Is D2 Anti-Fun? (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 06:44 (2348 days ago) @ unoudid

I don't honestly care all that much about the former group, when designing a game for them inherently makes it worse for the latter.

I cannot fathom how this is so, only the other way around. Can you please explain?

Grinding sucks, and is bad. It’s really as simple as that. Destiny 1 had tons of it, and it’s inherently a worse game for it, but that’s what kept people playing, if the majority of complaints are to be believed.

Grinding isn't inherently bad. Grinding because everything was RNG based sucked though. But grinding is a different way of saying you were working towards a goal in the game.

I would have much rather had a system in place where you can unlock perks on a weapon based off of using it. Say something like every 200 kills in PvE you unlocked an upgrade or every 50 kills in PvP with that weapon you'd unlock something else.

A system like that could potentially be neat, but not for unlocking perks. I could see doing challenges like that for new shaders or ornaments or other cosmetics, but hiding gameplay relevant things behind that sucks, I think. That’s like going back to grinding out XP to fully unlock a weapon.

I’m not opposed to having things to work toward. I’ve posted about it quite a few times. Just don’t make those things weapons and gear that I might otherwise miss out on.

I think the real issue comes back to micro transactions and Bright Engrams. If those didn’t exist, and those items were spread around as actual rewards for specific activities, or Destination specific loot pools, I think the game would be better for it. The game would feel like it had more worthwhile things to chase even with the actual amount being the same, it would give those that want it more things to chase, and it still wouldn’t be hiding the fun stuff behind a chase.

I don’t disagree that Destiny 2 perhaps went too far to compensate for the complaints about Destiny, and there’s some middle ground there. Just don’t make me chase the fun/good weapons.