Lockout (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Sunday, August 31, 2014, 13:47 (3529 days ago) @ Cody Miller

2. My point about Halo was that people have replayed levels of Halo: Combat Evolved for some 13 years now with no in game rewards or level modifiers other than difficulty. It leaves me thinking "???" when it is suddenly a problem that the bonuses at the end of (sections of?) Destiny's Raids are locked out for a time. If Destiny's gameplay is fun, if the missions are challenging, then what do the rewards matter?

Because. Rewards. Are. Required. To. Play. High. Level. Content.

You power up your character through rewards.

Getting obnoxious is certainly uncalled for. Especially when I attempted to address your exact concern in the unquoted Point 1. Let me repeat myself and expand a bit:

• If the raid rewards include something like a special key that is required to move forward then you should have that key on your second play through. If Bungie forces you to wait a week to gain such a special item then something would indeed be wrong.
  
  
• While you won't earn specific Raid only armor pieces or weapons on the second time through it seems highly likely that you will continue to earn glimmer, continue to earn experience towards unlocking new parts of your character's chosen focus, and continue to earn new level 20+ armor and gear by simply killing enemies, just like in the beta. We have no information stating that these normal game systems will be disabled even during the raid reward lockout.
  
  
• If that's the case, then the raid reward lockout will have minimal effect on your ability to play high level content.

I think these raid rewards will be like the Iron Banner rewards we've already seen. Custom guns and armor with custom themes and colors that are not required to continue the raid or any other high level content. I think they will be for bragging rights but will be equaled by other high level gear that will not be the subject of a raid reward lockout.