Ruinous Effigy is the answer to a small running joke between me and my Destiny playing friends: every Exotic in the sequel is just a worse version of something from the first game. Riskrunner, for instance, is a shorter-ranged, more situational chain lightning gun like Zhalo Supercell. Crimson is a worse Red Death. Every rocket launcher in is just a worse Gjallarhorn. Power rise and power fall is nothing new to Destiny. But it tends to follow a downward trajectory, pocked with 24-hour periods where a weapon feels truly special (usually thanks to a bug). Sometimes they get so bad (which is to say very, very good) that Bungie turns … Continue reading Ruinous Effigy Turns Destiny 2 Into a Completely Different Game