Paul James writes "I liked Destiny when it first released, I still do. Despite its numerous flaws, there is a spark about the game that always entices me to return, perhaps it is the great list of things that I can still do despite having rolled through the campaign? Well that this has now gotten a little bit longer thanks to The Dark Below, the first slice of DLC for Destiny. The problem with such an expensive piece of DLC is… that you don’t get much for it."
David Game details his experience with Destiny thus far, along with why he's both excited and nervous about The Taken King.
You have to ask the question "who has the control" with Destiny. A lot of the time a lot of developers get some serious abuse for decisions made by people above them.
It all does seem a bit ridiculous whoever is making these decisions, it's not like the game hasn't already made a fortune!
I still don't get the whole quip about matchmaking for raids. If you've ever played a raid in destiny, you'll know that communication is key. If you've ever done, say a level 18-26 strike from the strike playlist, you'll also know that not every player has a mic or wants to talk to weirdos from other countries. This argument for any point of view is pointless. It shouldn't be used against Bungie, nor for them. It's just a mute point at this given time. That's like me saying it's dumb that they don't have matchmaking for level 35 Prison of Elders. You can barely beat the dude with three good players with mics. Imagine playing with a noob in there, with no mic...
Some strange "facts" are thrown around to have a go at developers that they simply have no control over like you say buddy. I don't mind using a Mic but I have kids in the house and simply can't at night when they are asleep. So, that being said I try not to play any modes that a team needs to communicate with, I just think it's unfair.
That is not Bungie's fault though now is it?
See, that's what I'm saying. Some people just have legit reasons for not having a mic.
I know they could probably do a matchmaking option to where it's optional, but what would be the point lol. I think they should do it and then let everyone see why they didn't in the first place. It's like my brother always trying to tell me how to play, so I do it his way and let my failure be the explanation as to why I was doing it right the first time haha.
Do you play Destiny? Check out these 5 simple improvements!
1. Raid/nightfall matchmaking
2. No more currencies!
3. Dont gimp our stuff when HOW releases
4. Get rid of commendations
5. Give us a map when we pull out our ghost
No matchmaking in the raid or nightfall. I don't want to be paired up with inexperienced players or afk players reaping the rewards of my work. Using a lfg site is not that hard.
I'm actually one of these players. My character is so weak, I rely on my team members to help me through missions and strikes. However I try my best to contribute. I will go out of my way to revive my teammates and try to take out the weaker enemies. There is only so much my low class rifle can do.
I hate that argument against matchmaking. You could still have your fireteam if matchmaking exists. Nothing would change for those who like the current system
@TheTimeDoctor
That's not the argument. I personally enjoy playing Nightfalls solo. The added difficulty is satisfying. If I was forced to play with 2 other people then that would ruin it completely for me.
Matchmaking needs to be a choice, not a forced mechanic. That's not possible right now with the way matchmaking works in Destiny.
You're right blackwolf. I hadnt taken that into consideration. Matchmaking should be optional.
Eww, no raid/matchmaking in a traditional sense. That said, an In game board and quick messaging system where you can pick and choose who you raid with would be a cool feature. Essentially destinylfg but in the game.
Agree with no more currencies. Way too much.
Well, gear becoming obsolute when new content is released is nothing new for MMOish type games. Besides, many of the raid weapons from VoG do just fine in CE...even through hard mode. (IE. Fatebringer).
Meh, Comendations are a little silly. I don't see the point other that to really slow down players.
Map would be nice, but I don't see how it would really be necessary.
I could not agree more with Point no.1.
I understand that Bungie want you to join a clan or play with friends to beat the Raid/Nightfalls, but what if (just like me) all your friends and clan mates stopped playing ages ago because they got fed up with grinding everything, leaving you to be the only person left still playing it in your whole friends list (I have just under 80 friends as well)
I've tried to join a couple of other clans to see if that would help but I have not got a single response to those messages, so i'm stuck trying to solo everything...
