My clan finally got around to doing a catalyst run for Touch of Malice, and even though the weapon itself is very niche, we had a blast figuring out the puzzle, repeatedly dunking on the final statue, and being rewarded with the catalyst. I’m actually motivated to use the gun now and finish the catalyst, while other catalysts that I received as random drops I often leave unfinished if I’m not interested in using the weapon.
I wish more exotic weapons had creative catalyst drops - small puzzles or short but challenging quests. Obviously it isn’t feasible to have this for all weapons, but I’m curious what others think.
If Bungie had the bandwidth for it, would you like to have challenges like we get for the the raid exotic catalysts, for all catalysts? Or do you prefer a quick and simple drop from a few rounds of a playlist activity that you were running regardless? Or something else entirely?
Think a mix of things is ideal. I like the specific stuff for raid weapons. Adds some flavor to the process and makes it feel more special. Can be a pain to find a group willing to do the extra stuff during a run though, so a bit of a tradeoff there but worth what the game gets out of it IMO.