Dunno about that (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Friday, January 12, 2018, 14:03 (2516 days ago) @ ZackDark

Back in D1, I also used the special and heavy slots for shield-control. A LOT, actually.

Yes, of course... but the combat itself changes quite a bit as well in that case. Using a sniper rifle is VERY DIFFERENT from using any primary weapon. The way you move, the way you position yourself in the combat spaces, the way you manage sightlines... it all changes substantially, which leads to a greater feeling of variety within the combat.

When I’m playing D2, I’ll switch to an energy weapon if I see an enemy with a shield, but the nature of the combat doesn’t change at all. The rhythm of the gameplay doesn’t change at all. I’m fighting adds with my primary, I see a dude with a shield, switch to what is really just another primary weapon (except it has elemental damage) and keep on firing exactly as I was before. Basically, fighting a shielded guy with an energy weapon *feels* exactly the same as fighting an un-shielded dude with a Kinetic weapon.

D1 didn’t flow like that. You couldn’t switch to your shotgun and keep fighting the same way you did with your Scout Rifle. It forced you to think more, and change your approach in substantial ways. And if you were smart about playing to the strengths of your equipped weapons, it made you feel far more powerful than you can possibly feel in D2, because you’re essentially stuck with 2 primary weapon slots.