Planet Destiny Podcast w/ Leif Johansen (Destiny)
by CruelLEGACEY 
, Toronto, Saturday, February 13, 2016, 13:47 (3003 days ago)
Planet Destiny just released their latest podcast, which features an interview with Crucible Designer Leif Johansen. I'm only about half way through, but so far its a fantastic listen. Lots of great insight into the challenges and goals of PvP design in Destiny.
Planet Destiny Podcast w/ Leif Johansen
by electricpirate , Saturday, February 13, 2016, 23:32 (3002 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY
It's an excellent interview, which goes into depth about a lot of the design concerns being balanced. He strikes me as a smart dude.
It's actually a nice corrective, as I found the PD were somewhat off the mark with their sbmm vs cbmm discussions
Apparently they let him know about the ghost drops?
I haven't had time to listen to it, but apparently the PD guys are the folks who alerted Lief to the terribad drop rates for the ghosts during doubles, and prompted the announcement that everyone will get a ghost in the mail if they played at least 7 games.
I am constantly surprised at how little the Bungie team seems to know about their own game.
Apparently they let him know about the ghost drops?
by electricpirate , Sunday, February 14, 2016, 21:41 (3001 days ago) @ Kahzgul
I haven't had time to listen to it, but apparently the PD guys are the folks who alerted Lief to the terribad drop rates for the ghosts during doubles, and prompted the announcement that everyone will get a ghost in the mail if they played at least 7 games.
I am constantly surprised at how little the Bungie team seems to know about their own game.
That sounds more like reddit just running with something to me. Equally plasubile is that following that kind of feedback wasn't really Lief's roll, and that the ghost drop action was something already noticed and in the works by the live team.
I dunno, the "What is bungie actually seeing" question is a pretty big issue.
Apparently they let him know about the ghost drops?
by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Sunday, February 14, 2016, 23:31 (3001 days ago) @ electricpirate
I haven't had time to listen to it, but apparently the PD guys are the folks who alerted Lief to the terribad drop rates for the ghosts during doubles, and prompted the announcement that everyone will get a ghost in the mail if they played at least 7 games.
I am constantly surprised at how little the Bungie team seems to know about their own game.
That sounds more like reddit just running with something to me. Equally plasubile is that following that kind of feedback wasn't really Lief's roll, and that the ghost drop action was something already noticed and in the works by the live team.I dunno, the "What is bungie actually seeing" question is a pretty big issue.
Just listened to the whole thing. Leif definitely seemed surprised when the PD guys told him about their collective lack of drops. Between the 4 of them, only 1 had gotten a ghost and they had each played between 6-12 hours of Crimson Doubles (if I recall correctly). Leif said that was absolutely not the intended design, and speculated that there might be some kind of bug in the loot table.
Apparently they let him know about the ghost drops?
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Sunday, February 14, 2016, 23:35 (3001 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY
Just listened to the whole thing. Leif definitely seemed surprised when the PD guys told him about their collective lack of drops. Between the 4 of them, only 1 had gotten a ghost and they had each played between 6-12 hours of Crimson Doubles (if I recall correctly). Leif said that was absolutely not the intended design, and speculated that there might be some kind of bug in the loot table.
Someone mentioned this, but I'll bet anything given Bungie's lack of internal communication that the nightfall adjustment to ghost drops also lowered the drop rate of ghosts in the event as an unintended consequence. Would not surprise me one bit.
Apparently they let him know about the ghost drops?
by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Sunday, February 14, 2016, 23:43 (3001 days ago) @ Cody Miller
Just listened to the whole thing. Leif definitely seemed surprised when the PD guys told him about their collective lack of drops. Between the 4 of them, only 1 had gotten a ghost and they had each played between 6-12 hours of Crimson Doubles (if I recall correctly). Leif said that was absolutely not the intended design, and speculated that there might be some kind of bug in the loot table.
Someone mentioned this, but I'll bet anything given Bungie's lack of internal communication that the nightfall adjustment to ghost drops also lowered the drop rate of ghosts in the event as an unintended consequence. Would not surprise me one bit.
