I like the idea but I think one is maybe too few. I wouldn't mind if, like Borderlands, you could farm bosses and they would eventually drop powerful and rare weapons. This way not everyone has one but it's still possible for everyone to get it if they put in the effort. If they did have this "one gun only" thing the gun would have to be unbelievable and really difficult to find. That way players could fight to get it and it would be a nice challenge. Good ideas from you nonetheless

It would be cool if they put a rare ancient weapon from earth's past into the game. A type of special hidden item. Like in Metal Gear Solid 4, with that 1500's Samurai flint lock rifle that can create a tornado when you shoot it.

I would love this idea. Imagine one of the best players in the game has a gun called Sting which glows blue when Space Zombies are around. Then imagine that he hides it somewhere and then posts on some public message board and starts a scavenger hunt showing people how to find his weapon. Cool idea, but I am afraid that this wouldn't be very practical at the end of the day. In a more practical sense, I would like it if Bungie programmed in special events that have, say, a <1% chance of occurring at random in specific places. At the end of these events, a special gun is waiting. Maybe even put in an option to let you name it. This way seems much more doable. It doesn't make a weapon entirely exclusive, yet it limits it in a way that ultimately feels organic.

I am all for 'rare' or 'unique' weapons however there can't be just one. There has to be a realistic number. What if a player gets it and never gets back on? Weapon is lost to an entire subset of players. At this point you could argue that there could be methods in place to prevent this like if they don't log in for a few weeks it gets put back into the world, however this is all redundant and avoidable if you don't get this problem in the first place. Instead have limited edition weapons, or make a weapon or item extremely difficult to get. Challenge.

While I don't like the idea of only a single copy of "rare" weapons, I absolutely love the idea of players' weapons becoming legendary. Maybe even up that stats of a weapon a little bit once it has become legendary and it has left the hands of the original owner. Not only would this help create unique and possibly well known weapons, I feel it would also contribute to the persistent world and allow players to change and influence that world, like Bungie has been suggesting. It could even influence the lore of later games if implemented, which would be cool just because it would have been a player's weapon that went down in legend.

Just to add another random thought among my few posts on this thread -- After reading the debate between DeathByReason and McJagger23 I've had a mindgasm.... How about "Rare Weapons" are rare weapon drops which work like you both somewhat agreed upon: Guns dropped with an incredibly low percentage rate, after a boss or something like that. Now envision that this "rare gun" is only a base for something you get to create. Interesting, yes? Let's say the boss drops a "Mysterious Magnum", with an incredibly bland appearance and only "???????" as its name, (a la the first truly successful platform MMO, Phantasy Star Online). This bland gun has epic stats, and yet no personality. Then, you get to make it into whatever you desire! So you find this pistol after killing some boss creature, or digging deeeeeep deep into some ancient ruins on the moon, and then your reward is to get to show your personal flavor to the world! You get to decide on its design, if it's a retro six-shooter or a futuristic looking glock, its laser/bullet flash color, whether it even fires lasers, bullets or small children, the stocks, sights, reload and firing sounds/motions, colors, attachments of all kinds and decals, maybe even a custom description and name after all's said n' done. A completely customizable gun, that is ALL YOU EVER WANTED IT TO BE. I mean, isn't that what we all want anyways? Isn't that what most gaming is about, expressing yourself to the world through your fingertips? Now, separate from these "Badass Base Guns" that you get to customize, there will be lower tier rares, which, although still powerful, will have predetermined traits and only a certain amount of customization options. I personally believe all guns should allow you to name them after you meet some required amount of headshots, or kills, or whatever. I mean, c'mon, we're going to be fighting aliens in space and I'm not even allowed to call my gun "Lola" if I want to? It's MY GUN. lol. But let's say I can only change Lola's color, sight and decals and for all other traits I just have to take her as she is. Having this separation of rare options Vs. Super Rare Options will still allow for Bungie to fill the game with Easter Egg Guns and Badass Legendary Guns alike, but the really rare ones will be the ones WE create. After all they've said themselves, the more important stories are the ones we tell, not the ones they do, yes? Thoughts, gentleman?

Some pretty cool ideas there, guy. If this were possible, I'd like the system to be extremely time-investive. It should take a billion years to earn yourself a Legendary weapon!

How about if rare weapons were just that, only hundreds or a thousand players have them, but unique weapons could act as the 'Recon' of Destiny. Seeing as Bungie likes to watch us, they could set internal unannounced goals that upon completion would merit a unique weapon, perhaps relevant to the obscure* requirements of it's attainment. They could also hold events, like a Double EXP Weekend, with a clear goal set with announced requirements to reach for people to compete over. * Think IWHBYD Skull level obscurity.

