bananafactory
Banned
Looks like I'm jumping back into Destiny
Hope this round is much more enjoyable than my first go with it
Hope this round is much more enjoyable than my first go with it
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Destiny receives a new Leveling System with The Taken King release. Step aside RNG.
- Thread starter SaganIsGOAT
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falconxcrunner09
Member
Looks like I am back in for TTK
RedSparrows
Member
If the end-game is still collecting guns, and the loot system is a bit more attentive to your needs... that's going to be a small (only small) car-crash, isn't it?
celestial body
Member
Hmmm I wonder if it will still require a massive amount of grind for the casuals who can only play a few hours a week (like me) or will make this better. Remains to be seen I'll hold of on buying TTK until I get a feeling of how it's gonna go from the base game update.
Also wondering how this change and removing light levels will be explained in "story" terms.
Also wondering how this change and removing light levels will be explained in "story" terms.
MDSLKTR
Member
bungie going bankrupt
Storm Raider
Banned
Expansion hype
Destiny back on GAF hype train? COUNT ME IN
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
Too little, too late Bungie. Got burnt once, not again.
Captain Tuttle
Member
Amen brother
Bungie are currently remaking the game as a beta for Destiny 2 at this point right? They seem to be changing every game systems they designed to fit with what is right for the game.
Good on them for doing so! Still superrrrrrr strange to think that everything they designed for the base game fell flat and has to be replaced.
Good on them for doing so! Still superrrrrrr strange to think that everything they designed for the base game fell flat and has to be replaced.
barneystuta83
Member
I will wait until I see Gaf feedback on this.
On paper sounds great, we will see though.
On paper sounds great, we will see though.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
All this positive Destiny news is reeling me back in. I still have yet to play the two micro-expansions that are installed. Getting the itch!
Kydd BlaZe
Member
So can I be a lvl 40 and still rock all green and white lvl gear? Lol
DomsPlaying
Member
There will still be plenty of RNG for gear I assume, it's just the leveling past 20 will be based on XP rather than gear.
Goldfishking
Member
This seems like a better way to do things but for me it's a little too late. Destiny 2 is gonna be rad though.
Ragged Gloves
Member
Think is an improvement and seeing how fast and easy people have been able to level up not only one character, but three since HoW dropped compared to the launch; makes it nice for those jumping in now. Noticed the drops come easier also. Too little too late for us. Bought the physical Ghost edition with the 2 dlc and played it out till the end. We're cancelling Ttk and already moved on. Too many games to play now and in near future to get trapped in a time sink with Destiny again. Hope those planning to get Halo 5 and playing this game don't get burned out.
Sounds like it will be similar to WoW where you can be a level 100, but there is still a gear progression system. If you try to do the hardest content without the right gear, you will fail miserably.
Yes, Yes, Yes!
Interesting changes announced. I just got back into playing vanilla Destiny a few weeks ago and am currently on the grind for gear (level 22 right now). I wonder if I should stop at this point, since the systems are changing with TTK, or keep going.
GitarooMan
Member
Great change, I will definitely be checking it out again come fall.
Kydd BlaZe
Member
Ah...gotcha
rand0mZer0
Banned
Okay. I'm jumping back in then.
Which is why they tied leveling to gear in the first place.
I think they were already trying to do something similar to ilvls with light in Destiny, it was just heavily flawed by having gear have levels and perks too, actively discouraging experimentation and trying new gear since your light level would go down.
thekiddfran
Member
Expansion hype
It may be a lonely train
Great change, but not really addressing the real problems with the game.
Players: "Hey Bungie, give us a way to group up in game! Give us better communication systems so we can actually socialize with our fellow players! Give us proper clan support!"
Bungie: "Look at this new way to level and get drops!"
Players: "Hurrah!!!!"
If someone listed out the top 20 things wrong with Destiny, I'm not sure these fixes would address any of those issues. I'm all for improving the game. I just want them to REALLY improve the core mechanics of the game. I guess I'll take what I can get and like it.
Players: "Hey Bungie, give us a way to group up in game! Give us better communication systems so we can actually socialize with our fellow players! Give us proper clan support!"
Bungie: "Look at this new way to level and get drops!"
Players: "Hurrah!!!!"
If someone listed out the top 20 things wrong with Destiny, I'm not sure these fixes would address any of those issues. I'm all for improving the game. I just want them to REALLY improve the core mechanics of the game. I guess I'll take what I can get and like it.
Ragged Gloves
Member
Dgaf is a very helpful community. Finding people to group up with there is a huge help for those who need people to do nightfall and raids, to glimmer farm with.
So, they removed a system that limited grinding for more grinding? I actually liked getting an armor core and getting 42 Light gear right away. It made getting the rest of my character up to lvl 34 pretty damn easy.
Now I'm stuck doing bounties and crucible I guess.
Wasn't Light also important to the lore too? It made narrative sense to tie that into systems in some way because we are fighting against The Darkness. I thought that was a nice touch. Wonder what's going to happen now.
I'm still going to get TTK but, I don't know what to make of all these changes right now. I pretty much settled into a nice routine with the game and now it looks like I'm going to have to go back to the drawing board with a lot of the gear and progression and part of me really doesn't want to.
Now I'm stuck doing bounties and crucible I guess.
Wasn't Light also important to the lore too? It made narrative sense to tie that into systems in some way because we are fighting against The Darkness. I thought that was a nice touch. Wonder what's going to happen now.
I'm still going to get TTK but, I don't know what to make of all these changes right now. I pretty much settled into a nice routine with the game and now it looks like I'm going to have to go back to the drawing board with a lot of the gear and progression and part of me really doesn't want to.
Shalashaska161
Member
Sounds great. It's awesome to see Bungie take the criticism to heart and really go back and try and fix things. The Taken King is sounding awesome.
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
Got burned once bungie by the old leveling system bungie, but not again with a new system that does away with what burnt me out.
Sword Of Doom
Member
Yeah but when the game launched getting to max level was completely dependent on RNG which is probably the worst way to do it
Turdburger
Member
I quit right after Dark Below was released and have been bashing the living hell out of Bungie and this game ever since.
I personally never expected Bungie to change things so core to the way they designed the game. Light Level and their loot system were both so moronic it wasn't even funny, and the two in concert together was disgusting, but Bungie's stubbornness and general slowness with making changes to the game convinced me they'd never change it.
They finally changed Gjallarhorn and Ice Breaker, the two weapons that broke the game for 6 months, which I figured they'd do but it took them way too long to do.
Adding in these changes to leveling and the loot system is perfect and all I'm wondering now is why it took them so fucking long.
I personally never expected Bungie to change things so core to the way they designed the game. Light Level and their loot system were both so moronic it wasn't even funny, and the two in concert together was disgusting, but Bungie's stubbornness and general slowness with making changes to the game convinced me they'd never change it.
They finally changed Gjallarhorn and Ice Breaker, the two weapons that broke the game for 6 months, which I figured they'd do but it took them way too long to do.
Adding in these changes to leveling and the loot system is perfect and all I'm wondering now is why it took them so fucking long.
Mossybrew
Member
Seriously, I cannot imagine the thinking that went into this convoluted Light system in the first place.
