Two things. Shaxx training cinematic and New Crucible modes
1. Bungie can we get a cinematic of Shaxx training a line up of rookies a nice comical short of classic Shaxx moments and him also being a total beast in the Crucible, reinstall that passion! Show us the real behind the scenes work Shaxx and the Redjacks put in.
2. Shaxx set up some skill tests for guardians looking for a bit of fun. Rotating playlist such as:
1. Unlimited ammo with powerup zones away from map chokepoints to promote movement.
2. 1 type only. You get one type of weapon whether it be only shotty, swords, bows, scouts, melee.
3. A mode that is in an unsecure location but Shaxx deems it doable for an experiment, as well as having "a Crucible Veteran like yourself Guardian" nearby for protection. Whether you have a group of players that is outside of a PVP map killing hordes of thrall as they race toward an area that is overflowing with light! Or you have NPC in the backdrop being over run and boom enemies flood into the middle of a match!
Now yes as a side note "We don't want PvE in PvP go play Gambit!" I would but it sorta sucks since they removed the roles JUST MAKE COMPETETATIVE GAMBIT AND BRING BACK ROLE BASED ARMOR....ahem. But back to the point, Shaxx himself would give you a superstar entrance and wipe the floor with an onslaught. Wouldn't it be grand to have the PvP match be paused all the control areas paused or set to neutral and have just 100 seconds of endless horrible floods of bad guys break through a barrier on a distant and new crucible map. Guardians temporarily ignoring those colors that dictate their team and coming together for the good of humanity! OH THE HUMANITY! And then Shaxx feels bad and goes ahead and rewards everyone for their hard work either by giving everyone bonus loot as if they had won, or resuming the match and giving out highlight reels. WHO KNOWS!
Another mode:
4. No light. Barebones no enhanced grenades powers jumps or melees. Just bullets.
5. A mode without Heavy.
6. A mode with rotating weapons as the match progresses, making sure that primary secondary and heavy all get a chance to shine.
7. A speeder mode, whether guns on speeders or lust a map so big you need a speeder to make good time, lets show off that loot.
9. Dares of eternity takes its own mode and does a Simon Says, so when Xur says murder, you murder, but when he says dance, you dance, do the wrong emote and you take a penalty or don't get the next heavy ammo drop.
10. A mode that snowballs hard. THIS IS RAGE INDUCING. But sure why not, lets have a team that is winning win harder. Shaxx said no mercy right? Once you hit a certain number of points your team gets an automatic buff. Ammo, damage increase, energy refills, resistances. Bonus loot?!
Just some thoughts. Game design and implementation has many challenges, appreciate all you do, see you star side.
PS gimme No Land Beyond and Invective and Epitaph with armor pierce and fire fly.....just do it.
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NLB would absolutely break this game if it was as good as it was in D1.