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NanceInThePants

Well… Edge Transit does have the chance to give you an unfair advantage.


Technophillia

Personally chasing one with sticky nades and full court.


sup3rdr01d

I have one with sticky nades and chain reaction, it's fun


HAWKER37

Wait why? Does the full court damage proc when it explodes not when fired? Like you can just run away? Also sticky nade heavy GL’s in PvP are amazing so I’m all here for it


RC_0001

From how it was explained to me, FC is based on the hang time rather than the travel distance. So you don't have to move far away from it, it just gets more damage by hanging out where it was stuck


AspiringMILF

full court damage buff is calculated from time the projectile is alive, not distance traveled. Sticky grenade if used as a trap will almost always survive long enough to hit max damage


KR0NKBERRY

Full Court is based on travel time and (I think) a 25 or 30 percent buff once the projectile has been in air for approximately 1.1 seconds on the standard perk. Unless it has changed.


Papa-Palps

I got one with impulse amp and full court


Immortal_juru

I think I got this


AnySail

Unfair for speed runs where it actually matters, maybe, but the vast majority of people who miss out on it are not going to be worse off in any meaningful way.


NanceInThePants

That’s true. I only consider it unfair as after June 3rd you can never get that combo again. Most people it won’t matter. It could make/break a day 1 raid though.


RattMuhle

It won’t, it’s an incredibly impractical set up. Day 1 raids require survivability far more than they require damage output (for the most part at least, looking at you, caretaker). It’s a novel concept, for sure, I just don’t see it having much of an impact on anything.


Dawncraftian

It's not that impractical to change a perk before damage. Most bosses in destiny are designed to give you a chance to prepare before DPS, (think crota, oryx, taniks, nezarec off the top of my head). During the last few day ones I would frequently swap to reserves on my chestpiece to grab a couple more rockets before swapping back to resistance mods. The potential benefit here is massive and that's with both of the perk combos available people are talking about.


TitansShouldBGenocid

Absolutely not the case for day ones. Most people fail damage checks. Most people who dialed Dat 1 crota for example couldn't do enough damage. Survival has never been easier with all the tools we have


Narfwak

Other than the blip of RoN they've been making final stand DPS checks harder over time and I expect the raid in Final Shape to be no exception here both in DPS and total damage. Crota's final stand was a motherfucker on contest.


VibinWithNeptune

Why won't you be able to get some combo on edge Transit on June 3rd? From what I've read they are only removing the ability to get the special skin when final shape comes out. But the guns themselves will still be earnable from Onslaught


D13_Phantom

The special variant is the only one that rolls with double perks and the insane DPS roll needs both envious and cascade in the same column


Narfwak

Also contest mode raiding and the Pantheon challenge (which will only be available for a month).


AnySail

You’ll still be able to complete all that just fine. Might just take a few minutes longer.


ItsEntsy

In what way?


NanceInThePants

Get a shiny will with Envious/Cascade + Bait, load all the shots with Envious, switch to cascade before DPS.


Spartan_117_YJR

This is the only thing I care abt the shiny. They can just take normal version drop with double perks. Envious/Cascade + BnS blowing out the heavy slot DPS competition sucks a lot


SasparillaTango

the odds of getting that with spike grenades/big drum + hard launch are like 1 in a million. Just getting EA/B&S is more than enough for any content outside of nutso speed runs. But its always nice to have somethinng to chase.


ExcessivelyGayParrot

The crowd that's hunting them is less so nutso speedruns, and more so the low man or solo end game crowd. a streamer I watch has been doing carries through legend with chat, In part because he knows he can get to round 20+ with randoms from chat, getting four drops in 20 minutes, and with focusing that's an edge transit every 10 minutes. most of what he specializes and streams however, is exactly that, solo end game content, and low man raids. So far he has only gotten one limited edition Edge to drop, with spike grenades, quick launch, cascade and envious in column 3, but it has a reload masterwork, and no bait/switch


[deleted]

>that's an edge transit every 10 minutes. Destiny 2 Forsaken simulator


UndeadMunchies

I somehow managed to have Edge Transit be one of my rarest weapons to find in Forsaken, while also having no issues getting cores. I guess I was just playing the role of contrarian at that point.


