TheOctodad
Member
It's not the biggest deal in the world or anything, but it's enough to make me leave this game behind and find better options. It's just the straw that broke the camel's back for me.
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The thirst is real: a Destiny TTK quest is exclusive to Red Bull (Until Jan 1, 2016)
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It's not the biggest deal in the world or anything, but it's enough to make me leave this game behind and find better options. It's just the straw that broke the camel's back for me.
Zombie James
Banned
What the fuck is Activision doing?
Destiny is far from content starved, those who play the game on a regular basis understand what the game is, and how it didn't match up with what was communicated to gamers before the Alpha came out. The game is far, far from perfect but Bungie seems to be listening to their audience and changing it on a monthly basis, anyone who's been playing the game since September can tell you how different it is now.
I'm not defending Bungie or Activision's actions, but the blind shit posts being made by people who clearly say they have no interest or are super happy they never got into it seem to have a lot of interest in ripping Bungie apart for business decisions regarding their game that I've seen many times over with other AAA "blockbuster" titles.
I can't stand the fact that strikes, weapons, and maps are paywalled by Sony. But that's kinda how shit works and I chose to play on the Xbox to join a much larger group of my friends so that's a choice I made. I can also choose not to buy the TTK, or not to purchase a can of Redbull if I sorely disagree with the business decisions that are being made, I don't see how blindly shitting on a developer makes any sense.
I'm not defending Bungie or Activision's actions, but the blind shit posts being made by people who clearly say they have no interest or are super happy they never got into it seem to have a lot of interest in ripping Bungie apart for business decisions regarding their game that I've seen many times over with other AAA "blockbuster" titles.
I can't stand the fact that strikes, weapons, and maps are paywalled by Sony. But that's kinda how shit works and I chose to play on the Xbox to join a much larger group of my friends so that's a choice I made. I can also choose not to buy the TTK, or not to purchase a can of Redbull if I sorely disagree with the business decisions that are being made, I don't see how blindly shitting on a developer makes any sense.
This is said before every Destiny update or DLC. Hell, this crap was said during Beta as well. It's always underwhelming.
Princess Carl
Member
I played every Bungie halo MP before I played Destiny PVP. The PVP in Destiny is so lacking it is an insult to anyone who played Bungie's mp before it. No party support, no meaningful communication, unoriginal and practically zero game modes, OP PVE weapons in MP that make playing the MP just to play MP nigh impossible. I could go on.
I'm sorry but you are simply incorrect.
Hey also, remember that time you played the Destiny beta and it turned out that was the only content/map on Earth? Yeah, all that content.
CarbonFire
Member
Activision gonna Activision.
Everytime I think about jumping back into this game, something like this comes along and pushes me further away.
NullPointer
Member
For the $100 game as it currently stands?
Lalalandia
Member
Hey you know what kind of shit post hacks me off in these threads? Those with an egregious appeal to authority "Those of us who play the game are happy with it". Nope you and maybe all of your friends are but there are a lot of us who play regularly and are still hacked off at the bad deal we got in the base game and especially the DLCs.
These events highlight to people like is that Bungie is living in a state of delusion where what is announced represents 1/4 to 1/3 of the base game for 2/3 of the price.
These events highlight to people like is that Bungie is living in a state of delusion where what is announced represents 1/4 to 1/3 of the base game for 2/3 of the price.
Activision - "Pray we do not alter it any further."
piratethingy
Self professed bad raider
At $100 right now for the base game and both DLCs I consider it still short of the appropriate level of content for a $60 game.
Excuse me if I don't give them the benefit of the doubt at this point.
Neuromancer
Member
As a Red Bull drinker and intermittent Destiny player (level 32 Blade Dancer), I'm ok with this.
Hey NullPointer if you need an extra man for the prison or anything else I'm your huckleberry.
Hey NullPointer if you need an extra man for the prison or anything else I'm your huckleberry.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
Eh, my wife buys Red Bull from time to time. It's sad that they're doing this, but $2.50 for a few missions and a stupid XP bonus isn't that egregious.
But it stupid.
But it stupid.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I got over a million reasons why that is a, naw.
NullPointer
Member
Haha, duly noted. Will do.
Correct, sorry bro but I have plenty of things to do with my friends.... PoE, VoG, Crota, Trials, Banner, Crucible, Nightfalls.... the last thing I care about are the shitty story missions, came to terms that this wasn't Halo pretty much after the first week.
Sure Halo grew up to have a bunch of different game types, but is not as if Destiny has practically Zero game modes when it has I think is 5 different game modes plus the new one coming with the TTK,
The MP in terms of balancing doesnt hold a candle on Halo, but it still fun regardless on how ridiculous a match can be because of the weapons, the supers, the sprinting, the radar, the Shotguns, the Fusion Rifle, some people find it fun, and I bet you that a group of people will say that is better than Halo. Just like the weapons makes for you the MP impossible, many people found Halo impossible with the steep learning curve and those expert players that would eat a whole team of inexperience players for dinner, that for those players was not fun either.
It's more tacky than it is infuriating.
