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Gavin Lane, Editor<\/h3>\n

Weapon degradation was a beautiful way to encourage experimentation in BOTW\u2019s Hylian sandbox. I appreciated what it contributed to your journey through the game, and weapons were plentiful and varied enough to be worth trying just to see what they did, from elemental blade down to wooden spoon. Not once did I walk into a situation with nothing to hand; for me, the balance the devs struck there was masterful.<\/p>\n

My sole irritation with the mechanic is based around the Master Sword, specifically the Level 60 maxed-out version I got once I passed all the DLC trials. I understand why, from a design perspective, it was given its own brand of durability earlier in the game and needed to periodically \u2018charge\u2019. But once I had proven myself, beaten the trials, and given Calamity Ganon a sound thrashing, it took the edge off my victory to find that the Blade of Evil\u2019s Bane still<\/em> ran out of juice.<\/p>\n

So, it would be just dandy if the gnarly Master Sword we\u2019ve glimpsed in TOTK \u2013 once sufficiently rejuvenated and tempered and whatnot \u2013 retained its masterfulness permanently at the very, very<\/em> end of the game. Otherwise, yay degradation.<\/p>\n

Kate Gray, Staff Writer<\/h3>\n

I honestly wasn’t bothered about weapon durability during my playthrough, but then a while after the game came out, it became this meme where everyone<\/em> was bothered about it. But that hasn’t really changed my opinion! I think weapon durability can create these very organic moments where your sword explodes at the worst time during a boss battle, and I think those are worth something.<\/p>\n

However… I still think it can be improved, because I’m pretty sure swords don’t actually explode, so I wouldn’t mind the durability system being switched to more of a Monster Hunter<\/strong> deal, where you have to keep your weapons sharp, and finding a sword is a rarer occurrence rather than swords existing in every nook and cranny of the world.<\/p>\n