In Defense of Hadium flakes (Destiny)

by electricpirate , Monday, October 05, 2015, 00:30 (3126 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Well, at least a partial defense.

Hadium flakes are a *Great* way to learn about how the dreadnaught works. They teach about chest locations, how the shortcuts work, looking for secrets etc.

That learning probably extends into the quest for the calcified fragments, where the need to be really thorough is paramount. In theory you can be doing both, so gaining Hadium flakes helps teach you where to look for more.

All that said, the numbers of flakes are too goddamn high, especially later on in the game, after you've plumbed the dreadnaught a bunch already. It's especially punishing to the people who power leveled. Those people probably put the court on farm, or went straight to strikes, so the kind of natural accumulation that occurs by going back in to the dreadnaught again and again doesn't work in their favor.

IMO after a certain light level, or after the legendary sword quest is finished flakes should start dropping in other contexts. That way you can start using flakes as a carrot for more fun stuff (court, etc)