I can't be the only one who thinks getting a perfect roll or constantly trying to was one of the main aspects of the original and had us coming back for more? Now I see everything for what it really is.. reskinned and recolored with no real differences.
Levelling my guns to get a feel for them and unlocking the perks that felt signifcant were a huge part of the experience and without that it feels very empty.. It's kind of sad and since it is this way I don't see any 'U turn' coming any time soon on that route.
Edit: I'm definitely leaning more towards the randomization of perks or the addition of a way to customize the perks, and not the levelling of guns itself. It was something I felt needed brought up in relation to guns in the original.
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I posted this on another comment but it applies here too. Exactly this. I could hop on D1 right this minute and get a "new" gun in little time whatsoever and with some time invested, could find a good gun eventually. On D2, there's only so many guns you could ever find and they're all the same every time you find them. They made mods out to be a way to craft the gun with whatever perks fit your play style and that's simply not the case. You take the same gun and put the same mod on it so it's the same thing as everyone else's. Where's the fun in that? That's not a grind. That's only an inconvenience of time with no real payoff. I'm still enjoying the game because I'm a filthy casual, but I can see the end of the road. I never felt like I was done with D1 and had finished it completely. With D2, I can see that there's a point where there's simply nothing else for me to do.