What if, by completing a certain goal in the game, you are rewarded a unique weapon. A weapon that you can name and call your own, one that you can customize all of the stats (within boundaries of course) and appearance of. That way it is unique at the same time as fair. What's more, if you can only have one, you must decide on one weapon type, meaning that if your gun can be taken from you, it would be worthwhile to collect different types of player created unique weapons.

If the basic weapon stats mention [i]Legendary[/i] or [i]Mythic[/i]... then that's all I need to go bananas.

I get what your saying but one player out of more than 10+ million players is a bit much. Gamers could play for the entire game life cycle which will be 10 years, 2 hours a day, everyday and not receive a legendary/Unique weapon. That is unfair.

Yes, sort of like the Elder Wand (if you've read Harry Potter). I can see an amazing weapon being created, then lain in the world. I lucky traveler finds it and boasts about it to all his friends and uses it in battle. Eventually it catches to much attention and the guy is assassinated and the gun stolen. This could repeat many times. You would have the power of an amazing weapon, but it would make you a marked man.

I love this idea! To add my own flavor to it, I'd say limiting the amount in the game would be cool. Imagine someone saying to you, "DUDE, you have the [Insert Epic Name Here]!? Only like four of those exist in the universe!" That would make you swell with pride. I think Bungie could handle it. Also -- Imagine this -- What if players can hide their own weapons, and name them, customize them and give them their own stories? Obviously this would have to be regulated heavily, but imagine you love a gun a lot but it is no longer of use to you. You name it something cool, leave a little note or backstory with it that others will discover. You choose one of the game's pre-selected avaliable spots for it to go in where nobody else's gun currently is, (in your universe, or however that will work). Then, every time you log in, the matchmaking system preferably puts you into a universe/lobby where that gun spot isn't filled, and it replaces whatever normal loot would've been there. And once somebody finds your gun, you're allowed to place another one. AND/OR you have to kill a certain amount of enemies with a gun, or spend a long time using said gun to make it legendary, and thus worthy of hiding. The game's normal flow is uninterrupted since only normal loot is replaced, and the game can even scale up or down your weapon according to the stats of the person who finds it. Imagine setting challenges for your friends, like, "DeathByReason, I bet you can't find my Sassy Gal Sniper, (I envision a huge, bolt-action army-green rifle with a blonde pin-up woman on the side, yellow ticks on the side for number of kills, "Sassy Gal" in big, red 1960's style lettering), in the depths of the Cabalian Caves." That would just be cool as hell, especially if the game pinged you when someone finds your weapon, and gives you their tag so you can message them about it. Maybe you could message them once they find it and say things like, "Need a sidearm for that sexy sniper? There -might- be one in the Fallen Wasteland..." And hide another gun for them to find. Imagine naming a powerful gun something really fun, or cool and then it becomes prolific, like legendary, and people are like, PROUD to have the thing that YOU thought up in their hands/holster. That's just so cool! Talk about bringing people together! The community writing small stories for itself!? Sweet! Thoughts?

I really like the idea of being able to name weapons and leave them for people. It just seems like a nice way to make your "mark" on the world.

I like the ideas that a lot of people have been proposing but lets be a bit realistic for a moment and leave wonderland behind. If a system is put in place where players can level up their weapons to "legendary" or "rare" status then there would be legendary weapons around every corner in less than a month. Its a system that will be its own demise really. Imagine this: a player upgrades a sniper rifle to "legendary" status by accomplishing a certain task and equipping different components. After a while it becomes a well coveted weapon so he gets rid of it (either by selling it for a high price or trading for a better weapon). What's to stop that very same player from making an exact duplicate of the previous weapon? Nothing. I say just let bungie do what they do best and create a game that will entertain us. I'm positive that gaining a "legendary" or "rare" weapon will require an crap load of not only work but luck. Hell I would even assume that it would require most people to play cooperatively to even get a chance to get one (and even then it would be like playing legendary x 10 on Halo). On top of this I think most of them would be prizes from limited time events which would even further reduce the total number in play. As I said I liked the ideas that have been proposed and I'm not saying that they shouldn't allow players to level up their weapons though constant use. Hell it would be kinda cool. I would just picture said leveled up weapons being barely superior to their original counterparts at most.

This game isn't an MMO so my guess is they won't do this. There might be one of each weapon per universe but it is unlikely that they will do this because this might create enemies and people complaining over who got a weapon. What if you killed a guy and got a rare weapon but a guy swooped in and took your weapon. So my guess is they will be hard to find but there will be more than one of them.