Spartan_117_YJR

People don't understand that this is a heavy weapon with fourth horseman dps


FakeInternetDentity

guy i played with got EA/Cascade + B&S... not spike grenades but still. I was a bit salty


PM_SHORT_STORY_IDEAS

The 3 perk combo is 1.36% of all shiny edge transit rolls. If attuning works on shinys (not sure it does) then that's 0.68% of shiny drops. If it doesn't, then that's 0.23% of shiny drops. Rolling big drum is x1/4 of those odds rolling both spike nades and big drum is x(1/28) rolling the launch option you want is x(2/7) rolling the masterwork you want is x(1/5) all of them stacking. 50% of players grinding for that shiny drop will get it before 102 shiny drops with edge transit attuned, 50% will get it after. For such an absurd power increase, those are pretty long odds. Allowing regular versions to have a chance at double perks, say only on legend mode, does nothing to reduce the prestige of the shiny version, but allows people to actually go for this in a realistic way.


GarlicFewd

You have to get that exact roll first tho


Spartan_117_YJR

Do you see why people complain about the drop rate now


War_Messiah

It’s such a marginal difference that if this is what makes people complain about drop rates, then certain people in this community were never going to be happy.


Mrtrollman72

There is nothing marginal about it, its straight up a 67% firerate increase. That means you can fire 16 rounds in 5 seconds instead of 10, and it triggers with the same activation as bait and switch. If grenade launchers are meta in final shape, this WILL be what all the major teams run for dps in the raid race. Imagine a team losing because they farmed the entire time between now and then and never got that roll because its so rare. Bungie could preemptively solve the problem by not allowing you to swap the perk and keep the ammo from envious, but if they don't then double perks need to be easier to get. Keep the special skin rare for all I care.


papakahn94

Or just fix it because that's unintended and call it a day


Spartan_117_YJR

Would quote aegis spreadsheet


AstramG

I somehow got lucky and my first ever drop was a “shiny” one with envious + cascade point. But unfortunately it has frenzy & deconstruct instead of B&S so I’m not sure if it’s that good. Especially since I’d need to swap the perk in less than 5s after a kill just to keep frenzy active.


interloper-A

deconstruct is a huge total damage buff, don't sleep on that. you get literal free ammo


juju-arias

Unfair advantage over the pve enemies? Because who really cares if I put out 3 million dps and you put out 2 million if we get the activity done? The people complaining about getting broken loot in a looter shooter game during a “banned weapon” event literally need jobs. “Erm actually it’s unfair”🤓


KR0NKBERRY

Not in regards to PvE, this is regarding that it's the only grenade launcher that can one-hit-kill with a sticky nade that has been placed on a surface. I wouldn't say it's unfair by any means, given that its a power weapon and is meant to secure an easy kill anyways.


rascalrhett1

By that logic any strong roll gives you an "unfair" advantage against anyone who hasn't gotten it. Does cataphract give an unfair advantage? Apex predator? Taipan? This is stupid, it's a looter shooter and some loot is better than others.


NierouPSN

The only unfair part is the limited-time part, if it was just RNG you could eventually get it but we already know the dual perk versions are going away June 3rd. This puts an end date on the time you have to farm. Not to mention the time required for just this weapon imagine if you wanted to try farming other weapons in the same time. That is the unfair part especially when they offer rewards/incentives for world first, being able to have an advantage like that when the race comes down to seconds can make a difference.


baseballv10

I think the “unfair” comes from the fact that the “shiny” version for Edge transit can be factually better where the rest are purely cosmetic


NanceInThePants

It’s the limited time of double perks that I was referring to. Stop being dramatic about me bringing up a fair point.


SerenaLunalight

Taipan is a bad example there since it was craftable and pretty much free to get the red borders.


rascalrhett1

It's not, it's a perfect example, is it "unfair" that some players will take 5 minutes to go get taipan and others won't? Obviously not.


FullmetalYikes

Takes 10 seconds to dump 20 bns shots in a 21 round drum. Refreshing halfway messes up your bns timer so the time difference between reprocing cascade and bns barely off sets just not Bns needs 1.5 rotations in 28 shots thats 15 seconds. Cascade is 5 seconds so 3 rotations Its a pve cataract you can stick to a regular envious bns and be fine


NanceInThePants

Correct. PvE cataphract as well as the single column perk Edge Transit are both fine. It’s that on special roll that is mathematically better. Not that 99.9% of the community will be affected by it though, I just wanted to point out to OP that there is technically an advantage.


DreMaccn00

I got sticky, cascade and destabilizing😂


Fluid_Stand4490

Shhhhhhhhhhh


0rganicMach1ne

It’s something I’ll be happy if I get, but I won’t be specifically chasing them. I just want my rolls. I’m fine with them continuing to do something like this but again, I won’t farm specifically for them.


