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Planetside has basically no PvE content though, correct?
PlanetSide says hi
Planetside has basically no PvE content though, correct?
Planetside has basically no PvE content though, correct?
At least Destiny proves a FPS MMO hybrid can exist. That's the only good thing to come from the game outside the music.
Correct but you at least feel like you're in a Massive universe with other people, not just a few maps with friends.
I've seen patches in other games with more content than the whole of this garbage game and it's 'expansion' put together.
I'm gonna put this game up on ebay along with Shadows of Mordor and Lords of the Fallen this weekend. Biggest disappointment and bullshit game I have seen in all my years of gaming....so in other words since games have existed! Atleast other rubbish games don't have 500 million budgets so there is no excuse here. This game has single handedly turned me off pre-ordering/day 1 purchases without reviews. Never again can I trust game developers, thanks Bungie/Activision.
I'd argue that while the content is rather minimal, it isn't to the point in conjunction with the fun gameplay that this much slowdown is necessary. Neither has it been so for the last few 'solutions'.
It takes about 1.5 weeks to get a Vanguard legendary item (weapon since armor is cheaper) from a vendor currently, though every other week I believe you have enough for one other. While that isn't a ton, there's enough of a selection to keep people busy for a while. Crucible marks can take far longer if you're not constantly on a winning team and devoting a good chunk of hours into it every day. Combined with getting rep up to Rank 3 to make meaningful purchases, it already takes a great deal of time to get there that one has to wonder what the benefit is even from their standpoint to slow it down further.
Gathering mats for Legendaries and, until recently, Exotics is another example. Even when focused, it can be weeks or even a month to get one piece of gear fully upgraded in consideration of RNG. All those hours and resources, all gone because Bungie couldn't think of designing one or two more circles in the upgrade tree with a severely bloated XP gauge.
As it stands now, even the most blessed under RNGesus will only have the smallest sampling of gear fully or nearly so upgraded by the time House of Wolves drops. At which point the process will likely happen once again under the assumption that Bungie doesn't find the minds they have lost.
The sad thing is that this only pushes people to engage more in the farming/loop behavior that Bungie has been against. People aren't going to be engaging in missions, Raiding, and all that good stuff if they have to reset themselves back (let's be honest, the perks of many exotics is what makes or breaks them) and can't really engage back in until they grind out the necessary resources and upgrades once again. This is especially true of Glitter, which at the current point has no real good source of accumulation and is best made farming certain patrol areas in conjunction with chest looping.
Not ranting at you Doc. Agreeing with you while venting on how bad Bungie has molded that system thus far.
I guess the Bungie that knew how to make great, well designed games, just doesn't exist anymore. Because, seriously, there's no way the Bungie that made the Halo trilogy (+ODST) is the same that has made Destiny. No way.
Not sure if there's a newer post, but DeeJ's Twitter says that Game Informer's description is accurate and people are reacting "wrong."
:/
What happened to the guys who developed Sword Base, one of the greatest levels I've ever had the pleasure of playing (in part because it let me pick which way I wanted to tackle multiple objectives)?
I think a lot of the complaining here (all of which is warranted) could have been avoided if Bungie just told everyone their plans for exotic reforging WEEKS before Monday's patch.
http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Weekly-Update---12042014/en/News/News?aid=12447
Weekly update is up. Seems they still don't realize that getting new gear and becoming less powerful (down leveling due to getting un-upgraded gear, losing perks because you exchanged your exotic) is fundamentally bad game design. The carrot on the stick design philosophy breaks down if your carrot comes with so many caveats.
http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Weekly-Update---12042014/en/News/News?aid=12447
Seems they still don't realize that getting new gear and becoming less powerful (down leveling due to getting un-upgraded gear, losing perks because you exchanged your exotic) is fundamentally bad game design.
At least Destiny proves a FPS MMO hybrid can exist. That's the only good thing to come from the game outside the music.
http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Weekly-Update---12042014/en/News/News?aid=12447
Weekly update is up. Seems they still don't realize that getting new gear and becoming less powerful (down leveling due to getting un-upgraded gear, losing perks because you exchanged your exotic) is fundamentally bad game design. The carrot on the stick design philosophy breaks down if your carrot comes with so many caveats.
This is a good resource. Thanks for posting, it helped clear up a few things for myself.
I also just saw a tweet from Deej saying that any exotic bounty turned in after the 9th will not need to be reforged to get the higher attack values. I don't even know what's going on here anymore, so I'm just going to wait until the update comes out and play Dragon Age in the meantime.
