Hey Everyone,
I had an idea the other day I think would be awesome for keeping the old raid relevant after DLC was released.
The idea is once a DLC drops and you achieve the MAX LIGHT LEVEL for that DLC (I will use HoW level 34 as an example but would upgrade like Night Fall every DLC launch) you would unlock a new raid mode that would allow you to do the old raids at level 34. Instead of getting weapons and armor, you would have a chance at each boss to receive a upgrade item kind of like an exotic shard/energy (this item would be on top of the loot you could receive which would still be at its original pre dlc levels). You then could use on your old raid gear or weapons.
Each raid would have a unique upgrade item per raid armor / weapon sets. You would then have to head to Xur or some new person in the tower to upgrade the item to level 34, To make it less of a grind I think making you spend one of the new Armor/Weapon mats, and 12 shards or energy to upgrade one piece of armor up to level 34. This way you would not have to regrind the armor all over again. (Also I think this is a better idea than dropping new upgraded weapons because it allows you to just upgrade the old ones you already have like the exotic upgrades xur sells.)
It would make the old upgrade mats viable again. It also will allow people to want to go back and run raids more often because you can only get 1-2 of the light level upgrade items/mats per raid. (Maybe like one upgrade shard and one energy shard per raid)
Ultimately it allows people to customize their guardians to their full potential. Old raids would be relevant again, People can finally have the customization that they were asking for. Instead of one set of armor that would get you to 34 you have multiple sets. Weapons would be more of a variety as you could upgrade your old favorite raid weapons, (you could actually keep all your old raid weapons and upgrade them). This allows for weapon and armor diversity so that everyone can use a load out that they like the best.
And you would have a new purpose after maxing out a guardian. You would have to get to level 34 through the new raid, and then they could go back and have a new challenge with the old raids. This would keep players who have maxed out playing. I think that if we could get enough support we could get Bungie to see this and maybe they would uses it as a framework for something similar.
Again this is just an idea but I think that the community would be in favor of it as much as I am.
EDIT: Thanks you everyone for the support lets get this trending, I think that this could be something that could really make the game that much more awesome. I know I would be hyped to go back after hitting 34 and running VoG to have a shot at getting mats to upgrade the armor to 34.
SOME IDEAS I HAVE HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE
- to be clear you would have to be a level 34 to acess the new mode so that way it would not take away from the new raid in anyway
- maybe make the new raid mode level 35 difficulty ( like how Crota HM is in this expansion) (shout out to @Th3 JaBBeRWoCK for that idea)
- maybe add modifiers to the new mode to make it that much harder.
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Make it so
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I like this idea. I posted a post just an little bit ago about if you could boost an old 300 atk weapon to 331, which would it be. Bc I would love to use some of the older weapons over the new ones. And what I like about this idea is It allows you to use your old gear instead of deleting it, it make VOG useful again and it give us a reason to use Ascedant shards and energy again. I have over 300 shards and energy just sitting in my vault. And a fatebringer and vision of confluence that I would LOVE to use more often. It also gives some more material for game play instead of running the same old stuf over and over. I LOVE this idea and think the devs should give this some SERIOUS thought.... Aka.... IMPLEMENT THIS!! Great post
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Approved.
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Edited by vv Aaron: 2/28/2015 3:25:13 PMI totally support this. Given the option, (without it negatively impacting my level), I'd MUCH rather wear my VoG set. The Tower has become a gathering place for turquoise clones. haha
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Interesting idea
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Bump would be awesome to make old raid guns and armor relevant again!
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I support this.
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I like it!
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Edited by Johnny And: 2/28/2015 3:08:45 PMLove the idea ☺
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How about making VOG a weekly and the new reward is 13 coins which can then be spent with Xur.
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Edited by Theron Sniper: 2/28/2015 1:23:49 PMYes I agree that you must reach the highest level and agree with making raids available at higher levels though no burns to raids it would in the end make it too easy also melee damage increase in Crota's end makes the whole thing ridiculous (I wouldn't mind trying) the only one they should put in is shield toughness and juggler crota has a non elemental shield It would not change much about him but praetorians would be even harder to kill
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I love the idea!! I want to do all the Raids as just doing the newest gets boring. So if you want us devoted players to stay please keep all our gear relevant. I think personally it's BS that I worked so hard to reach level 30 and guys who have never even tried the VOG immediately could be a 31! Please make it more rewarding for all our hard work when new DLC drop
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No. Just no. No upgrades for old shit. Thats not how games work. This is not call of duty. Welcome to level progression.
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Edited by The lone genius: 2/28/2015 4:34:22 AMI personally would like a way to upgrade old 300 attack weapons (not just raid guns) without reforging perks.
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Bump I loved my fate bringer but no wear near as good after the first DLC after the house of wolves it will be completly usless
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Bungie please comment something on this.
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Love it. Bump. Vote up. Ect.
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If you leveled the raids with the new content it might not take away from the new raid content if you made set bonuses that give you different perks for different situations. Ie: 3 pieces of VoG gear makes your melee have a chance to stun minitaurs. Or 3 pieces of crotas end gear reduces damage taken from hive majors. This would cause players to do all the raids to collect all the sets for different situations like strikes or other raids.
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I've been saying this to people I play with for weeks. Glad to see other people have had the same thought. Although personally I would prefer they stop raising the level cap all together...
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They wont comment, anything that could possibly assist pve people, they will not do
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this will never happen there are a million reasons why it wont but the most direct answer is money made from the DLC & time needed to acquire new gear I honestly love this idea simply because Crota's end gear looks like shit and the stats on it suck
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Excellent idea mate! Please bungie do this. It will make the old raids relevant again!
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Bump. Why not? No downside I can see. Anything that allows us to individualize our Guardian characters is good as far as I can gather.
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