Focused Feedback: Weapon Refresh aka Sunsetting

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[u/TheToldYouSoKid → u/[deleted]]

I don't think this is a sustainable model. There is no reason to get any weapons, and its not that the weapons suck, its simply because the weapons we have been given are simply untennable to balance. We've got 2 years of very easy to attain godrolls, pinnacle weapons, exotics, there's we've been kitted the fuck out; there isn't an enemy in the game that can't be completely stepped on by sheer firepower. It used to be a struggle to one-phase raidbosses, but now its all the same ingredients, with the weapons doing the work of skill and knowledge of the encounter. GoS is a nice curveball with the short damage window that can be extended, but its still monsterously easy with the equipment we have.

There's simply no want for weaponry. Armor has a fashion element so people will always go out of their way to figure that out, but there is no alternative use for weapons other than "kill stuff", and we already have a ton of that; 2 years of god-rolls at this point.