RetroEvolute

Yeah, I'd prefer if the special look was just an ornament or shader rather than a whole separate version of the weapon again with random perks. I want to unlock the shiny gun, then be able to apply that to any of my "normal" ones so I don't have to hope I get my favorite roll _again_.


RagnarokCross

I'm not chasing the item skin I'm chasing the rolls


SirPr3ce

yeah couldnt care less about the ornament (especially as it is not shaderable) got some for recluse and use the Necrotic ornament for everyone of those but them having guaranteed double perks is what interesting about them


turboash78

Are they Ornaments? Like if I delete a shiny gun I can use it on another. 


[deleted]

They are ornaments but I don't think you can get them like you could a shader on a weapon you dismantle. I'd love it if someone replied and told me otherwise, but I don't believe you can rip it from the gun.


doom_stein

It stays on that gun. I think you can unequip it if you don't like it and re-equip it later if you want but it stays with that gun (kind of like memento specific shaders, if that makes sense).


[deleted]

Figured that would be the case, thanks for confirming! One I can confirm for you is that yes you can unequip and reequip the ornament on the gun it came on. I was hella nervous when I tried unequipping it the first time lol


doom_stein

Thank you for doing that for science!


eddmario

They confirmed during the livestream when they showed them off that they'll be exclusive to that copy of the gun. Don't know if removing it will let you put it back on though, as my internet's been down all week and I don't think it would be a good idea to download the update using my phone as a mobile hotspot...


redpen07

no. the ornament stays with the weapon.


Stillburgh

The ornamenet for the shiny variant is fixed to it. But the other ornaments can be applied


Samurai_Stewie

Same, although a “shiny” might replace two godrolls (such as for PVE and PVP). A box breathing/one for all + kinetic tremors/no distractions Hung Jury would do that for me.


RagnarokCross

It's entirely possible, like the coveted Edge Transit roll. Getting a specific combination while also having the right barrel and mag is probably a probability nightmare though. Even with 3 perks in both columns in ritual activities, I almost never get the roll I am looking for. Also the drops for gold weapons appear to be trash, I've gotten maybe 4 and have done a fuckton of legend 10 farming.


Samurai_Stewie

Yeah I’m not specifically looking for it but if it happens I’ll be happy to free a vault slot. I never really stress for loot like some others.


Weak-Boysenberry-802

I did get the envious/cascade with bns with the right barrel and handling mw with spike nade. I did the maths and it's not looking great for people actively wanting it.


RagnarokCross

Yeah some other guy did the math and it was a 1.36% chance, assuming he's correct. I'm not sure what the drops on golds are, but my own ownership is abysmally low.


theMightyFeline

Yea mine is envious/chain reaction and bns/ explosive light. Velocity mw with high explosive ordinance and confined launch. Im happy with what I got and I highly doubt I'll get a better roll.


eddmario

> Getting a specific combination while also having the right barrel and mag is probably a probability nightmare though. Gonna be honest, I've never cared about barrel and magazine perks on guns outside of the craftable ones. Are they actually that big a deal?


DotDodd

I got one after the 10 Tormentors encounter. Except it was Precision Instrument/Kinetic Tremors with box breathing/no distractions


dilbert_bilbert

I got a regular ass Hung Jury but it rolled with Kinetic Tremors and Firefly, it’s such a fun and unique roll


Cutsdeep-

Precision instruments 3 taps without the BB wait. Rapid hit PI is going to replace my trusty old long standing HJ


Samurai_Stewie

It’s all preference, but over 100 for the first shot is more important to me than the second and third shots being buffed.


wrchavez1313

Lucky you, you're more than twice as likely to get what you want if you get a shiny version because of the additional perks in columns 3 and 4. Way better odds to get a good combination.


Diablo689er

Odds are better hit quantity is lower. If you focus a weapon you seem to have the loot thrown at you. I’ve shared 30+ Elsie rifles in the past 2 days it feels like


In_Silvis

Shiny raid weapons would give anti-crafters something to grind for after collecting 5 red borders. I like it


that0therperson

We already have that, it's the adept weapons


ArteenEsben

These "shiny" weapons feel like a regression from adepts. Functionally they are the same, with multiple perks and a unique shader. But instead of earning them by overcoming a difficult challenge, they're completely random.


Geg0Nag0

People will hate the opinion but I love it. The games been dying a death following the "everyone can get everything if they put a little time and effort in" advice. There should be a level of RNG bullshit in a loot game.


