future; players have been calling for this since the Beta, if not the Alpha, and I’m honestly surprised it’s been given the cold shoulder. The vault needs to be joint storage instead of split into categories. I've stored at most 3 pieces that were waiting for my Titan to hit 20, but I'm in the habit of regularly swapping weapons and consumables between toons. There also should be options for only taking a certain number of items from a stack instead of the whole stack (A/X would be Take All, while X/(Square) would be Take One). My last small gripe is that each vendor should have their own unique icon for in game [i]and[/i] in the Companion. Most of them do, but some are the same (Vanguard Mentors) and some change into the open box icon when you have a reward, rather than just flashing the exclamation point. [b]Bounties[/b] I have a few small issues with the Bounty system. First, Bounty Leads and Vanguard Mentor Missives should not fill a bounty slot; they should count as Mission Items that you turn in to get a bounty. The same should go for the rewards from each part of an Exotic Bounty: when you complete one part you should get a Mission Item that you can hold on to for as long as you want before turning it in to start the next phase. I know we’re getting more bounty slots in The Dark Below but there’s still no reason to waste the space. My other problem is with the lack of variety and the repetitive Target: X bounties. While these are easy to complete and usually give a decent reward, they force you to replay missions even more just to kill one thing, as opposed to running whatever activity you want and completing bounties as you go. [b]Strikes[/b] The one problem with Strikes, as I see it, is the bullet sponge bosses. I’m sort of ok with Story Missions having enemies at the end that just require more punishment to put down, but Strikes are a cooperative experience and the bosses should emulate that, if not to the same extent that the raid does. Some thoughts I’ve had along these lines are tricking Sepiks Prime into sucking up some sort of explosive that does heavy damage, weakening the link between Aksor and his soul so he is sucked back into the cell (Pokeball style), and three sync plates that must be activated at the same to overload the Nexus and do heavy damage to Sekrion. [b]Class Balance[/b] Everyone likes to complain about the classes being unbalanced, but I think that Bungie has done a very good job, with a few exceptions. Hunters definitely need some work. They’re crazy good in PvP and crazy bad in endgame PvE. Throwing Knife needs to be buffed so that if you miss the cooldown resets; because while it is by far the longest range melee ability, it is also the only one with no “vacuum” and that can be wasted—whether it be because you missed, or your target was just killed by a teammate, or you accidentally hit the button (Energy Drain, Scorch and Blink Strike all reset if you miss, while Disintegrate and Storm Fist don’t even activate until you get a kill with Punch). Golden Gun needs a severe timer reduction with kills giving you additional time, (so that you’re forced to commit as you are with Fist of Havoc or Nova Bomb) and also should deal precision damage to give it that edge in PvE. Arc Blade also needs a shorter timer with the Encore perk incorporated and any unspoken health buff or damage resistance removed; Encore’s spot on the skill tree could be replaced by an ability that offers damage resistance while in Arc Blade. Another feature that might improve the imbalance of PvP due to supers is adding an effect similar to Radiant Light's "blue fire" that shows when a player has their Super charged. Increase the effects of Toughness, Recovery and Agility! This will make our Class choices matter a little as each has one stat that only they can max. Imagine if Toughness buffed Damage Resist and ammo capacity, Recovery buffed health regen and cooldowns (more than it does now), and Agility buffed weapon handling speed? It would start at +10-25% for each respective class and go up to +100% [B]Weapon Balance[/b] Most of the Perks on weapons are great and have situations where they are extremely useful, but I think that Vacuum, Shoot to Loot, and Take a Knee are [I]far[/I] too niche and make certain weapons that would be great feel meh. A simple solution for this is to remove Take a Knee completely and make it a part of the game's base mechanic, then make Vacuum and Shoot to Loot Modifiers rather than Perks. To clarify, I'm defining [IPerks[/i] as the standalone upgrades in a weapon's tree and [/b]Modifiers[/b] as the upgrades that come in a batch of three options. Sniper Rifles could also use a bit of a rework, since they don't really [I]feel[/I] like sniper rifles, in my opinion. My first suggestion here would be to nerf the lens glare to a smaller pinprick of light [I]if both you and the sniper are looking toward each other[/I]. The giant flare of light when someone is ADS with a sniper rifle is a feature I've never seen anywhere else and puts players of the patient marksman style at a huge disadvantage. To balance this out Snipers would be split into two "types" similar to how Fusion Rifles are divided. Some of them would receive buffs to Impact and nerfs to RoF ("bolt-action") while others would retain their RoF but receive nerfs to impact (3 body shots in PvP for a kill) and stability ("semi-automatics"). All sniper rifles would maintain their 1 precision shot kill ability in PvP but by nerfing the RoF on the higher impact "bolt-actions" and the stability on the lower impact "semis" you allow snipers to stay hardscoped without being spotted easily, but they need to be able to line up their shots with more skill to get that OHKO without their target taking cover or returning fire. [b]Clan Features[/b] There needs to be some actual support/features in game to justify having a clan (other than a group of people to Raid with, but adding people to your friends list has the exact same effect). First, there needs to be a list of Clanmates on the Roster tab in the menu. If it can show your Fireteam, your Friends list, and everyone in your game, it can do this [i]easily[/i]. There also ought to be Clan storage accessible from the Vault, as a "Clan" tab that you could swap to and from your "Personal" tab; clan admins would be able to set restrictions on withdrawing items (how many stacks per day, what quality, withdraws per deposit, etc). It would also be cool to see a Clan Wars playlist in the Crucible where Fireteams of 6 clanmates go head-to-head. Communication between members would be greatly improved if the Group Wall was at least visible, if not accessible, in game. [b]Miscellaneous[/b] A few small points that did not warrant having their own section: *Reforging is a fantastic idea and should not be limited to just Iron Banner gear. Every vendor should have this option for a price (and possibly at a certain Rep level). *Dismantling ships and sparrows should give you at least glimmer and preferably also a batch of random upgrade materials; ships would give more materials than sparrows, and the better quality the more you would receive. *It would be really cool to see enemy spawns in world be more random and have them rove around a little more instead of standing in one place waiting to get killed. This would be more important and more viable if/when we hit the point where Destiny is open world. *I want there to be some explanation [i]somewhere[/i] that [i]explicitly[/i] states what “Majors” and “Ultras” are, what the difference is between them, and what the difference is between them and regular enemies. On this note, showing how the name modifiers for each race correspond to their level would be nice as well. This goes back to that “transparency” concept I mentioned. *Net Code for PvP still needs improving. *Blink is buggy and sometimes doesn’t work when you need it most. *The sound cutting out in the Templar fight in the VoG needs to be fixed. I don’t care if it’s meant to help you hear the Oracles, it sounds really bad. *XP Progress in the Vault is also buggy. You should be able to level everything the whole time, or nothing. I went in with 5 melee kills left for Knuckleduster, got 5 melees in the first part of the Gatekeeper fight, didn’t get the bounty, then died and the bounty reset. *There needs to be a more comprehensive use of the Directional Pad, including more tactical emotes and possibly "shortcuts" to consumables such as ammo syntheses. *Stop enemies from shooting our Ghosts when we're dead. It makes no sense and often makes revives impossible for the Last Guardian Standing. Phew. I’m really glad I finally got this done, it’s been a long time coming. 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