Destiny is Broken, Here is How to Fix It.

thepolinetwork

"Let's face it. Destiny has seen better days. Their player base has shrunken significantly, their CEO has left, there been a lack of content, rumors of a delayed sequel, and now Bungie is asking players why they left the game. Poli Games' host Joseph will explain what went wrong with Destiny, and how Bungie can not just redeem the game, but also redeem themselves."

[Hitoemi]

Destiny needs a lot of work to fix it. First the Micros need to go. Second they need to end the live event nonsense. Third they need to actually add meaningful story driven content that will draw back the players they lost this year. I spent 1500hrs in two years on the game. I want to see it get better but things like crimson doubles isnt going to do.

[cell989]

they also need to concentrate more on PVE content instead just PVP. And stop ruining PVE gun perks because of a nerf or buff in pve. Treat the 2 as completely separate mediums, do not nerf a gun in pvp and then have that same effect go into pve

[MegaMohsi]

I thought the Taken King was a huge step forward but since then we've just gotten crickets from Bungie. Not good.

[AnotherGamer117]

Are there still only 2 vendors for PvE only players? You know providing proper content for PvE only players would greatly help...

[GrimDragon]

Doesn't matter plenty of people still play and will continue until the servers are shut down.

[UnHoly_One]

The "problem" with Destiny can be summed up by reading the comments to any article about the game, including the few I see here.

The "problem" is that everyone wants Destiny to be something different, everyone has their own idea of what it needs.

So the real problem is that everything Bungie does is going to be a disappointment to a good portion of it's players. There is no one thing that can make everyone happy.

And Bungie isn't stupid, they know this. They'll come up with something eventually to try to cover all the bases, but in the meantime, there is no easy answer.

[Allsystemgamer]

Well. Everyone wanted a finished product from the start.

It NEEDS support and there is a large portion who is just not interested in the pvp. The live events are terrible because if you are busy with something other than destiny then I guess it's your destiny to miss it? Plus they're lame anyway. Sparrow racing? For a limited time with only 2 tracks? Yea that will get the player base back!

It needs a better explained story, in game grimoire, proper rewards, level variation (at the very least can the AI not always spawn in the exact same location?!?!?), stop removing old content and playlists etc. I honestly think removing old strikes to ONLY play the newer ones in the playlist is rather stupid. Bungie seems to not understand how to handle the content properly. I mean I got pretty sick of fighting the bond brothers for the 25th freaking time.

[BlackWolf12]

It was a finished product.

Your expectations of what a finished product is, just follows the trend of everyone having different expectations of Destiny.

[UnHoly_One]

Precisely.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with your ideas.

Nor with anyone else's.

Just that it has to be hard for them to come up with something to keep everyone engaged when they are getting told so many different things.

[Lennoxb63]

I think the problem with gamers; along with many other types of media, is that they hate on things simply because they're popular. And not on the quality of the product on its own.

Is Destiny the best shooter out? No. But is it a bad game? Absolutely not. Look at any big company and everyone wants to see it fail. EA, Activision, Ubisoft, MS, and most recently Bungie. I think the only exception is Rockstar.

I guarantee you that if RPGs all of a sudden gained the success of most shooters, they would slowly start to be considered crap, overrated, milked, and all of the other over used words to describe something popular.

[gamer9]

I don't see any hate due to it being popular. I see a whole bunch gamers disappointed because so much potential is sitting there ready to be tapped. A bit more lore, content, and variety, and all my friends are back in. The only thing we hate is the wait for this game to realize its own potential.

[maniacmayhem]

*The "problem" is that everyone wants Destiny to be something different, everyone has their own idea of what it needs.*

Or maybe Destiny underwhelmed on so many levels that everyone expected or wanted more.

When you have a majority of people wanting or talking about what a game should have done instead of praising a game for what was there then I don't think the problem lies with the gamers.

Yes, a game isn't going to please everyone but when you have gamers and gaming media criticizing the same points about this game then there has to be some truth there.

[BlackWolf12]

Uhhhh.

Destiny isn't broken.

Bungie's approach to the games development and community are what is broken.

They need to start creating a clear focus for the game, instead of changing direction all the time. Dev teams can't create good content when they are constantly having to revise things. And no, I am not talking about the balance updates, I am talking about the plan for future content.

They also need to start being more transparent and open with the community, and tell us what is actually coming, instead of just being silent. They are losing players simply because they won't talk about the next major content drop. They keep saying "We won't talk about things until we are sure about them", well that's just pathetic, if you guys can't be sure about them at this stage, then your executives need to be removed and replaced with people who can create clear designs that ARE a sure thing.

[Lennoxb63]

Your definition of the word "broken," fix it.

[Poli_Games]

Lack of communication from bungie to fans, Micro-transactions with the promise of more content that never came, the broken PvP, the Story that was supposed to be that never was. Yup, its broken, but it isn't beyond repair. If they're making a squeal then i hope they take those thing into effect. Like maybe put a ranked match playlist. Or ditching grimore cards and give us a real story.

[Lennoxb63]

You not liking something doesn't make it broken. You need to look up the definition of "broken" as well.

[Goldby]

@Poli_games

Destiny is not broken. a broken game is a game that doesnt work, crashes or glitches too much, look at AC Unity launch for example, or THPS5.

Destiny is a lost child, Bungie had huge hopes for it, and unfortunetly, from management and devs leaving and new ones coming in, it was a huge fuster cluck on story, and content. there is lore in the back of destiny... way in the back, but that doesnt mean its broken, it just tried to be too much of too many types of games, when really, it should have been spoken like its a FPS PVP centric game with a campaign you can bring your character over to. because thtas what it is, or at least was when i used to play it. im not a PVP player, i bouhgt it for the PVE promise and was sorely dissapointed.

[Poli_Games]

@Goldby You know what you are totally right! The game is defiantly lost more than it is broken. I just wish they can really communicate better with the audience and fix their pvp situation.

[Goldby]

i wou.d prefer they put more into the PVE side of it, as thers not too much content there, and PVP in general is the same throughout many types of games, their PVE side though definitly had potential