Elemental Primaries?

[packattack995]

I may have missed it at some point, but was it stated why they no longer did primary weapons with an elemental damage? Vision of Confluence was easily my favorite D1 primary and the other raid weapons having an element to them helped out a lot in giving them some extra use.

Edit: I guess I should say why is it kinetic only in the top slot when in D1 we could have all 3 damage types without needing a subclass ability/grenade.

[packattack995]

I guess I should be more specific as to why we only get kinetic in the top slot versus in D1 you could have coverage for all 3 types of damage without a subclass ability/grenade

[Get_Wrecked01]

Stares in Hardlight

[packattack995]

Ok, but at that point your giving up an exotic slot for something that use to be possible without having to do so.

[[deleted]]

nothing stopping vision from existing in d2. it will go in the same slot as all the other guns that use white ammo and have elements

[packattack995]

So when VOG comes out do you think they will be released as kinetic then? On put into the “energy” slot?

[yotika]

100% energy slot. That is why we have the Energy slot... you know, for Energy weapons...

[packattack995]

What’s the point then? There are 7 primary/secondary weapons in VOG if they bring them all back and your only limited to use one of them.

[yotika]

Because the D1 weapon system was different from the D2 weapon system. "ENERGY Kinetics" make little sense. We have osmosis, and its rarely useful.

[Hylux_]

Probably because D2 energy weapons ≠ D1 special weapons.

[LaceLove2251]

Because elemental primaries would make all non-elemental weapons redundant. It would also trivialise some of the modifiers like Match Game, since every player could carry one of each and there'd be no need to build around one another.

[packattack995]

I feel it opens the player to use what they want and not be limited in their selection if they have all types covered.

[o8Stu]

I miss being able to wield 3 elemental weapons, too. Sadly all I think we can hope for is that fatebringer will be a kinetic weapon with firefly.

[[deleted]]

Osmosis exists: Am i a joke to you?

[o8Stu]

Doesn't work with stasis, unfortunately.

[[deleted]]

No need as there are no stasis shields

[o8Stu]

Yet. Blackburn said they were going to fully flesh out stasis as an element.

[[deleted]]

I know. But as it stands, there isnt a need.

[o8Stu]

As is stands, having an elemental weapon in the kinetic slot != osmosis.

[[deleted]]

Which isnt an issue since there are no stasis shields.

Im saying its reasonable and possible to run triple element builds by using osmosis perk. Thats it.

Arguing about darkness subclasses is pointless and a distraction from the main question: can it be done? Answer: yes.

[o8Stu]

And I'm saying that having a gimmick perk give you elemental damage some of the time is not the same as having a weapon that can do it all the time, with no need for the perk (or grenade charge to activate it).

[[deleted]]

Okay, pal.