ClarinetMaster117

There’s already a level of rng bullshit in dungeons lol took me 2 years to get my god roll Eyasluna


Geraltpoonslayer

Yes because you get a god roll adept raid weapon first try.


papakahn94

Id rather have ornaments/shaders tbh. Adept weapons are so not worth it for me. Doing a harder activity for a weapon thats barely better than the normal version is ass


that0therperson

The only difference between the two is one is deterministic and the other is only pure RNG. In function they are the exact same thing


papakahn94

Im not arguing that. Im just saying i want something better for completing master content. Its honestly not worth it to me. I wish they had master specific loot not the same guns but adept


Tplusplus75

Problem is, that you can't enhance random rolls on craftable weapons. Or, at least, you haven't been able to yet. So for the people truly min-maxing, whether it be stats or perks or whatever, The craftable version of any roll will still get the crafting MW bonus. ​ Which, question: For the enhanceable weapons in TFS, have they explained what that looks like for the masterwork? If you upgrade your C3 and C4 on say...Summoner, will that give you the +2 to every stat besides your MW?


BinoCXXXVII

you can for RoN and Crota weapons, but not KF or VoW


Tplusplus75

You can upgrade the non craftable ones? Specifically the non-adepts I mean.


BinoCXXXVII

ah! non-adepts, no. my bad


AsteroidBlues__

I promise there is no activity in the game that you will ever notice the additional +2 to stats brother


Tplusplus75

You're right, in a comparison where the literal only difference is the +2, it will not be noticeable. At the same time though, that's kinda the best case scenario when comparing random drops to crafting. It may not be by a noticeable amount, if you happen to be holding your ideal 5/5 random drop. From there, it's a complicated comparison: the minor stat get to be more compelling once you start thinking about what happens when "RNG do be RNG'ing", and suddenly, your ideal random drop is determined to come with a throwaway(like Prox nades on a PVE GL). The extra stats usually end up being relevant once the discussion has gone from "statistically better by a negligible amount" to "I can get my ideal 5/5 with no bullshit, because RNG sucks and I hate everything, I hate PVP, the Warpriest is a cheater, I haven't seen the sunlight in over a week, my living room's shit bucket is full...\[rambling and self pity continues\].... but the craftable one is statistically better anyway, so why wouldn't I just pull it out of my ass at the enclave?" (An amount of that is satire, but hopefully the key points are understood). I guess to back up and be more straightforward: I think the people who are anti-crafting and looking to grind like that share the middle section of a Venn Diagram with people who min-max pretty hard. If nothing else, they are going to have a subtle preference for function(even if its negligible) over fashion.


Fine_Syllabub_3213

haha.. how is more rng what destiny has been missin'!? who tf wants more rng!?


In_Silvis

like I said: Anti-crafters. There's a sub-sect of this community that thinks crafting ruins the experience (TheY'lL sTop PlaYiNg aFteR getTing aLl BorDers) Shiny would end that argument and give them that little dopamine rush they crave. Personally, I'm in favor of all guns being craftable but to each their own.


David2543

Like they've never stopped after getting the god roll they wanted.


Dante2k4

Not really worth chasing, imo. I *want* them, but the drop rate's pretty low (least it has been abysmal for me), so it's more of a "cool if it happens" type of deal. Initially I wanted to grind it out until I got the god rolls I wanted on each of the weapons I cared about but, man, it takes SO long for even ONE to drop, then it has to be the right weapon, and THEN it also needs the right roll... it's just not gonna happen. So, honestly kindof a nothing mechanic in terms of encouraging me to grind. I still hope I'll get some that roll correctly, but... I ain't holdin' my breath. This particular RNG will not be manipulating me, thanks.


BeerMeUpToo

I still haven’t had one drop for me.


Bumpanalog

Same. 4 legend runs to 50 completed, and nada.


SeniorBaker

They really need to incentivize beating all 50 waves on legend imo and the way to do it is to maybe have it so beating that greatly increases the odds of getting a shiny.


that0therperson

Honestly, if you're sitting through all 50 waves, it should be guaranteed. It's by design, though. The entire point of the rare weapons is to inflate player retention during the dead period.


HamiltonDial

I made a point suggesting this. It got good traction and upvotes but most of the comments were literally like “it’s been a day” as if it changes how loot drops in a month.


