EP Schedule (Destiny)

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Monday, October 08, 2018, 08:01 (2215 days ago) @ Cody Miller

In some sense, having players figure out WHAT drops is good. But not WHEN it drops. That's really stupid.

If the loot pool was just the loot pool, it wouldn't be an issue. Putting the pool on a schedule is something that needs to be clear to the players, in my opinion.

Imagine a gun only available on Friday the 13th, when there is a full moon.

My problem isn't that there are things that are only available on certain schedules. My problem is that Destiny is downright terrible at communicating basic information to the players on a pretty regular basis.

Bungie has this habit of wanting to let players discover things for themselves, and I guess that's laudable in certain instances. But having to go to reddit to figure out what weapon is going to drop from an event for this week is sort of stupid, in my opinion. Just put that information in the tool tip.

When I was a kid, we would talk about Legend of Zelda on the playground. What secrets we found. How we found a dungeon entrance. As a group of friends we exchanged info about the game and beat it collectively. I’m convinced that’s how the game was designed to be played.

This isn’t really any different. Instead of a small group of friends, it’s a large group of Internet strangers. But the concept is kind of the same.

I totally agree. There isn't a chance in hell that even my internet group of friends would find everything in the dreaming city. There is a reason why it's so big and complicated. Bungie is dealing with the internet they are trying to make it complicated so it's hard for the internet to solve. Sometimes they mess up and make something too complicated when it should be easier.