In Destiny , players are searching for primary weapons with elemental damage. But so far without success. Even in the hard mode of the raid, there was nothing. Are the Trials of Osiris now the last chance?
What makes primary weapons with elemental damage in Destiny so desirable?
Elemental damage has two major functions in Destiny. On one hand, it allows you to eliminate enemies who have certain elemental shields much more easily. On the other hand, elemental damage on the primary weapon is desired when a Nightfall strike has a suitable kindling. Then they deal significantly increased damage.
Primary weapons are essentially the “standard” weapons in Destiny. Auto rifles, pulse rifles, scout rifles, and hand cannons are the weapon classes that are fired most often. There are no ammunition problems. However, primary weapons have only had “normal, kinetic” damage in the past except for a few exceptions.
The few exceptions have been the elemental primary weapons. They were considered the ultimate for PvE.
What was it like in Year 1 of Destiny?
It was an unwritten rule in the first year of Destiny: The best weapons for the PvE part of the game are primary weapons with elemental damage, and they are hard to obtain.
Weapons like the “Fatebringer”, Crota’s End, Atheon’s Epilogue were only available in raids, often only in hard mode. The exotic raid weapons Necrochasm and Vex Mythoclast fit this pattern.
Or players had to reach Mercury in the Trials of Osiris to obtain one of the coveted weapons. Here too, the message: Those who master the hardest challenges will receive primary weapons with elemental damage.
But what is in Year 2?
Where can you still find primary weapons with elemental damage?
Yesterday, the hard mode of the King’s Fall raid went live. Players thought: Now there are primary weapons with elemental damage: The primary raid weapons, which drop from Oryx, now have color!
But that wasn’t the case. The primary weapons from the hard mode of the raid do have higher attack values, reaching up to 320, but they also only deal kinetic damage.
The next possibility would be the “Trials of Osiris.” But it doesn’t look like there will be primary weapons with elemental damage for the PvP elite there.
Bungie: No legendary primary weapons with elemental damage anymore
As Game Director of “King’s Fall” Luke Smith has now announced, they are retiring the primary weapons with elemental damage. They are separating from them. They had the negative effect of severely restricting the arsenal of Guardians, limiting weapon choices to just a few exemplars.
Bungie wants players to have a wide selection and not feel forced to always play with the same weapon just because it deals elemental damage.
Furthermore: If primary weapons do not fulfill this function, special and heavy weapons become more important.
There is one exception in Year 2 so far: The Zhalo Supercell causes arc damage as an exotic primary weapon. Some players hope Bungie will bring such exotic exceptions for solar and void damage into the game. Because Smith only talks about “legendary weapons,” not exotic ones. They have also often been exceptions to the rule.
