Since Destiny 2 removed Sunsetting and your weapon collection is no longer outdated, more and more earnable weapons are coming to the loot shooter. Guardians are excited about this, but they forget that the loot shooter is slowly heading into a problem. MyMMO author Christos Tsogos believes that Sunsetting for weapons needs to return.
First of all, what is Sunsetting? Sunsetting was introduced in Destiny 2 for the first time in November 2020. At that time, known weapons and armor received a “minimum shelf life” and could not be leveled up to the current light level afterwards. In short, affected weapons became unusable after the sunset and were unsuitable for the endgame.
But Bungie received heavy criticism from the Guardians after the introduction of this system. They desperately wanted their beloved and hard-earned weapons back and to be able to use them. After three months of complaints, Bungie gave in and removed Sunsetting again. Guns and armor that had already gone into the vault remained there for the time being.
Now more than a whole year has passed, and it is becoming clear how bad this decision was. Bungie should have kept Sunsetting for gear.
Unnecessarily many weapons, as everyone uses their favorites
Destiny 2 should offer fun in looting, but what should I loot if I already have everything I need? This is the question I ask myself every time a new season with “cool” new weapons comes out. Most weapons fit into a fire rate category, hopefully have special perks, and that’s it.
So why should I exchange my loyal and familiar weapons in my inventory for new iron when they still work well and can stand up? At this point, I unfortunately lost the incentive to earn and grind for new weapons.
I know my guns in the inventory well, know how to use them best, and therefore don’t need to torture myself through activities that give me a new weapon whose handling I need to relearn.
What enchanted me in Destiny 1, Destiny 2 no longer possesses. Every weapon feels almost the same, and hardly any gun triggers that familiar “wow effect” in me.
Of course, new weapons in ongoing seasons also define a new meta, but so far there haven’t been any drastic changes that would make a weapon switch necessary for me.
In my opinion, Destiny 1 handled its Sunsetting better and encouraged players to collect new weapons as the old ones could no longer be used.
Sometimes separation is hard, but it creates excitement in the game and incentives to collect cool weapons again. If Bungie were to put my current favorite guns in the vault, I wouldn’t be upset; rather, I would look forward to collecting new weapons. This way, I learn to appreciate them, as there are no known alternatives in the weapon arsenal.
I will be forced to collect new weapons, but that makes looting feel rewarding again. When I bound the presence in Season 17 after a nightmare containment to receive more weapons, I initially got busy dismantling them immediately. It shouldn’t normally be that way, but the weapons come at you like leaves in autumn.
They are nothing special and as long as Bungie doesn’t bring back Sunsetting, nothing will change in that regard, at least for me. The development studio itself emphasized the importance of the content vault, also regarding weapons.
At the end of 2020, I didn’t understand this and was exactly, like most Guardians, upset about this decision. Slowly, however, I realize that Bungie was right, and through their abolition of Sunsetting, an important part of Destiny 2 has died for me, namely the joy of new loot.
Enough from me. Do you also believe that Sunsetting should return? Or do you think Bungie should continue to bring weapons that most players don’t even use? Let us know in the comments.