So there is a series of Bounties associated with Crimson Doubles, and the final "weekly"-tier bounty comes with a nightfall drop, so that would certainly be effected... But as far as I know the Crimson ghosts lie completely outside of the nightfall loot table (since the CD playlist is the only way to get them). I suppose it is possible that in lowering the nightfall drop rate for ghosts, Bungie accidentally lowered ghost drop rates in other loot tables as well, but that is 100% conjecture on my part.
Apparently they let him know about the ghost drops?
by CyberKN 
, Oh no, Destiny 2 is bad, Monday, February 15, 2016, 00:59 (3001 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY
Just listened to the whole thing. Leif definitely seemed surprised when the PD guys told him about their collective lack of drops. Between the 4 of them, only 1 had gotten a ghost and they had each played between 6-12 hours of Crimson Doubles (if I recall correctly). Leif said that was absolutely not the intended design, and speculated that there might be some kind of bug in the loot table.
Someone mentioned this, but I'll bet anything given Bungie's lack of internal communication that the nightfall adjustment to ghost drops also lowered the drop rate of ghosts in the event as an unintended consequence. Would not surprise me one bit.
So there is a series of Bounties associated with Crimson Doubles, and the final "weekly"-tier bounty comes with a nightfall drop, so that would certainly be effected... But as far as I know the Crimson ghosts lie completely outside of the nightfall loot table (since the CD playlist is the only way to get them). I suppose it is possible that in lowering the nightfall drop rate for ghosts, Bungie accidentally lowered ghost drop rates in other loot tables as well, but that is 100% conjecture on my part.
Given how many Ghost shells we all received when we ran the nightfalls this week, I would not be surprised if someone accidentally modified the wrong loot table. :P
Apparently they let him know about the ghost drops?
Just listened to the whole thing. Leif definitely seemed surprised when the PD guys told him about their collective lack of drops. Between the 4 of them, only 1 had gotten a ghost and they had each played between 6-12 hours of Crimson Doubles (if I recall correctly). Leif said that was absolutely not the intended design, and speculated that there might be some kind of bug in the loot table.
Someone mentioned this, but I'll bet anything given Bungie's lack of internal communication that the nightfall adjustment to ghost drops also lowered the drop rate of ghosts in the event as an unintended consequence. Would not surprise me one bit.
So there is a series of Bounties associated with Crimson Doubles, and the final "weekly"-tier bounty comes with a nightfall drop, so that would certainly be effected... But as far as I know the Crimson ghosts lie completely outside of the nightfall loot table (since the CD playlist is the only way to get them). I suppose it is possible that in lowering the nightfall drop rate for ghosts, Bungie accidentally lowered ghost drop rates in other loot tables as well, but that is 100% conjecture on my part.
Given how many Ghost shells we all received when we ran the nightfalls this week, I would not be surprised if someone accidentally modified the wrong loot table. :P
It's also possible they only reduced the drop rate by 0.04%...
Apparently they let him know about the ghost drops?
by Claude Errera , Monday, February 15, 2016, 14:35 (3001 days ago) @ Kahzgul
Just listened to the whole thing. Leif definitely seemed surprised when the PD guys told him about their collective lack of drops. Between the 4 of them, only 1 had gotten a ghost and they had each played between 6-12 hours of Crimson Doubles (if I recall correctly). Leif said that was absolutely not the intended design, and speculated that there might be some kind of bug in the loot table.
Someone mentioned this, but I'll bet anything given Bungie's lack of internal communication that the nightfall adjustment to ghost drops also lowered the drop rate of ghosts in the event as an unintended consequence. Would not surprise me one bit.
So there is a series of Bounties associated with Crimson Doubles, and the final "weekly"-tier bounty comes with a nightfall drop, so that would certainly be effected... But as far as I know the Crimson ghosts lie completely outside of the nightfall loot table (since the CD playlist is the only way to get them). I suppose it is possible that in lowering the nightfall drop rate for ghosts, Bungie accidentally lowered ghost drop rates in other loot tables as well, but that is 100% conjecture on my part.
Given how many Ghost shells we all received when we ran the nightfalls this week, I would not be surprised if someone accidentally modified the wrong loot table. :P
It's also possible they only reduced the drop rate by 0.04%...
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