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Why it’s OK not to have random weapon rolls in Destiny 2 [Luke Smith]
"There aren't random rolls on weapons anymore. Better Devils is a Crucible hand cannon [in Destiny 2], and what it has on it is what it has on it. Period," Luke Smith
This quote has caused some disturbance in the Destiny community. Chasing weapons with the perfect God Roll has been a vital part of playing Destiny. Guardians are afraid of losing the purpose of Destiny if you don’t need to grind anymore for a god roll weapon. Grinding has been a vital part of the time spend in Destiny. We have endlessly grind the raids for that Fatebringer or the Vex Mythoclast and we have endlessly grind strikes for that god roll Imago Loop or Grasp of Malok and the same with the Crucible for that perfect Rolled Eyasluna.
And people have argued that they are coming back to Destiny because of the search for that perfect weapon. Whether that is a God Roll Imago Loop, Eyasluna or Warpath Rocketlauncher , sorry I am just joking about the last one. (pun intended)
So this quote coming from Luke Smith begs the question:
Will we lose a vital part of the game if there are no random weapon rolls anymore in Destiny 2?
Will it be the end of Destiny 2 before the game has even launched?
Well I am on the bright side of this discussion and I believe that it’s ok to not have random weapon rolls and let me tell you why.
The Reward Satisfaction Factor
How often did you completed a nightfall and you got rewarded with a weapon but you decided to shard it because the roll on the gun is bad. I believe everyone has experienced this before. I know I certainly have. We spend a lot of time playing the game and sometimes the rewards are not worth the time investment. Imagine that you can only play a couple of hours a week, because you have a job, family or you have any other obligations. How would that suck when you finally have the time to play the game and the game rewards you with something that is not meaningful to you.
It is really a disappointing moment when you get something dropped like an Eyasluna only to find out that it is barely useable due to the perks.
The experience will be totally different when there are no random rolls, if you get a particular gun dropped you know exactly what you will get, there is no ambiguity around it anymore.
When you get the gun dropped, you know exactly whether you will be happy or not with the drop, there is no false hope where you are firstly excited about for example about an eyasluna drop and then being disappointed with bad rolls that the gun has.
So the satisfaction of drops will be much more consistent when you take the random rolls out of the equation
Balancing
Not having random rolls will also help with balancing the game when there are less factors to take into account. We already know that Bungie in Destiny 2 will be able to tweak a specific gun without affecting the entire weapon archetype and having fixed weapon rolls will help Bungie further with tweaking the state of the crucible without having the need to take into account countless variations of the gun.
(Giving Guns a Character)
And as a player you will have a better connection with a gun if you know the strengths and weaknesses of a specific gun without the need to take into account specific must have perks.
For example, if we are in Destiny 2 with fixed rolls I will know how a particular gun will consistently perform compared with another gun. I can for example say that the range is much higher compared with another gun where it might be the case that the range is lower, And that will help me with my decision to use a particular gun in the crucible because you can easily compare these among each other consistently.
And on the receiving end of the crucible if I get shot often by a specific gun. I will slowly but surely know how to engage against that particular gun if they all behave consistently with fixed rolls. This will be a very important factor with competitive play when you inspects someone's loadout, you will know what you are up against and you don't have to make any assumptions on what roll a certain gun has without looking it up on the internet.
So having fixed weapon rolls will solidify each character of a gun and you can then truly compare guns with each other.
Weapon Mods
In destiny 2 there will be a way for you to further customize your gun. We know that weapon mods will be in Destiny 2 but unfortunately we do not know yet how this will exactly work.
What I hope is that you will be able to adjust your gun with specific mods that matches your playstyle.
For example if I am someone that likes fast movement, I want to incorporate that style in my gun with mods that can ready the weapon faster or that it allows you to reload faster. Or if I am a long range player I would like to have mods that can help me on the long range with for example a longer range scope or muzzles that can increase the range of my gun.
So in this way this will still allow some adjustments of the gun by giving it some extra character, but this will be at the advantage of the player , where you are the one that has the power to adjust the gun to your liking instead of relying on RNG defining the fate of your gun.
So all in all I am not too worried about fixed weapon rolls too much, I believe it will bring excitement again when you get a weapon dropped and that it will help you to compare guns among each other where you can put the strengths and weaknesses against each other and to truly find the gun that you like to use the most.
Also having fixed weapon rolls will help with balancing the crucible, and hopefully we will see more subtle buffs & nerfs and less disruptive balancing where you are forced to jump from one weapon type to another because a certain weapon type is not viable anymore, I am looking at you Year 1 auto rifles.
But all of this optimism is heavily dependent on what Bungie is going to do with the weapon mods. The weapon customization needs to be done correctly, like I said it needs to give the guardian the power to add their flavor to the gun. This is really something that bungie need to get it right.
So those are my thoughts about the fix weapon rolls , let me know in the comments below how you feel about it.
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