It's the method they need to offset income AWAY from the consumer directly. If gamers want a console game like this with continuous support, and don't want micro transactions to fund it, then they need partnerships like this to make income. Sounds stupid but it's not a big deal
Vestal
Gold Member
Blindly?!?! Really? I think everyone here shitting on both Bungie and Activision is pretty well informed as to why they are shitting on them. From Content starved base game to money grabs at every single fucking corner at the expense of content to an already content starved game. Need I say more?
Princess Carl
Member
I like how you completely ignored the most important part of my post when it comes to bungie's mp: i.e. the social aspect. There is none, the entire game is the most lonely mp shooter, let alone MMO I've ever experienced. It's laughable.
Exaggeration. Destiny pvp is more chaotic, but watch some streams of trials if you want to see some more high level pvp. It's actually surprisingly tight
Communication is all opt in yes. But it's there. Not sure the complaint?
Lalalandia
Member
this post is so full of irony i love it
Gamer @ Heart
Member
You're opinion isnt a fact. He is allowed to like Destiny PVP and think its fun.
TheChundertaker
Member
How much is it for the game plus all DLC's compared to a year subscription to either of those MMOs you mentioned?
Princess Carl
Member
So any high level PVP has to be done with premades then? Premades that you can't make unless you know the person already or use a third party site for?
"I don't understand why people don't just go to this third party website to group up for strikes and raids instead of expecting features in every MMO on the market. "
It's the same argument, and it amounts to deal with it because.
Something being fun and willfully ignoring things that should be in the game because you think it's cool to take the abuse because "you can handle it" are totally different concepts.
What? this is incorrect, a MP is as lonely as your Friend list is. if you go by "well, I made friends while playing Halo MP" this is not a problem inherent of Destiny, console MP in general have moved into a place were you don't really befriend people online. this problem is present in any console MP nowadays.
Dre_G_Writer
Member
Looks like Activision is hard at work.
Real talk, you know there's going to be a LOT of people trying to get those codes.
Real talk, you know there's going to be a LOT of people trying to get those codes.
Anton Sugar
Member
This is fucking awesome AND they actually provide some content, for free.
n0razi
Member
i more than got my $40 of entertainment out of my copy (which was kind of free since it was part of the white ps4 bundle)... i dont care for DLC so I never bought DDB/HoW and have no intention of getting the 3rd pack. i dont support Bungie/Activisions current practices, but Im not going to deny that I enjoyed whatever I played already
TheChundertaker
Member
Nice. I'm glad other devs are poking fun at at deals like this.
Wow, that's... Is it bad I can actually see parts of that happening, like an advertisement being used for a system password? I mean, it seems ludicrous, but look at where we are now.
This is incredible. They're doing it right.
piratethingy
Self professed bad raider
Sorc3r3r
Member
It's living on the edge of failure, i cant see Destiny as is now going on for ten years.
First or then anyone who's playing will understand what has played and will leave the game asap, happend to me, to some of my friends.
No looking back after.
As much the game IS fun played with friends, the core is flawed, the GAME under the social aspect it's a chore, a huge chore when you look at it from outside.
They nailed the lite-mmo social activity as no one before,but to keep around people instead of giving them content they give them grind, an insane amount of grind to dilatate the thin content they release every 3,4 months.
It's working right now, people is engaged with friends in a competion to take the new carrot released, but i repeat i have some serious doubt this will last 10 years.
I'm hoping that this new expansion will move Destiny into a new direction, made of meat , instead of smoke.
It might be my most played game of all time (WoW might be #1). Despite Bungie's bullshit and the lack of content, it's still a great game.
I think you have no clue what you are talking about, you can chat with people on your team just like halo before it. The game modes are fun, the biggest issue is how some of the modes are only around for a week at a time but that doesn't take away from how good they are.
Yeah you could go on but you would still be wrong.
The only PVP mode that is not matchmade is Trials and that wouldn't be fun with randoms. The elimination game mode that has matchmaking is a blast and easily one of the funniest modes I have played in crucible.
Iron Banner is easily one of the best multiplayer experiences i have had especially with a fullfire team.
Look I like Halo multiplayer and think it's fun especially Halo 3 and Reach but I think the experience of Crucible are just as fun as previous bungie games.
We need to include price for the base game for those with subscription because those games arent free either.
Destiny: 23+35+40=98
Final Fantasyy 14: 23+(15*12)=203.00
WoW: 10 (basse game) + (30*6)=190
it doesnt include WarLords od Draenor which is 50 Dollars more.
I took these prices from Amazon.
14 subscription is cheaper if you pay for more time. I think it's around $12 or something if pay for three or six months at a time. Not a huge difference, but enough to make note of.
I realize that's not what the thread is about.
Also WoW and FFXIV blow Destiny away in terms of content, so you're not matching price for content with this comparison.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
But you do know that WoW and Final Fantasy literally have 100x more content than Destiny does? (WoW even more so. If we count quests as missions....then it probably has 1000x more content than Destiny does.)
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Not to mention actual meaningful player interaction.
piratethingy
Self professed bad raider
Yeah I really really don't think these are the comparisons you want to be encouraging if you're attempting to defend the amount of content in Destiny.
Orthogonal
Member
This may be the worst PR week for a particular game franchise I've ever seen.
Destiny, I love you, but this is getting to be too much.
Destiny, I love you, but this is getting to be too much.