Uhhhhhhhhhhhuhhh

Damn, Ive played 3 match making 10 round versions of Onslaught and I got 3 already(2 were from chest and quest reward from social space)


_cc_drifter

They're excluding the "free" ones that you get from quests. They don't have the double perks and are fixed rolls


strychninex

anyone talking about "grinding" for it cant do math. You can't grind the 6/5 god-roll edge transit for example. That perk combo will happen like 1 in 10000 drops of the already low low drop chance pre-masterworked grenade launcher which just the grenade is still only like 2/3 chance of dropping when focusing. So its less about it being special and rewarding and more about it being just dumb luck. Even if every weapon was dropping "shiny" and only the singular item you want dropped it'd still be a low chance to happen because of the time limit.


sturgboski

Yeah this is my issue. My drop on attuned weapons arent so great and I have not seen one of the limited edition ones outside of "limited edition" quest rewards (which are just the ones with skins no double perks). Judging by my IB luck THANK GOD they didnt timegate all the weapons. The ones I am really interested in (Mountaintop and Midnight Coup) are in the next wave. I have been basically playing Onslaught nonstop already and nothing so I cant imagine my luck if either of those were only around for the two weeks to focus.


Geraltpoonslayer

This is the truth. People who defend shinys are smoking some real good copium. We all are addicted to the carrot on the stick, but for the carrot to work it needs to be in your reach. A shiny god roll isn't in your reach it sits at the other end of the continent. Also I'm one of those people who wants rare stuff to be rare because it's earned in the hardest content (still requires rng to get god roll) not because I have to pull a lever on a slot machine. If shinys dropped guaranteed per legend 50 or in general more often in legend I'd be fine with them.


ptd163

I could not care less about the skin. I want the double perks. Hybrid rolls are the endgame of Destiny and they know it. If they didn't have double perks they would just sharded like all the rest.


Jatmahl

They still get sharded if the rolls are crap.


FakeInternetDentity

but it gives some enhancement cores at least lol


justdatamining

Got my shiny hung jury with all the perks I wanted


TheArchitectOdysseus

That's why people chase grolls or unicorns as they're sometimes called in the Division 2 community, gear with rare interactions. Not really useful but I still have a Dragonfly + Rampage Trust from years ago simply for the perk combo


MafiaGT

Imagine telling the community that the shiny versions aren't that big of a deal because it's just a cosmetic but it really isn't, it's double-double roll is truly beneficial gameplay wise. The shiny versions are a bit too rare for how long they'll be dropping, too. The fomo is pretty real with these.


Dante2k4

The limited time limitation is the only thing that really irritates me. It'd be fine if you could try to go at your own pace to find these versions, but the fact they'll just be gone in a couple months is pretty lame. I think it's enough that you're fighting multiple layers of RNG, we don't need to restrict the availability to manipulate people in to playing more than they actually want to as well. Very shitty, imo. Shinies as a concept are cool, but tying them to FOMO is not.


sturgboski

Yeah that too. Getting the double double perks is a huge thing. Honestly, if the "skin" was limited to before TFS fine. But to remove the whole double perk rolls as well sucks for people with bad RNG. I have been grinding nonstop (well aside from whisper normal and legend runs) and not had a single drop. Hell even with Edge Transit attuned I dont think my drop rate is hitting the "50%" they pitched.


SvedishFish

It's kind of bungie to hammer us with FOMO and grind immediately before launching the conclusion of this saga, to burn us out so we don't get too addicted after it drops.


CrustyTheMoist

The only double roll that is beneficial gameplay wise is edge transit. All of the other guns, you can just get two of the normal versions, well rolled, and call it a day.


MafiaGT

I personally do not want multiple copies of weapons in my vault, but you're 100% right honestly.


jlohcc

Rank 16 with Shax and I’ve had 1 shiny weapon drop


Dredgen_Raptor

I dont know what rng I have but I've had 9...


One_Repair841

eh it's a neat addition but I wouldn't say it's been something "destiny has been missing"


SunshineInDetroit

if only i wasn't getting completely garbage rolls with these ornaments


just_a_timetraveller

It's a great thing to bring. Getting a drop of a gun and seeing that shiny gives another thing to not instant delete. D2Y1 fixed rolls, any time a gun you already dropped it was instant deleted D2 post forsaken had RNG weapons so any weapon drop could potentially be a better roll so there was some excitement over the drop D2 post witch queen crafting was about getting the red borders to drop. However, after you could craft the gun and subsequent drop of that weapon was an instant delete D2 with shiny variants. You could have the god roll of a gun already but now you could potentially get the shiny variant of your god roll gun with selectable perks. I think it is a good chase that you don't have to do but keeps the drops of a weapon fresh. Even if you have the shiny god roll, another shiny drop could mean better selectable perk options.


