Not surprised at all. Just disappointed. (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Tuesday, December 08, 2015, 18:52 (3368 days ago) @ someotherguy

This is arguably the start of what the naysayers predicted. The slope sure is getting slippery.

I'm not sure I understand this at all.

I still haven't paid an extra penny for stuff like emotes. I'm not suddenly going to start because they're bundling stuff in random packs, or to GET specific stuff BEFORE they bundle stuff in random packs.

It's only slippery if they find a way to make me spend money I don't want to spend - so far, they haven't done this. (Expansions? That's money I WANT to spend.)

NOTHING they've offered for cash - including the sparrow stats book, I think - gives you something that provides a clear advantage over people who haven't spent money.

As far as I can tell, the sparrow racing book will give you a permanent place to see your racing stats after the event is over. (I assume this means that B.net will only be showing racing stats during the event. Maybe it means there won't be ANY way to see SRL stats on B.net, even during the event... but I'll wait and see about that.) It's POSSIBLE that racing stats will not be accessible via API - but if they are, third-party options (like Destiny Tracker) will give you the same functionality, for free.

Until I know for sure that they've actively blocked DT (and sites like it) from this sort of thing, I'm not gonna worry about it.

You buy into what you want to buy into. If you're spending money you don't want to spend, are you really going to claim it's Bungie's nefarious psychological manipulation making you do it... or will you admit it's your own choice?