Wiping away the past (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Wednesday, September 09, 2015, 17:44 (3158 days ago) @ Cody Miller

So it's finally happening. Remember years ago when I said that having a game be always online, with mandatory patches by the developers was troubling because we may lose our ability to enjoy old content?

What we lost yesterday:

Peter Dinklage
Blades of Crota
Pack of Wolves
The Main Menu Music
Old weapon balance
My completely insane Purifier VII

I don't know, I find it troublingly transient. I've always hoped that future releases would build upon, rather than wipe out the old. We could decline the patch and still sword fly in Halo 2 campaign or LAN. But if you ever want Black Hammer back, you are out of luck.

Lucas got shit when he tried to rewrite history with Star Wars… and yet Bungie gets a pass? At least with Star Wars you have the laserdiscs…

1. You of all people asking why Bungie has gotten a pass is both laughable and infuriating.

2. Most of the things in your list are either things that would not exist without patches (Blades of Crota / Patrolling Wolves), or are fixes to problems widely acknowledged by the community (weapon balance / the lack of Ghost commentary in expansions).

On the flip side, for zero extra cost, a day one Destiny player will have received a mind bogging amount of significant fixes and improvements aimed at nearly every aspect of the game. They will also have gotten a decent amount new content (most notably, six or so new multiplayer maps), again for free. No ads or microtransactions in sight. And that trend does not appear to be stopping.

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Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 16:49
- I don't see it as a negative, necessarily. - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-09-09, 17:06
  - I don't see it as a negative, necessarily. - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 06:28
  - I do necessarily see it as a negative - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 16:06
    - I do necessarily see it as a negative - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 16:27
      - I do necessarily see it as a negative - Kermit, 2015-09-10, 17:14
        
        I do necessarily see it as a negative - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 18:24
        
        I do necessarily see it as a negative - Kermit, 2015-09-10, 20:16
        
        I do necessarily see it as a negative - CyberKN, 2015-09-10, 20:24
    - I do necessarily see it as a negative - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-09-10, 17:36
- Wiping away the past - unoudid, 2015-09-09, 17:08
- Wiping away the past - TheeChaos, 2015-09-09, 17:14
- Destiny is a living, breathing world blah blah blah etc. - ncsuDuncan, 2015-09-09, 17:15
- Other things the past has lost - Durandal, 2015-09-09, 17:19
- Wiping away the past - cheapLEY, 2015-09-09, 17:26
  - Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 16:24
    - Wiping away the past - Xenos, 2015-09-10, 17:13
      - Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 17:26
        
        Wiping away the past - Xenos, 2015-09-10, 17:33
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 17:47
        
        Wiping away the past - marmot 1333, 2015-09-10, 17:52
        
        Wiping away the past - Xenos, 2015-09-10, 17:57
- Wiping away the past - Ragashingo, 2015-09-09, 17:44
  - Yup - Beorn, 2015-09-09, 18:41
- I mean... You know there are games that never change... - Doooskey, 2015-09-09, 18:09
- I was expecting improvement. - rhubarb, 2015-09-09, 18:14
- Online means temporary. - Leviathan, 2015-09-09, 18:43
- We lost old weapon balance in Halo 2, too. - Funkmon, 2015-09-09, 20:08
  - We lost old weapon balance in Halo 2, too. - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 20:25
    - Never have kids. - Funkmon, 2015-09-09, 20:42
      - Never have kids. - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 21:06
        
        Never have kids. - Funkmon, 2015-09-09, 21:24
        
        Never have kids. - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 22:08
        
        Never have kids. - narcogen, 2015-09-09, 22:36
        
        Never have kids. - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 22:39
        
        Never have kids. - narcogen, 2015-09-10, 03:08
        
        An example of unique Destiny-ness - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 16:48
        
        You are playing the game wrong. - ProbablyLast, 2015-09-10, 03:25
        
        Never have kids. - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 17:06
        
        I think you're taking me more seriously than you should. - Funkmon, 2015-09-10, 18:39
        
        I think you're taking me more seriously than you should. - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 21:28
        
        I'll work on it. - Funkmon, 2015-09-10, 21:45
        
        Never have kids. - DreadPirateWes, 2015-09-10, 03:09
        
        Never get married - Blackt1g3r, 2015-09-11, 17:35
    - We lost old weapon balance in Halo 2, too. - Kermit, 2015-09-09, 20:46
- Wiping away the past - Kahzgul, 2015-09-09, 21:13
  - Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-09, 22:11
    - Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-09, 23:20
      - Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 00:43
        
        they don't HAVE to be, but they CAN be - kidtsunami, 2015-09-10, 14:22
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 16:32
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 16:42
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 17:16
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 17:20
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 17:28
        
        Wiping away the past - Ragashingo, 2015-09-10, 18:44
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-10, 21:53
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 23:50
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 01:18
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-11, 01:34
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 01:39
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-11, 02:18
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 16:57
        
        Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-11, 17:12
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 18:35
        
        Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-11, 19:33
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 23:01
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 18:30
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-11, 19:10
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 19:33
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 16:34
        
        Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-11, 16:57
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 17:00
        
        Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-11, 17:17
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-11, 17:40
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 19:22
        
        Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-11, 19:46
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 19:58
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-11, 20:13
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 20:41
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-11, 22:36
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-11, 22:44
        
        Wiping away the past - General Vagueness, 2015-09-12, 03:49
        
        Wiping away the past - Ragashingo, 2015-09-11, 23:48
        
        Wiping away the past - Kahzgul, 2015-09-10, 18:10
        
        Wiping away the past - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 18:18
        
        Wiping away the past - Leviathan, 2015-09-10, 23:55
- Wiping away the past - INSANEdrive, 2015-09-10, 02:47
  - Wiping away the past - cheapLEY, 2015-09-10, 03:21
  - Wiping away the past - Kermit, 2015-09-10, 13:53
- An amazing meal! - MartyTheElder, 2015-09-10, 19:46
  - Now we know why GoPros are so popular. - dogcow, 2015-09-10, 19:49
    - And Instagram! - Cody Miller, 2015-09-10, 19:54
  - Let's see the video. - Funkmon, 2015-09-10, 19:55
    - #NotMySock - CyberKN, 2015-09-10, 19:56
      - There's a difference. I haven't yet MADE the video. - Funkmon, 2015-09-10, 19:57
  - Laughed during a meeting I was totally paying attention to - Xenos, 2015-09-10, 20:28

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