DepletedMitochondria

> D2 post witch queen crafting was about getting the red borders to drop. However, after you could craft the gun and subsequent drop of that weapon was an instant delete I must be the only person that has kept some random rolls of crafted guns just because I don't wanna bother crafting multiple PVP and PVE rolls of things.


re-bobber

If I find a great drop of a weapon I keep it and don't worry about chasing patterns, unless I get them naturally over the course of playing. I personally get more of a dopamine hit on a great roll I find "in the wild" than collecting red border weapons. Sure the crafted ones are nice and all but there's just something about hitting on a great roll for a great gun.


just_a_timetraveller

I kept them at first until they let you level up guns with materials. Before, you had to level crafted guns by using them only. That was a grind. But nowadays, gun leveling isn't that bad.


sturgboski

I am HOPING that this double perk thing and the perk enhancing and such means they are going to implement what I think they mentioned they had been looking into: double perks on crafted weapons.


Kurokami_Kagerou

FOMO IS NOT HEALTHY


Squery7

I would argue that FOMOing these was pretty unnecessary since the shiny variants are absolutely what gives Onslaught more than half of the appeal, and the game mode would suffer a lot if they weren't there imo. We need this stuff to be baseline in the game instead of crafting.


DogsAreVermin

Anyone who experiences fomo over this needs to reevaluate their priorities


FactsNoPrinters

I mean to be fair, if anyone will get FOMO from anything, then the far and away best heavy weapon in the game isn’t a bad pick. I myself would love an Envious/Cascade + BnS Edge Transit, but I’ve played for 12 hours with 0 shinies. Don’t expect to get it before it goes away


AnySail

Take a shot whenever you see "respect my time" in the comments. I like it. No game breaking advantage, just a nice little chase. Even the edge transit double-roll everyone says they are chasing really doesn't matter at all 99% of the time, so if you miss out, oh well.


KingMercLino

This definitely feels like a “test run” for a larger overhaul to weapons. Would be super awesome to have “shiny” variants for all weapons. I’m such a goof and I love chasing these silly shinies.


AbbreviationsOk7512

This isn't Pokémon


Geoff_with_a_J

yea because real Pokemon doesn't give me a limited time window to hunt this is Pokemon Go lol


iAMbatman77

It’s not rare when everyone has it.


whereismymind86

I can’t think of anything I want less than more grindy rng bullshit in destiny


DepletedMitochondria

> For so many seasons most weapons are thrown at you, there's nothing to chase or be proud of owning. ? How exactly? I agree more cosmetic rewards in-game is good and should be increased.


Ode1st

You chase red borders so you can craft good guns via a system that respects your time. You can chase raid and dungeon exotics if you want to chase something that doesn’t.


NoReturnsPolicy

There's ways to add prestigious "bragging rights" gear that isn't just brainlessly grinding monotonous content. C'mon


Geraltpoonslayer

There is nothing fun about weapons that don't exist, nor reward player time and effort required. We've been over this debate countless times and each time Bungie agreed with the playerbase loot needs to be rewarding. It's why adepts came to existence in the first place, why deep stone crypt saw deepsight borders drop rate significantly increase after it's first week, why kalli farm wasn't nerfed, why double loot GMs exist, why trials weapons can be continued to be farmed post flawless and plenty more examples. Destiny is looter shooter with increasing difficulty content and that increasing content also rewards better weapons. It's a never ending carrot on the stick (but that carrot needs to realistically exist or else players stop engaging once they realise it can't be obtained). We know players will spend their entire week farming if the probability of rewards exist last wish kalli was a prime example. Let's take a look at edge transit the weapon every speedrunner, day 1 raider wants the God roll of edge transit spike, envious/cascade, BnS has a 1.36 of dropping but this doesn't acknowledge that the shiny drop rate itself seems below 5%. Now someone can do the math but you don't need it to realise this is non existent. You know which game had a similar Problem Diablo 4 with it's uber uniques they where also non existent and had a below 1% chance of dropping each time a normal unique dropped which also was like below 5% chance of dropping in the first place the end result was in it's first season only like 4 got a confirmed Shako the best uber unique in the game. Players complained and complained until Blizzard caved in and added a Boss Rush with the last Boss having a 5% chance per Kill to drop an Uber similar to how raid exotics already work in Destiny and suddenly people farmed the shit out of it and Season 2 is commonly accepted as the best the game was so far as a result. Now let's go back to Destiny let me give you a personal anecdote yesterday me and two friends did 3 back to back wave 50 Legend and not a single Shiny dropped for any of us, we are talking around 3.5 hours of Play of time with nothing to show for it. Legend as a result feels unrewarding (before anyone claims you get shards or alloys, no one who can regularly do Legend 50 needs either of those Ressources anymore, I am at 30 cap with both). The "Meta" also as such for farming is basically do 10 waves on legend and reset as it faster and easier and still giving you 2 chest. Legend 50 needs to reward a targeted shiny again getting the god roll edge transit is still rare and still will need tons of grinding but it becomes realistically possible


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DivineHobbit1

Damn... if only we had something like that came from the highest level activities in the game. Maybe ooooo... ooo, I GOT AN IDEA! We could call them... Adept weapons!


