Reasoning for Radiant Materials. A Mistake? (Destiny)
I was under the impression that Raid Armor/Weapons were given a different upgrade material to encourage people to use their Ascendant Shards/Energy on their current, non-raid, gear. At least that's what I recall reading/hearing from Bungie and I believe that was typed/spoken in truth, especially since I experienced that specific problem.
Back with the VoG I held off of going to level 29 with my gear because I was waiting for RNG to grant me the final pieces I needed and I didn't want to 'waste' my current shards on gear I was going to junk when I got the right drop. That held me back as I was unable to run Hard Mode & get more drops. This new way I was able to upgrade all my non-Crota-Raid gear without fear of using up all of my Ascendant Shards. The flip side is that it is now harder to upgrade your Raid gear.
Bungie fixed two problems & I fear created another (which *I* believe was the mistake). 1- removed reasons to not upgrade non-raid gear. 2- improved chances at getting the drops you need in the raid. The unfortunate result (mistake) of these two fixes is that you now have the gear you need, but not the mats to upgrade it which drives people to grind for the mats (there are outliers like Slycrel, who have the opposite problem, mats but not all the gear you need).
I don't think Bungie is the devil coming up with devious new ways to make people grind. Perhaps I'm cutting them too much slack and being too much of a fanboi, but I think they're just making legitimate mistakes and are learning painful lessons (for both them and us) as they level up in this new little genre.
The problem with Bungie's "solution" here is that even with the split currencies (ascendant materials/radiant materials) I STILL don't want to waste resources upgrading gear that isn't top-level raid gear. If all they required was ascendant materials, that would be one thing. But upgrading armor also uses glimmer and natural materials (spirit bloom, relic iron, etc), none of which I want to waste on anything other than max-level armor.
Complete thread:
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW -
bluerunner,
2015-01-24, 17:25
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW - Blackt1g3r, 2015-01-24, 18:27
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW - CaneCutter, 2015-01-24, 18:41
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW -
Speedracer513,
2015-01-24, 18:46
- Nay, all YEAR!! - Mid7night, 2015-01-24, 19:52
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-24, 22:41
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW -
Ragashingo,
2015-01-24, 23:48
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW -
Kahzgul,
2015-01-25, 01:36
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Durandal,
2015-01-25, 06:27
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Fuertisimo,
2015-01-25, 07:26
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Durandal,
2015-01-25, 12:36
- RPGs are all about barriers - Fuertisimo, 2015-01-25, 15:01
- RPGs are all about barriers -
RC,
2015-01-25, 13:36
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 13:43
- RPGs are all about barriers - RC, 2015-01-25, 14:18
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 13:43
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Durandal,
2015-01-25, 12:36
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 08:42
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Fuertisimo,
2015-01-25, 09:07
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 10:39
- RPGs are all about barriers - Kahzgul, 2015-01-25, 10:48
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Kahzgul,
2015-01-25, 10:41
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 10:44
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Fuertisimo,
2015-01-25, 10:55
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 11:00
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Fuertisimo,
2015-01-25, 11:30
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 13:39
- RPGs are all about barriers - Kahzgul, 2015-01-26, 08:46
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 13:39
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Fuertisimo,
2015-01-25, 11:30
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 11:00
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Fuertisimo,
2015-01-25, 10:55
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 10:44
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 10:39
- RPGs are all about barriers -
narcogen,
2015-01-25, 17:36
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 18:16
- RPGs are all about barriers - RaichuKFM, 2015-01-26, 00:10
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-25, 18:16
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Fuertisimo,
2015-01-25, 09:07
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Fuertisimo,
2015-01-25, 07:26
- RPGs are all about barriers -
Durandal,
2015-01-25, 06:27
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW -
Kahzgul,
2015-01-25, 01:36
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
Monochron,
2015-01-25, 09:26
- No way those were mistakes - scarab, 2015-01-25, 11:10
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
Vortech,
2015-01-25, 11:28
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
scarab,
2015-01-25, 11:47
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
SonofMacPhisto,
2015-01-25, 12:19
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
ZackDark,
2015-01-25, 12:28
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... - SonofMacPhisto, 2015-01-26, 05:26
- Don't put words in my mouth -
scarab,
2015-01-25, 14:00
- Don't put words in my mouth -
SonofMacPhisto,
2015-01-26, 05:26
- No problem :-) - scarab, 2015-01-26, 08:58
- Don't put words in my mouth -
SonofMacPhisto,
2015-01-26, 05:26
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
ZackDark,
2015-01-25, 12:28
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
Vortech,
2015-01-25, 12:30
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... - scarab, 2015-01-25, 14:27
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... - Cody Miller, 2015-01-25, 13:41
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
SonofMacPhisto,
2015-01-25, 12:19
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
narcogen,
2015-01-25, 17:38
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
Vortech,
2015-01-25, 18:03
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
Leviathan,
2015-01-25, 19:46
- too complicated, the meme is: bungie fans are angry -
scarab,
2015-01-25, 22:58
- A bit strong don't you think? - Blackt1g3r, 2015-01-27, 10:34
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-01-26, 08:07
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
Ragashingo,
2015-01-26, 08:24
- Good point - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-01-26, 08:46
- Reasoning for Radiant Materials. A Mistake? -
dogcow,
2015-01-26, 09:22
- Reasoning for Radiant Materials. A Mistake? -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-01-26, 09:38
- Reasoning for Radiant Materials. A Mistake? - dogcow, 2015-01-26, 09:51
- Reasoning for Radiant Materials. A Mistake? - Cody Miller, 2015-01-26, 11:45
- Reasoning for Radiant Materials. A Mistake? -
Cody Miller,
2015-01-26, 11:37
- A crafting system? Hell - to the freaking - yes. - RC, 2015-01-26, 13:17
- Reasoning for Radiant Materials. A Mistake? -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-01-26, 09:38
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... - Cody Miller, 2015-01-26, 11:34
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
Ragashingo,
2015-01-26, 08:24
- Levi Was Right - RaichuKFM, 2015-01-29, 19:54
- too complicated, the meme is: bungie fans are angry -
scarab,
2015-01-25, 22:58
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
Leviathan,
2015-01-25, 19:46
- That's pretty much my take. - Kermit, 2015-01-25, 20:20
- Agreed - yakaman, 2015-01-26, 06:58
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
Vortech,
2015-01-25, 18:03
- Pretty sure all those "mistakes" were intentional... -
scarab,
2015-01-25, 11:47
- Ya know... -
RC,
2015-01-25, 14:15
- Ya know... - Monochron, 2015-01-25, 15:20
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW -
Ragashingo,
2015-01-24, 23:48
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW -
slycrel,
2015-01-25, 18:48
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW -
Kahzgul,
2015-01-26, 10:27
- There is so much more to it than just gating progress -
scarab,
2015-01-26, 11:13
- There is so much more to it than just gating progress -
Kahzgul,
2015-01-26, 12:05
- There is so much more to it than just gating progress -
scarab,
2015-01-26, 12:35
- There is so much more to it than just gating progress -
slycrel,
2015-01-26, 14:47
- put in effort? - scarab, 2015-01-27, 09:12
- There is so much more to it than just gating progress -
slycrel,
2015-01-26, 14:47
- There is so much more to it than just gating progress -
scarab,
2015-01-26, 12:35
- There is so much more to it than just gating progress -
Kahzgul,
2015-01-26, 12:05
- There is so much more to it than just gating progress -
scarab,
2015-01-26, 11:13
- Luke Smith on mistakes made in TDB and improvements with HoW -
Kahzgul,
2015-01-26, 10:27