Why Did I Stop Playing Destiny?

"Like many others, I have been playing Destiny quite religiously since the launch in September. I rolled one character and wanted to see it to the end. How far did I get? As of last week, my Titan is level 27. This is the point where I have decided to stop playing Destiny and I do not see myself returning to it in a meaningful way in the near future. So what drove me to spend as much time as I did in Destiny and why have I lost the motivation to keep going? That is what I will attempt to explain in this article, so read on!"

[thekhurg]

Hey look, another Destiny QQ article!

[Bansai]

Why ? Cuuz it sucks, it's repetitive, it's small (for a game that many are calling "mmo", only 4 small areas, laughable) ... well the list could go on, but what's the point.

[DivoJones]

Well the areas aren't small, they're just empty. When the Queens' Wrath missions were taking place a few weeks ago I took it upon myself to find the devil walker tank in free-roam to do the bounty (since it wasn't counting the kill unless you got the killshot or were right next to the one that did), that was when I got to see how big the cosmodrome area was.

The problem is that large area is recycled into the missions, so you basically see everything at least twice. And a lot of the space between major areas is empty and drawn out.. probably to give the illusion of a 'bigger' map.

[Old McGroin]

Agree with you 100% Bansai and also with the article. Stopped playing a couple of weeks ago when the realisation kicked in that I had been playing the same few missions over and over again with little to no reward. Off with its head.

[Frodosmugins]

agree bansai!

and this is the last time I buy a digital game that I was 50/50 with!

waste of £50 that could of gone else where!!

[GiggMan]

There is one of these articles every day. "X amount of things destiny need" "why destiny needs this" "what's wrong with destiny"... Blah, blah, blah.

I can't wait for are the gaming journalist and Destiny haters to pool all of their ideas and criticism together and develop a game. It would be the most awesome game ever, day one buy for me for sure.

Make it happen people!

(Or you could just stop talking about it and let people enjoy the game that Bungie made... Just a thought)

[3-4-5]

Great game for 4-5 days.

After that it's like..uhhhh what now.

Solid PvP though, but not enough maps.

[ThatEnglishDude]

Destiny really isn't anything remarkable. It plays great, but not really any better than the game they made over a decade ago.

[FriedGoat]

Go back and play, halo 3 is my favourite console fps, but last time I went on it felt so slow and dated. Destiny is definitely lacking content, but at least the mechanics are modern.

[venom06]

i stopped playing because its very mediocre and boringly repetitive. Just as all the reviews said..

[Hoffmann]

Destiny got over 350 articles on a big gaming site, till today I don't know why :-)

[BattleTorn]

some people love it.

[khellendros1]

He spent almost a 100 hrs playing. It may be time to move on for a while. Come back later

[SmielmaN]

I've put over 60 hours into it and it's fun with friends. The only thing that's keeping me around is a few trophies and Ive received two exotic weapon bounties in the last 2 weeks so I'm trying to grind those out. Plus Crucible Control is pretty awesome to me. I loved that game type in Battlefield. So addicting for me. But, I can see that my Destiny experience is going to come to a close soon. Then it will be NHL15 and Bayonetta 2 for a while.

[khellendros1]

Totally agree. I'm 70+ hrs in and still loving it. But I know I will move on to something else and come back when new content is added. People are making it seem like it's a bad game because of that.

[vallencer]

I honestly don't know how you can put that much time into it. And this is coming from a guy who has 400+ hours in d3 haha. I like destiny. It's not a bad game it's good. But it's just that. However I know that the longer the games out the better it will get because of updates and expansions. I bought it digitally so I'd have no intention of trading it in and buying it again later. The other reason I may not care too much for it is because I'm too busy to get on when my friends are on. And let's face it the game is better with people to play with.

[SmielmaN]

V- I really enjoy multiplayer and coop so it has a lot of replay value for me. Plus I think I'm pretty good in MP lol

[rickhunter89]

i stopped playing at lv22 lol could, impossible to lv up after that same missions over and over .

[Drekken]

I guess I defied whats possible with three characters. I am amazing.

[Shadonic]

I got most of my exotics and legendarys that give lots of light from nightfalls and the bounties and in freeroam. almost lvl 28, gotta also remember that you have to level up said weapons fully to get all the light.

[Baka-akaB]

It's fun with friends and the gameplay is tight unlike anything not bungie this decade , and since the good old days of quake 3 . I do want more addition and changes , but that's a good enough set of reasons to keep on going . At least for a while

[Tedakin]

I stopped at Level 23 because it just became a waste of time. Would play 2-3 missions in a row, that I already beat 3 times before, and not get a single good drop, or any light armor to help me level up more. I'd just get angry about it. 2 hours of playing for NOTHING. When they took away the Loot Cave, they lost me as well. It was the only thing making leveling up bearable.

[MonkeyOne]

What will happen is that once Destiny starts to lose players they will make it easier to get loot. This is what happens, predictably with these kinds of games.

Look at the original release of Diablo 3 compared to the new Diablo 3 Reaper Of Souls edition.

I can play D3 ROS for 60-90 minutes and get several legendary or get pieces to play around with.

When people start leaving Destiny due to lack of loot the developers will increase the drop rates.

It's a pretty predictable pattern

[vallencer]

The loot in vanilla d3 was straight garbage. It not only took way too long to get legendaries but when you did it rolled crap. Vanilla d3 was randomness for drops with random main stats. It was idiotic.

Destinies loot is better then what vanilla d3 was but nowhere near as good as ROS. I have stopped playing mainly because it takes entirely too long to get legendary gear. I finally got legendary gear only because of the Queens wrath missions.

[BattleTorn]

Well, certain things provide certain rewards.

So yeah, technically you could play the reward-less tasks infinitely, with minimal reward.

