[quote]Spiffy. So basically you work in HR. How does that translate over to knowledge in technology?[/quote] lmao no, PMs are just about as far away from HR as you can get. We manage cost, schedule, and performance of the efforts we are managing with direct hands on to the technology we are having others develop. Without significant knowledge of the technical nature of the development effort you are not a good PM for the job. [quote]I don't see anything at all wrong with Primary Weapons having elements. The Burns exist for people to take advantage of them and encourage going out and grinding to get said weapons for that very reason. Atheon's Epilogue, Fatebringer, Vision of Confluence, Word of Crota, etc. They aren't exactly easy to acquire, either. RNG be damned, one chance every week for three characters running those Raids became one of the few things keeping people engaged with the rather lackluster amount of content.[/quote] Having elemental primaries pretty much meant that you HAD to use that particular weapon or a very small subset of weapons in the game during the end game content to compensate for the burn or exploit it. The devs/designers have said they want usage diversity throughout the game, they don't want to effectually lock users into using specific weapons just because that makes the game easier. [quote]Its creating an artificial barrier that just serves the purpose of restricting you within the content. Skill should be the only determining factor in an FPS game. Though this just lends more to the point that Destiny is still majorly suffering from an identity crisis.[/quote] There is no actual artificial barrier, only a perceived one. Light level, as I said, is a summation of your current gear's quality. The recommended light level of an activity is basically just saying if you don't have gear that averages out to this value then you're going to have a tough time. If you go into a 290 LL activity with a primary, special, and heavy weapon that were all 310 attack but all of your defensive gear were at 150 defense you would have a light level of 203 you would still be doing damage with your weapons as if you were 310 Light Level but you would be taking damage as if you were 150 light level. Also, Destiny is first and foremost a Role Playing Game utilizing the FPS format to deliver content for PvE.