Destiny 2 players bemoan 'straight-up bad' exotics after years of power creep
Destiny just capped off its ten-year "Light and Darkness" story arc with the excellent Final Shape, and while it's got players reminiscing about their first steps into the Cosmodrome, some are also feeling a little disappointed about some earlier weapons.
While players had to give up their loot in moving from Destiny 1 to Destiny 2 in 2017, Bungie has got more adventurous each year since. That means early D2 exotics are unlikely to find their way into your Guardian's rotation when there are much more lethal options available.
Destiny critics aren't happy with exotics
Over on Reddit, one user has been experimenting with weapons and pointed out "just how bad some exotic weapons are".
"The catalyst for this post was me trying out Jotuun for the first time in about 2 years. I was trying it on my juiced, most weapon damage I can cram into a build... build, and it just straight up sucked. It got a PvE-centered catalyst a while ago but the damage is just so bad, rocket sidearms have completely nullified any chance Jotuun had unless it gets a damage buff."
Other players noted how different the game would be if Bungie dropped older exotics today, specifically pointing to MIDA Multi-Tool, a scout rifle with the exotic perk of letting you still see your radar while aiming down sites.
Given since then we've got sniper rifles that cause lightning storms, Graviton Lance setting off purple explosions everywhere, and Quicksilver Storm being an auto rifle with a built-in missile launcher, early Destiny 2 exotics can seem pretty quaint.
All of that's before we get into Exotic armour pieces like the new Hazardous Propulsion that causes near-constant rockets to fire or Swarmers that get you almost unlimited Strand Threadlings.
What is Power Creep?
Power Creep isn't a Destiny-specific problem and appears in just about any long-running piece of media, notably in anime, too.
In gaming, you need to keep players chasing new highs like new gear, and to do so, you make it more and more enticing, essentially trivialising older gear.
Once players hit a certain level, that means there's no going back without a reset of sorts - here's hoping we don't lose everything ahead of the rumoured Destiny 3.
