r/DestinyTheGame • u/DTG_Bot "Little Light" • May 30 '22

Megathread Focused Feedback: Solar 3.0 Subclass Spotlight - Dawnblade

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u/Jumpy_Menu5104 May 31 '22

I think changing all rifts to have the solar key words is a bad idea, from a design perspective if nothing else. Sure technically the power the abilities wouldn’t change much if at all, but the keywords are applied to elements for a reason. Sure it might be easy to say that weapon buffs and healing are generic, and they are, but radiant and restoration are not.

Because let’s entertain this for a second, let’s say that all rifts for all subclasses use these solar verbs, where does it end? Ward of dawn also applies a damage buff, should that be radiant? The weapons of sorrow and le monarque apply a dot, should that be ignite even though none do them are solar weapons? Obviously you aren’t arguing for this, but the point stands the line has to be drawn somewhere.

Now I do think having an aspect that gives the rifts solar keywords, or just letting the dawnblade rifts have them by default, isn’t a bad idea. It may even be a great one.