I think it's the concept of "leveling" that killed it. (Destiny)

by Monochron, Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 12:42 (3400 days ago) @ Earendil

I watch "solo" and "speed run" videos of destiny and I walk away from them saying to myself "neat trick, but I could do that". Anyone remember some of the insane Halo runs where, after watching it, you walk away thinking "damn that was amazing, maybe someday I can play like that" ? I do, but I'll be damned if I can find one of those videos now :)

I don't know, most of the Crota's End Speedruns or solos that I have seen look really difficult. I definitely look at that and think that I might be able to do that, once I level up some more. I think that is the real problem.

When we can level up so much that enemies aren't much of a threat any more then speedrunning is little more than 'who can sprint the most' or find the glitch.