Anyone who gets a new exotic after the patch will have a base damage level higher than my maxed prepatch exotic? Is this correct? If so, where is the justice for this who've put in the time, materials and work?
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Next week at Xur.Where exactly am I turning in my old weapon in exchange for a newer version of it?
Next week at Xur.
This weekend doesn't work? And does it cost coin/mote?
I can't read the article due to work is why I'm asking.
As there is no engram this week for sale, does this mean it's not being offered either going forward? If they remove the engram, what's the point of motes of light?
To buy emblems from The Speaker... yay.
I think Motes of Light rather than Strange Coins should be the currency to buy the Exotic Shard from Xur in order to upgrade already acquired Exotic gear. Maybe make it like 10 or 15 Motes of Light instead of 7 considering the amount of Motes of Light you can build up over time.
This weekend doesn't work? And does it cost coin/mote?
I can't read the article due to work is why I'm asking.
DeeJ tweeted that Exotic Engrams will come more sporadically in the future:As there is no engram this week for sale, does this mean it's not being offered either going forward? If they remove the engram, what's the point of motes of light?
Looks like exotic engrams may appear in Xur's inventory.
https://twitter.com/DeeJ_BNG/status/540846908684529664
Bad idea. Motes are much harder to come by than coins. I have almost 200 coins now. I have only 30 motes, and that's collected over 2 weeks. I can get 27 coins in just one week, and a fraction of the effort. Motes take hours. PEACE.I think Motes of Light rather than Strange Coins should be the currency to buy the Exotic Shard from Xur in order to upgrade already acquired Exotic gear. Maybe make it like 10 or 15 Motes of Light instead of 7 considering the amount of Motes of Light you can build up over time.
Anyone who gets a new exotic after the patch will get a weapon with marginally more attack value (300 vs 302), but no perks active.
If you don't have anyone to play with and don't want to put in the effort to find people to play with, Destiny is probably not the game for you. They really should have had matchmaking available for Weekly Heroics though. Doing it for Nightfall or Raids would probably be a disaster though.
Heh, I was far less disappointed than you but sold my copy weeks ago. And I rarely ever sell my games.I've seen patches in other games with more content than the whole of this garbage game and it's 'expansion' put together.
I'm gonna put this game up on ebay along with Shadows of Mordor and Lords of the Fallen this weekend. Biggest disappointment and bullshit game I have seen in all my years of gaming....so in other words since games have existed! Atleast other rubbish games don't have 500 million budgets so there is no excuse here. This game has single handedly turned me off pre-ordering/day 1 purchases without reviews. Never again can I trust game developers, thanks Bungie/Activision.
In the months to come, your quest to become more powerful will have more avenues that lead to satisfaction. The last thing we wanted was for you to look at your favorite gun or helmet and decide that it had become obsolete. Since the reveal, weve read a lot of ideas for how this could have been done better. Your feedback is clear: The time you have invested in your stuff should be respected.
Anyone who gets a new exotic after the patch will get a weapon with marginally more attack value (300 vs 302), but no perks active.
If you don't have anyone to play with and don't want to put in the effort to find people to play with, Destiny is probably not the game for you. They really should have had matchmaking available for Weekly Heroics though. Doing it for Nightfall or Raids would probably be a disaster though.
If you don't have anyone to play with and don't want to put in the effort to find people to play with, Destiny is probably not the game for you.
If you don't have anyone to play with and don't want to put in the effort to find people to play with, Destiny is probably not the game for you. They really should have had matchmaking available for Weekly Heroics though. Doing it for Nightfall or Raids would probably be a disaster though.
This is a statement that's only valid in hindsight. Destiny was billed as this amazing, emergent social gaming experience.
This is a statement that's only valid in hindsight. Destiny was billed as this amazing, emergent social gaming experience.
I just do bounties. That's how I level my guns.
the longer you stay in a destiny thread, the more chance you will see an inevitable post of something like
"if you don't like X, destiny is probably not the game for you".
The upgrading system is being implemented when the Expansion launches.
And Xur will only have a select amount of exotics that you can upgrade. So if you have a main gun you want to upgrade and he doesn't have it available to upgrade at the time...well you have to wait until whatever week he'll have it to upgrade it. :c
Bad idea. Motes are much harder to come by than coins. I have almost 200 coins now. I have only 30 motes, and that's collected over 2 weeks. I can get 27 coins in just one week, and a fraction of the effort. Motes take hours. PEACE.