Psst. You are the actual fanboy.

The real story here is that deva are putting effort into optimization on all systems instead of just one as is often the case

It seems odd to have that at the end of a game that does such a good job of giving you a sense of reward for exploring, poking, and experimenting.

Well in my vault over in Destiny I have celery and raisins. Waiting for peanut butter to drop in a live event.

It’s almost as though it’s some kind of commentary on the pointlessness of collecting useless shit in video games...

Just use the unbreakable weapons in the game if it bothers you that much - i enjoy it because every weapon is now useful, especially when gathering mats in lower areas. It keeps the game fresh and you never feel truly overpowered.

This is exactly right. The game would be just another open world RPG if you could repair weapons. If you’re breaking too many weapons before you can reliably restock with same strength or better, you are probably in the wrong region.

nooooooo if there were blacksmiths that could fix red weapons, then we’d all constantly feel obliged to fast travel back to a town the minute anything turned red. Think about it, you’re in the middle of exploring a really cool new area and your beloved sword turns red... welp, better go get it fixed. We’d negate the…

Exactly the same as No Man’s Sky. That’s where the comparison ends, though.

I think the other aspect is the way enemies respawn. There’s room for serious weapon breakage as a part of memorable emergent gameplay, but the blood moons subvert that.

No need to start over. You can always get more - just go kill Guardians.

Fair.

This is like saying I should turn off my phone when out in the wild. Ridiculous.

Don’t preorder games does not extend to hardware. I always preorder hardware.