Destiny 2 players are unhappy with possible re-skinned Lightfall weapons from Shadowkeep

Bungie has officially announced new weapons and armor pieces for the Destiny 2 Lightfall expansion. Interested players can head to the official page for Lightfall, and take a look at all the gears presented in their recent trailer showcase. However, there seems to be mixed feelings amongst the community regarding the gears' visual appearances.

The line-up of teased weapons for Lightfall includes Grenade Launcher, Sniper Rifle, Pulse Rifle, Fusion Rifle, and Hand Cannon. Upon closer inspection, the community pointed out the eerie similarities between these gear pieces and the ones from Shadowkeep.

Re-skinned weapons have always been a part of Destiny 2 arsenal, where Bungie uses a Faction narrative to design different weapons with the same design.

---

Destiny 2 community upset over re-skinned designs of Lightfall weapons

As mentioned earlier, a recent Lightfall trailer showcased some of the upcoming Exotic weapons and armor pieces in the game. Minutes later, Bungie updated their official website for the expansion with images of additional Legendary weapons, artwork from Neomuna, and more.

Although one half of the community liked the design and overall looks of these weapons, the other half weren't too pleased with the fact that the newly announced gears simply looked like re-skins from Shadowkeep. From one point of view, the complaints and anger seem justified since the announced weapons do look like Moon Gears without the trinkets and amulets.

This has gotten players riled up, as most of them claim that re-skinned weapons for a full-fledged DLC are completely unacceptable. Some players are also asking why Bungie couldn't come up with new designs, since the upcoming Neomuna was supposed to be out of contact with the rest of the system by now.

Hence, the idea of using re-skinned weapons from Moon with different names and elements didn't sit right with several players within the community. The official description of these weapons states:

"Firepower tested in Neptune’s most extreme environments. Lock, load, and introduce the Shadow Legion to defiance."

Since Lightfall is promising to be one of the biggest releases by Bungie, players will be getting a lot of changes in almost all core aspects of Destiny 2. The idea of re-skinned weapons has never sat well within the community, and it won't be the same this time around as well.

Performances of The Witch Queen weapons, such as Fel Taradiddle, Father's Sins, Pointed Inquiry, and many more have never been deemed useful. However, things will only get better if at least some of the weapons from Lightfall prove to be efficient in the upcoming meta.