I still think there should be a "war" room in the tower. That way everyone looking to raid/strike could meet up and message each other accordingly.
Let me clarify. If matchmaking is optional for raid/nightfall, then I'm all for it. If it's mandatory then I want no part of it for the reasons I posted above.
Honestly I wouldn't mind matchmaking for Raids/Nightfall, and higher glimmer cap. More Vault space would be fine but isn't really needed.
Really, isn't needed? I have almost all exotics and a lot of good weapons. My vault is almost at capacity. The need to make it larger. I can't believe they didn't anticipate this lol.
Ray Porreca of Entertainment Buddha writes: "What followed feels more like a fever dream. A mad dash of cloaked Hunters, hulking Titans, and elusive Warlocks, that went by at an insane pace. Over the following five days, I leveled my first character, an Awoken Hunter from level 1 to 28. With notions of the game’s notorious reputation for forcing players to grind for gear and improvements, I was hesitant at first, but looking back on the past week I can’t say I didn’t sort of enjoy it."
I'm now somewhat inspired to rekindle the Destiny flame. Sounds like leveling isn't as cumbersome as it was at launch.
truly depends on how lucky you are with getting drops. I did the Crota raid last night and I was missing the helmet and gloves needed so that I could get up to level 32. And what rewards did I get in the raid? Helmet and Boots. Gods were shining on me yesterday (lucked out and got 2 Fatebringers as reward for beating the Templar in VoG - as stupid as that sounds)...
Crap, so luck is still a major factor, oh well, It's been since September, so I'm ready for some grinding anyway.
"Sounds like leveling isn't as cumbersome as it was at launch."
It's practically the same with some things getting easier and other things getting harder, but overall it's relatively the same.
In the past you could go from one to 20 in six - 10 hours depending on what you did and how many days we're talking (because of bounties). From there you just need armor, which largely depends on RNG, but you could get to level 24~ without getting a single piece of legendary gear. If you have decent luck you can get an exotic item for some coins (this can bring you to like 26~) and you can get enough marks in a week to hit 27~ with relative ease. All of this can EASILY be accomplished in three days and 20~ hours if you know what you're doing.
The only difference between then and now is that you can buy materials that you would have needed to farm for and light is higher, so you don't need near top tier armor to do Vault of Glass or Crota's End (if you cheese).
Anyway, the funny thing is how many people misunderstand the complaints related to Destiny. You can play a few hours a week and could have hit 29 before The Dark Below with terrible luck and 31 after The Dark Below if you simply farmed for marks and collected ascendent materials. However! Getting the right weapons (Ice Breaker, Fatebringer, VoC, Vex, Gjallarhorn, Black Hammer, Atheon's Epilogue, Hunger of Crota, the list goes on) is a struggle that can take you countless attempts (I've killed Crota like 18 times and lack the Hunger of Crota), which is also true for the last level. I personally completed VoG over 20 times, most of which were on hard (so I got double drops) and never once had the boots drop, so I was completely unable to hit the level cap. This is where the complaints came from. Crota's End is better in this regard, though now you need an exclusive material, so even if you get all three pieces of armor you need around 60 materials, which is six or seven weeks with one character, three or four with two characters and two or three with three characters.
Thanks for the detailed reply, I'll have to head back in to see for myself, been a long time.
admiralvic
You forgot to add to the end of your post, that those numbers are if all three chars are the same class.
Once TDB dropped and I realized how the unlucky I was with RNG and raid gear, I went full Warlock. Now the game is far less grindy and I'm just a few shards shy of lvl32. Just waiting to see if the lvl cap increases for raid gear or if just the lvl of the mobs in Crota's End get lvled up to 33. We'll know for sure by the end of this week.
=)
@ ChozenWoan
I didn't forget, I just choose not to over complicate my point on times. Especially since there are a lot of people that do one and then focus on the next one.
