
Enhanced Hand Cannon Loader) have had the base mods’ efficacy increased to match that of the Enhanced version of the mod. All mods that have an Enhanced version of that mod (i.e.

To combat this Bungie are making changes:

The interesting aspect of these mods is that while the enhanced version of certains mods such as the Weapon Loaders feel great, the non-enhanced versions often feel like they aren't really pulling their weight. With the above changes, the player will soon be able to use whichever weapons they wish.Įnhanced mods are extremely worthwhile mods that can add huge bonuses to the Guardians power ceiling. Before these changes, if a player wanted to use the aforementioned Supercharged mod on their Solar chest piece, they would be restricted to using weapons such as Auto Rifles, Submachine Guns, Fusion Rifles, Linear Fusion Rifles and Rocket Launchers if they wanted to take full advantage of the Extra Reserves mods. This is still a great change as it allows for greater build diversity. Armor mods such as Supercharged will still require Solar armor and Powerful Friends will still need Arc armor. It’s important to note that this only changes the weapon-orientated mods.


This is changing, somewhat, with Beyond Light. It is, quite simply, a player retention tool to coax players into grinding multiple sets of the same armor in order to be able to use the full selection of mods. Thankfully, according to the latest ‘This Week at Bungie’ blog post, Bungie has decided to follow community suggestions and make certain changes to the armor mod economy for release with Beyond Light.Įlemental affinity has always been a sore point for the Destiny 2 community since its inception with Armor 2.0 as it places restrictions on the types of mods that can be placed in certain armor. While these armor mods do allow us Guardians to reach new heights of power, the restrictions like elemental affinity and certain obsolete mods have made creating a worthwhile armor build to be somewhat cumbersome. These bonuses can range from neutral reload speed increases and faster ability regeneration, all the way up to the super destructive Warmind Cells. Armor mods in Destiny 2 can be a source of substantial power.
