Destiny 2's upcoming expansion, Lightfall, is set to bring a major overhaul to the game's mod system, which will significantly impact how players create builds using the mod slots on their Legendary armor pieces. Among the many tweaks that are coming with Lightfall, one could be that Bungie might change Artifice Armor, a special type of Legendary armor that can only be obtained from three recent Destiny 2 Dungeons on Master difficulty: Grasp of Avarice, Duality, and Spire of The Watcher.

Artifice Armor is unique in that it features an extra mod slot that can be filled with a seasonal mod, allowing players to fill the other mod slots with any of the recently fully unlocked mods that Bungie opened up to everyone earlier in Destiny 2's Season of The Seraph. However, with the current mod system, the extra mod slot on Artifice armor often goes unused, limiting its usefulness in creating builds. With the Lightfall expansion's mod changes, this will hopefully change or at least encourage change in a future Season.

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How Destiny 2's Artifice Armor Could be More Desirable For Players To Grind

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The overhaul of Destiny 2's mod system should provide more uses for the extra mod slot on Artifice Armor, making it more valuable for players to obtain and more useful overall in any player's build. For example, one potential change could be to allow the extra mod slot on Artifice Armor in Destiny 2 to be filled with any mod, regardless of whether it is a seasonal mod or not. This would give players more flexibility in creating builds and would make Artifice Armor a more desirable piece of gear to obtain - even though it is quite powerful as is.

Another potential change that could be made with Destiny 2's Lightfall expansion is to increase the number of mod energy points available for the extra mod slot on Artifice armor. Currently, players are limited to using a maximum of 10 mod energy across all of their mod slots, with individual mods costing their own respective amount, but with the Lightfall expansion, it would be a reasonable buff for the extra mod slot on Artifice Armor. Changes like these could make Artifice Armor more part of the regular end-game armor grind, especially if it becomes obtainable from other end-game activities like Grandmaster Nightfalls and Prestige Raids.

Why Artifice Armor May Not be Worth The Grind and Difficulty in Destiny 2

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It may not feel like it's worth grinding out Destiny 2's three most recent Dungeons on Master for what Artifice Armor currently does. The usefulness of Artifice Armor also currently depends on how useful the current Season's seasonal mods are too. Even if some seasonal mods are useful, the balance around those mods' energy cost takes away from the Artifice Armor piece's other mod slots. There aren't enough energy points to fully utilize five mod slots, especially when some of the better seasonal mods cost upwards of five or more energy.

Overall, the Lightfall expansion for Destiny 2 is expected to bring a major overhaul to Destiny 2's mod system, which should significantly impact how players create builds using the mod slots on their Legendary armor pieces. This opens the door for changes to be made to Artifice Armor that could make it a more valuable piece of gear for players to obtain and would give players more flexibility in creating builds. These kinds of changes are welcome for Destiny 2, especially considering the limitations of the current mod system, and they would help make the game more enjoyable for everyone.

Destiny 2 is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X.

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