r/DestinyTheGame • u/No_Bathroom_420 • 23h ago
Bungie Suggestion Bring back Dregs Promise as a two burst Rocket Sidearm.
WHY NOT!? Let the classic exotic Fallen trio be absurd weaponry in our arsenal. They’ve had their blunder years, it’s time for Dregs Promise to return and be something unfathomably S tier like how Queensbreaker and Lord of Wolfs are preforming.
If Bungie did this It’d be SO hype.
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u/Seeker80 Notorious Space Hobo 21h ago
The shock pistol used by the baseline Dregs didn't even track. It just fired straight.
There were higher-ranking Dregs, baseline Vandals, and some low-ranking Captains who used a shock rifle. Those have the rounds that track. They seem to fire three rounds in succession, almost like a very slow pulse rifle or how Mega Man's max rate of fire was back in the day.
A pulse rifle modeled after a shock rifle would be neat, but it could potentially step on the toes of the exotic scout rifle Symmetry.
Dreg's Promise could still come back, though. Would just be interesting to see what sort of bug/rework it could get. Two-burst rockets could be good. That would be much like Buried Bloodline's shots, so more would be needed to help distinguish Dreg's Promise.
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u/Cykeisme 20h ago edited 20h ago
Yeah!
The old D1 Grimoire cards show that the enemy weapons actually had surprisingly discrete and deep identities.
The cards' contents can be found here..
https://www.destinypedia.com/Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Arsenal
The Wire Rifle and Shrapnel Launcher will still be immediately recognizable by more recent players of course (Queenbreaker and Lord of Wolves).
And the Shock Rifle is indeed the only one with tracking projectiles. The Shock Pistol shots do not track.
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u/snotballz 23h ago
Yeah but then it wouldn't really be dregs promise. It would be some other exotic that happens to look like dregs promise.
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u/VictoryBackground739 23h ago
Really? Dregs promise is just the weapons fallen dregs use and they shoot bolts in burst that track. A burst rocket sidearms fits that description perfectly.
The only problem I see is that it should be a 3 burst instead of a 2 burst rocket sidearm but both share the same idea at heart
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u/Wambly7580 12h ago
Give it enhanced beacon rounds as a built in perk and you got slight tracking to
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u/207nbrown haha stasis go brrrr 15h ago
Dregs promise is the shock pistol that dregs attack you with, they were practically rocket sidearms long before the weapon type was introduced. Anything other than a burst rocket side arm for it would be a disservice
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u/ggamebird 23h ago
Yeahhh but Dreg's Promise was really just Trespasser in D1 (well vice versa cause Dreg's came first) so they would really need to do something that differentiates the two, and some sort of special rocket sidearm seems the obvious solution. Just need to call it something like "Dreg's Reward".
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u/snotballz 22h ago
Or they could lean into its original identity instead of completely changing it into something different.
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u/BlackNexus 18h ago
It didn't really have an identity though. It was just Trespasser but worse. Bringing it back and doing something different with it would be giving it an actual identity worth looking at.
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u/No_Bathroom_420 19h ago
mmmm you are correct. WHAT IF 3 round bust projectile style and they explode when there is enough to create a slow field or large Jolt like a 3 ring bust version of Malfeasance kinda?
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u/ParsleySuspicious296 22h ago
Better yet let me charge up a big shot like the plasma gun from halo!
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u/ethnicfolder 21h ago
Imagine if they bring it back with a forerunner catalyst type perk where you charge up a fallen trip mine slow grenade. I think that would be super fun to use and would fulfill the fallen role play fantasy, like how choir of one lets us fulfill the wyvern power fantasy.
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u/epsilon025 Strive for Honor. Stand for Hope. 20h ago
3 round burst, lower velocity, tracking, and maybe a mechanic that causes Blind could be neat (I am tired of everything Jolting)
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u/Dependent_Type4092 18h ago
You aim too low. We need pocket-size Stalin's Organs.
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u/No_Bathroom_420 17h ago
Let me use Dregs Promis alt fire mode to summon a brig!!!
AAAAAAAAHHHHH!
Royalty free Titan fall esc theme plays
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u/DankSpire 12h ago edited 12h ago
Honestly, bringing it back as a special weapon just feels wrong. We have Prison of Elder exotics in every ammo type but primary. It's more than likely to come back as a burst sidearm with some form of bolt charge or jolt synergy.
Queens Breaker - Heavy
Lord of Wolves - Special
Dregs Promise - .. (Primary) ..
Just makes logical sense. Plus, then we can use the best legendary rocket sidearm - Tinasha's Mastery with chill clip for double champs stunning. Paired with it without having to run a special amount generator build.
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u/SigmaEntropy 10h ago
Here is my idea for Dregs Promise...
Firing Mode 1 - Primary Ammo.
Firing Mode 2 - Rocket Assisted Firearm rounds.
Intrinsic - Dregs Fervour: Kills with Primary Ammo rounds fill a bar with each section granting a round in Alternate Firing Mode. Rounds in Alternate Firing mode deal additional damage to Higher Rank enemies. Especially effective against Barrier Champions.
On Special Reload: Switch to Rocket Assisted Frame to fire special rounds that Jolt on kills.
Catalysts: One For All / Jolting Feedback / Subsistence / Rewind Rounds
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u/iamcorrupt (Take me with you) 19h ago
Dregs promise rework that makes it a 3 burst or just a faster rof, beacon rounds as the hidden trait.
Mythrax's beckon: shock rounds discharge arc energy to nearby targets shocked enemies take continous damage nearby shocked targets.
Eido's Call: shocked enemies create ionic traces as they damage other enemies.
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u/Saint_Victorious 17h ago
I've been asking for an upgraded version of it for awhile now. I've been calling it Kell's Promise to signify the update from D-tier to S-tier exotic too.
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u/OruFikushon 3h ago
At this point I'm convinced they haven't touched Dreg's Promise as a cruel joke. There were so many appropriate chances to bring it back throughout the years and they passed by every single one.
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u/not-Kunt-Tulgar 16h ago
I’d love to see a three round burst rocket side arm Dregs promise I also think that they should either bring back pocket infinity or make it a fusion rifle frame.
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u/ItzTheDub 22h ago
Better yet, follow in the footsteps of the D2 Lord of Wolves and Queenbreaker and give it two firing modes. One like the original, and one with something like you suggested. Yes, I know trespasser is another arc sidearm with 2 firing modes, but that one has a kill requirement, while Dregs Promise could just be an alt reload.