A plea to Bungie, streamline resource gathering (Destiny)

by DEEP_NNN, Monday, October 20, 2014, 05:29 (3488 days ago) @ Kermit

However, for material gathering it's way too fucking long, and that shit will disappear even when you're holding the goddamn button to try and get it (when someone already previously got to it before you and it's 'fading out').

That's precisely why it takes time though. You start to grab it and remember you have a friend with you. The delay gives you time to stop.

That is very true.

Also, if resources were more easily picked up then one person could farm an area quickly leaving nothing behind for other players. In turn that creates another issue for how often the resource should respawn if indeed it should ever despawn. If it never despawned then players would create no-mind trajectories for the fastest resource gathering and suddenly, the nature of Destiny completely changes.

Resource gathering, Patrols and Public Events seem like very deliberately tuned mechanics to control the games pace and traffic. Whether it's liked or not is a personal thing.

I've sort of geared myself to grab any nearby resource while Patrolling, completing Bounties and Public Events. I find it somewhat rewarding to complete all these tasks simultaneously and efficiently. Keeps me moving around the maps and that in turn encourages exploration.