Or you could be smart, and do your Daily for 2 Ascendant materials, 2 Engrams, your Weekly for 6 Strange Coins, 6 Vanguard Marks, and at least 2 Engrams - or the Nightfall for a guaranteed Exotic or Legendary item.

The rewards are shown in pre-game screen. If you don't see any, you're not going to get anything.

[ShowGun901]

thats too easy, they'd rather cry and cry about how they beat a lvl 8 mission and didn't get an exotic! rediculous!

[tlougotg]

I stopped playing due to its deeply repetitive nature and mp didnt help much because that didnt change the repetitive feeling of the game.Most mps keep me going and each game i play due to different competition made the rounds feel fresh, but this just really feels monotonous, even during mp.

What really killed it were the weekly strikes or whatever strikes you couldnt get matchmaking in, i swear whoever didnt think of adding matchmaking to that is a complete idiot.

Now i have been playing Drive Club every nigh and am a level 20 with a club level of 12. Regardless of its issues it is a very fun and good game imo.

[spandle]

Because Borderlands pre-sequel came out.

[kurruptor]

"On top of the unsatisfying plot, Destiny seriously lacks new content. Once I achieved level 20, I had to participate in strike playlists (which are essentially a collection of strikes that are randomly picked from all available strikes in the game) in order to gain Vanguard Marks which is the only reliable way to get legendary items. "

Funny that I have a full set of legendary/exotic gear and I only got 1 of them with Vanguard marks.

These articles from people who have played the game for 50 or 100 hours are just dumb. If you played that much, you got your money's worth. Don't bitch about it.

Stop with the lack of content shit too. This isn't an MMO. This game has more content than most other FPS.

[MonsterChef]

I got to level 27 with no vanguard gear at all, I levelled up the hard way through the crucible and with one exotic through xur I've got 4 exotic weapons and even though the strikes have gotten stale they still provide plenty entertainment with friends

[Blues Cowboy]

Because a slot machine gets boring after a while.

That's what Destiny is, a mechanically capable FPS with meaningful content like story, memorable campaign, characters, set pieces and world building removed and replaced with an RNG loot system designed to be cynically addictive.

I'm going to go back to Destiny at some point. As a Bungie fan since Marathon, I can't bring myself to trade it in, and am interested to see how they tweak and expand on things.

[ShadowKing-]

you quit playing because those level 28 missions were kicking your butt

[The Meerkat]

What is clear is that we've all played it.
We all paid our money.

And judging from the Agree / Disagree ratio on most Destiny articles we are split almost 50/50 between those who like it and those who don't.

IMO Destiny feels like a tech demo. It needs a story, enemy AI, more varied missions and enemies, a proper loot system and more distinct good guys. And then I'd call it a complete game.

[MonsterChef]

I was hoping for a larger game with more content and with a visit to all the planets in the solar system, having said that I've gotten what I've played out it and hoping that a sequel has a lot more polish then this one

[n4rc]

On the verge of lvl 28 on my hunter and lvl 13 on my new titan..

Lack of matchmaking in a lot of content annoys me.. But overall its been a blast..

It seems like tons of people all make the same hilarious comment

"I've dropped 60-100 hours into this game in a month but there's nothing to do"

Ummm... Lol

[Father__Merrin]

to all these moaners I'd like to see your legend report from bungie.com I'd wager there's some good playtime on there.

it must have sustained interest from you to be playing this long...

if it's crap then don't play it! go and play spice world instead on ps1

[Predaking77]

I stoped playing Destiny a lot, now just play it once a week. Why?

Because I'm stuck in level 29 and after playing the vaul of glass around 30 times, the game refuses to give me the armor I need to get to level 30 so get bored and I don't have any other significant activity to complete.

[BattleTorn]

I am playing less because I'm stuck at 27. I am simply not powerful enough to fight on the VOG.

I've given Destiny a pass on many issues, but I HATE that they claim the VOG is lvl26.

I have gone in with all 27s and we get our a$$ handed to us on the first door.

Really, ya gotta be 28.

[Tex117]

One can really waste a lot of time in Destiny if you don't have a plan to level up.

Really, all you need to know is to rely on RNGesus as little as possible.

Hit 20...Do the vanguard bounties and daily every day. Get to vanguard rank 2. Buy legendary armor. Wait for Xur to sell an exotic helm, buy it. Whole process will probably take about 2 1/2 to three weeks. And you are level 28 and doing the raid...Where its all RNGesus.

[Xi_Unborn_iX]

its just a naked game....i stoped playing because theres no point to keep going ! even if i get to lvl 30 90% of the other hunters look just like me with the same weapons playing the same missions not to mention how random it is when you find stuff.

[Johnsonparts23]

Why do you think anyone cares? That's the real question.

[Themba76]

I don't see the problem and I have three lvl 30's and im still playing shooting for that flawless raider trophy. yall just need the right group and get some I have over 20 exoctics no excuse.

[n4rc]

Well... There's plenty of excuses.. I'd hate to know your playtime.

But I get your point regardless lol..

Myself... I don't really have anyone to play with so I'm going to be stuck at 28 or so.. Until the next iron banner anyways..

I also find it greatly annoying the forums are 90% people doing their own matchmaking and beating the raid but bungie still claims its too hard to be possible..

[Jozinho]

I find it funny that people complain that the game sucks but they sucked in 40 or 50 + hours. I find it even funnier when someone says it is waste of 60 dollars. You basically payed a dollar an hour for entertainment. If you think that is not value than what is. If i go to the movies with my wife and buy popcorn it costs me 40 dollars or more. SO, yes i got my money worth.

[Scatpants]

I quit because I quickly got through all of the unique content and was only left with repetition so that I could better gear so that I could repeat the same levels better. What's the point?

Also I want more bubbles somebody hook me up please, I'll return the favor.