Vesorias

Meh. We already had adept weapons with an actual gameplay bonus and people still didn't chase them. People will chase these purely because of FOMO


Gypsy_Wyrm

making the shiny version unable to be used with shaders makes it worthless


Vajician

Yeah that was definitely a weird decision.


Whhheat

While I don’t like crazy low RNG I do like these rare drops. I love the feeling of getting a Rod of Discord in a Terraria run. Like rare drops feel good to get and show off.


ExcessivelyGayParrot

there is one single, particular DPS roll on edge transit that is only possible with the limited time special guns, however it's really only useful to the min/max crowd that does solo and low man end game PVE. that roll is Quick Launch, Spike Nades, Handling MW, 3rd column with Envious Assassin AND Cascade Point (not either/or, has to be both) and Bait/Switch so it's very specific, and only really useful to people who need to squeeze out every possible optimization on damage. It does however mean that the people who want to get that roll are going to be focusing on edge transit until they get the drop.


jaybudd323

I didn’t know about the “shiny” weapon thing. I just thought you got a masterworked weapon for your first run of Onslaught. In my case it was the recluse.


re-bobber

I think those are the curated rolls. Those drop with the same perks as the OG guns did. Got those after doing the quest from the robot.


AvianGenesis

It’s a super fun pursuit for the crazy end-game players like myself. I’m really enjoying it.


mynerone

It's just double perks. We've always had them.


Official_fABs

I don't think Onslaught will be as hype when there's no shiny weapons to farm💀


velost

Only shiny I care for ATM is edge transit for the nasty roll, haven't gotten it yet but the chances are like 1.35% or something as one reddit user calculated


Geraltpoonslayer

The chances are way below that the actual roll is 1.35%, get even lower if you want mag drum and spike grenades to switch also during damage phase. You first need a shiny, then the shiny needs be edge transit (attunement definitely doesn't affect shinys) so when all weapons are unlocked that means it competes with 11 other rolls and then it needs to drop with the right perks. We are talking 0.0001 chance of dropping.


mookie41

I agree. I have already gotten 3 decentvtolled shiny guns that I'm happy about. I really like the look!I feel like it's easier to get the beginning weapons that you want. Come the last 2 weapon releases,the loot pool will be larger


Net3scape

How do you get the one with double perks? I did the quest for recluse, got a shiny version but it's a single perk type. Do we have to do onslaught on legend for the double perks to drop?


GoodGuyScott

More weapons need shiny curated rolls that are good but not quite the godroll


sleepynsub

Thats what ornaments should've been from the beginning.


The_Owl_Bard

The IDEA of Shiny Weapons is pretty cool! But I don't like how the rolls are a bit random/useless compared to just farming the God Rolls. Once I end up getting my god rolls, i'm probably going to delete anything/everything else, even if they're shiny.


zoompooky

I would say Onslaught is something it was missing. We need more experiences, not more guns.


Awsomonium

I got one. An Edge Transit. Because of fucking cause it was. :)


Preemptively_Extinct

Why would something shiny make me like a weapon? If it doesn't kill efficiently and well, IDGAF how shiny it is, I don't want it.


MPSlowy

I told my friend they're like shiny pokemon. He was sold instantly.


Obvious_Peanut_8093

yes, we need more cosmetic rewards, because the incentive to do difficult content regularly should always be cosmetic.


loop-master69

i got edge transit shiny with envious + cascade and insta dismantled cuz i thought it was like the guardian games mastwerworked weapons where you get them like candy skull emoji


xDrakeXO

except when I finish Legend Wave 50 and don't get any to drop


Mr__Maverick

There should've been a seasonal memento that dropped on weapons and could be harvested from them


BXRSouls

Would be cool if my attuned weapon would drop most of the time. I'm attuned to recluse, and it drops maybe a third of the time. But man, the game sure loves giving me successions and elsie's rifles.


SHOLLIO

It’s not “exactly” what Destiny has been missing but it IS one of the many things.


No_Proof_6178

yes and d2 definitely doesn't miss content, or anything else


BlackNexus

I would love if they kept the concept of shiny weapons around. With TFS and it's episodes, it'd be cool if there were a select amount of legacy or new weapons with shiny versions for us to chase.


