The reasons are manifold. The support absolute. The justifications absurd. The stubbornness unyielding. The experience putrid. The fun destroyed. The answer simple. REMOVE ELEMENTAL AFFINITY Edit: This post was a bit tongue in cheek and surprised it has (again) taken off. I posted a thread on this previously which has around 1k likes and hundreds of replies, if anyone cares it is here: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/254729060?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=1 Many of the issues are captured in a good article by Paul Tassi here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/10/14/the-verdict-is-in-destiny-2s-new-elemental-armor-affinity-must-die/ The TLDR on this is: It is an artificial grind introduced by Bungie to stretch out content and playtime, but is an incredibly frustrating slog, with seemingly totally arbitrary decisions about which weapons go with which affinities, that is doubly annoying for those with limited time. Proposed solutions (apart from total removal) include: - Remove affinities from exotics as this is universally hated, e.g. a weapon specific exotic that rolls the wrong element (a must have imo) - When fully upgraded an armour accepts any elemental mods (I like this best) - Mods for the "correct" affinity are cheaper, but all can be slotted (The most workable?) - Upgrading armor allows you to "choose" the affinities of those slots (I like this one) - Armor rolls with a random selection of affinities that you unlock e.g. 50/50 solar/void, 100 arc, 50/50 solar/arc, etc. (probably too complex to manage) - Ability to reroll affinities at high cost (e.g. you get 2 arc Dragon's Shadow - switch one to Solar) - Generalist mods are too expensive. Reduce cost - and why 5 points for Precision targetting?! But only 4 for Scatter? p.s. don't get me started on pathetically low stat rolled armour from almost all activities except end game stuff. All activities should have the chance to drop 60+ rolls! p.p.s. I damn love this franchise, but Bungie makes it harder for us to love it sometimes! Cheers.