Along with a brand-new campaign and an entire planet to explore, The Edge of Fate expansion for Destiny 2 will also be introducing major improvements to the game’s loot systems. This notably includes entirely new layers of buildcrafting tools for players to combine. It most likely won’t happen right away, but slowly and surely, this new generation of buildcrafting tools in Destiny 2 will eventually come to replace the existing meta.
As players begin navigating this new meta in Destiny 2’s Edge of Fate expansion, players should consider prioritizing one new buildcrafting tool, in particular: the weapons character stat. Not only can this stat provide a powerful, universal foundation for endgame builds, but it can also open up countless possibilities for creativity and experimentation that previously weren’t viable in the former Armor 2.0 loot system. So, compared to the other new character stats coming in the Armor 3.0 system, the weapons stat arguably seems like the clear meta pick.
Destiny 2’s Edge of Fate Artifact Perks Let Players Have Their Cake, and Eat It Too
The new Seasonal Artifact perks for Destiny 2’s upcoming The Edge of Fate expansion provide a relatively generous variety of utilities.
Destiny 2’s New Armor 3.0 Weapons Stat Gives Players the Keys to the Kingdom
What Does Destiny 2’s New Weapon Stat Do?
- 0-100 Weapon Stat Benefits: Increases primary, energy, and heavy weapons’ reload speed, handling, and damage against minor and major enemies.
- 100-200 Weapon Stat Benefits: Increases the chance of ammo bricks to contain additional ammo, and improves primary, energy, and heavy weapons’ damage against bosses and Guardians.
Why Players Shouldn’t Sleep on Destiny 2’s Weapons Stat
Admittedly, the nature of improving players' weapon damage against Guardians ultimately makes this character stat a mandatory investment for Destiny 2’s PvP meta builds. However, this was already a mandatory investment before Destiny 2’s Armor 3.0 update, except instead of a character stat, players would typically use their legendary weapons’ perks to invest in improving their weapon damage. So, with the weapons stat applying to primary, energy, and heavy weapons all in one convenient package, players who invest in this stat will finally have the freedom to use their weapon perks to provide creative utilities that were previously considered off-meta.
Even beyond PvP, this weapons stat will also be a game-changer for meta builds in Destiny 2’s endgame PvE content. Alongside improved weapon damage, ammo efficiency is also widely considered to be a mandatory investment for meta builds, which players would use their armor mods to invest in. Hence, while the increased weapon damage will give players more freedom when it comes to legendary weapon mods, the ammo efficiency benefits of the weapon stat will give players more freedom when it comes to armor mods.
Destiny 2’s New Armor 3.0 Weapon Stat Kills Multiple Birds With One Stone
At first, the reveal of the new Armor 3.0 weapon stat providing universal damage buffs ultimately seemed like it was going to be quite a controversial addition to Destiny 2. However, with the weapon stat lumping together improved weapon damage, reload speed, and ammo efficiency all into one buildcrafting tool will ultimately allow meta builds to finally move away from pre-existing buildcrafting tools that already did one of these three things individually.
Especially compared to the other new Armor 3.0 character stats in Destiny 2, which may vary in importance from build to build, like increasing the damage and recharge time of specific abilites, the benefits provided by the new weapons stat are generally much more universal. Hence, players should strongly consider prioritizing their weapons stat above all else, as this can provide near-unlimited possibilities for what kinds of builds will be viable in both endgame PvE content and competitive PvP in Destiny 2, finally allowing players to opt for creative utilities without compromising on their weapons’ damage.
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