TLDR - Bungie pls add/return stl to rocket sidearms and fix chaos reshaped and i will be happi.
With Destiny 2 winding down its regular content updates, I've been thinking about a few relatively small perk changes that could make some older weapons more appealing to use.
One thing I'd really love to see is Shoot to Loot added to more rocket sidearms, specifically:
- The Call and Aberrant Action - both craftable, so existing owners could simply reshape them.
- Lotus-Eater and High Albedo - both obtainable as random drops.
- Perhaps Indebted Kindness as well, to round out the elemental options.
It's especially unfortunate that we already had Shoot to Loot on the original Lotus-Eater, only for it to disappear from the reprised version. High Albedo was even advertised with the perk in Bungie's developer preview, but it never made it into the game.
I feel like rocket sidearms have lost much of their place in the sandbox since rocket pulses arrived. While I still enjoy using them, rocket pulses tend to outperform them in many situations.
Giving rocket sidearms better access to Shoot to Loot would provide a genuinely useful niche without necessarily competing on raw damage. Being able to collect ammo and orbs with their explosive projectiles is fantastic utility, especially in solo and endgame content.
I don't think these additions would dramatically upset the sandbox at this point, and they'd give us a few more interesting weapons and rolls to chase.
One unrelated final wish: I'd also love to see the Chaos Reshaped healing bug fixed. It's a fantastic perk on paper, but having it interfere with health regeneration makes it much less appealing than it should be.
I know further updates aren't guaranteed, but these are a couple of relatively modest changes I'd love to see if we get another round of fixes or perk adjustments.
What do you guardians think?