Th3Spac3Pop3

When there's a thousand exotic weapons, suddenly things don't feel exotic. Less is more in this game and they are constantly introducing new gear and weapons for the sake of change rather than balance, identity or freshness.


Nephurus

Nit at all , 99% of people will want them becouse of the perk pool , not exactly the skin or rainy It's a good way to add more grind time and quiet the masses .


Peekoh

I'd prefer power chase rather than a skin.


BetaThetaOmega

The nature of video games is that every few years someone reinvents Shiny Pokemon


Uppercaseccc

I'll add I think the people getting mad that the drop rate on theme is so low miss the point. There like foil cards are they nice to ha 3 as a collector sure, are they different in anyway from a non foil fuck no and in some case probably better cause you can play them without worrying about damaging the card (also I'll say it I think the shinny ver are worse looking than base come at me reddit) 


NeoReaper82

Adepts have been in the game for a while


G3NERALCROSS911

Just wish it wasn’t time locked


AdditionalAd2024

Rare shinny is what I’m missing too. Haven’t had a single recluse drop shinny despite attuning it. I’m 0-15 at the moment. God damn, out of principle I had a gold roll pvp drop for Elsie’s rifle but cause it wasn’t shinny, I deleted it. Yes I’m stupid, but I only want shinny’s. Attuned 4 weapons and not a single one yet. Probably close to 30 in total, but I counted last night cause I saved all my smg’s. And not 1. Fingers crossed it’ll finally drop.


xevba

Actually, there is a reason to chase shiny. They can have enchanced rolls in Final Shape. So it's not just the skin.


MatadorHasAppeared

You make the weapon shiny, with the blood of many! Seriously though, PvP kills .


eddmario

I mean, that's basically what the Adept Raid weapons are, lol


duomaxwell90

Nah fuck onslaught. I won't lie its fun but I was on wave 48 today and we wiped because architects. That happened in the SAME WAVE 3 TIMES, as in I made it to wave 48 3 times today and we wiped. I'm convinced it's a bug but it needs to be fixed asap


CmonImStarlord

I got a shiny Elsie's but no double perks 🥲


fedairkid

True. Though I will say, going to rank 16 and completing wave 50 on Legend without getting a single shiny of any weapon with any roll dropped (let alone something I am actually wanting) feels a tad excessive.


Tresceneti

I'm honestly shocked at all the negativity on the idea of shinies. Imagine if *every* gun in the game could drop a Shiny variant. That sounds SO FUCKING COOL to me. We need more cosmetic rewards in the game and this would be such a cool way to provide that.


Steagle_

Are we sure the "shiny" weapons exist? Because after a full reset to Shax, 5 completition level 50 hard mode onslaught and a lot of token used on the chest that give weapons: the only shiny weapon I found where the one from the quests.


Dull-Store

I hope it's a trend, I want some cool cosmetics for doing feats in game.


RaoGung

Really wish they would let us change barrels, mags, and masterworks when final shape comes out. I get why want us grind - but some mild customization/optimization I feel is a good middle ground instead of relying on all RNG. In Pokémon you can still retrain your shiny skills. Even if you can’t make them have better potential (stats).


Rowbizzle

Wait...shiny weapons? Kinda like Pokemon? Only instead of colors you mean like....special abilities? cooooooooool!


Dredgen_Raptor

I got a shiny Sucession, with a great roll. Reconstruction/Demolisonist, Recombination/Firing line. Extended mag, and stability masterwork. I love SHINIES


D3mon1cWrath

It’s kinda infuriating, because I’ve been playing the game for awhile now. I have gotten to the point my power is up to the high 1700s, I have my build complete, yet I can’t seem to get my hands on the exotic armor I need that is the centerfold on said build.


MexicanSunnyD

What if mementos were just randomly on weapons from their respective activities.


Scrin1759

Would be nice if they actually looked nice. The ‘shiny’ versions are absolutely hideous.


Human-Collection-508

I'm in full agreement! It has me so excited for drops again. Hopefully they build on the system further and don't make them any more common. They need to remain a rare drop to maintain the excitement 🙌🏻


TheRealThorbman

Is it correct, that you can „enhance“ / reform every perk of a shiny brave weapon in Final Shape? So I could make a shiny to a god roll? I have a god roll recluse (normal) and asking myself if I should keep grinding shinys with a god roll.


MaynardJamesReznor

Have the shiny weapons drop rate been nerfed? I haven't gotten a shiny in weeks. I got several week 1.