What happens if we think of TTK as an entirely new game? (Destiny)

by Earendil, Monday, December 14, 2015, 16:32 (3504 days ago)

A common theme of year two is the following two sentiments:

1. Year one strikes/raids aren't hard any more, Bungie should update them to be hard.
2. Year one weapons/armor aren't good anymore, Bungie should update them to be good.

So what are the pros and cons of thinking of TTK and year two as a completely new/separate game?

In a traditional release, all year one content, maps, weapons, armor, would have been left to die on a separate disc. If you wanted to play or look at any of it, you'd have to pop out your TTK disc and pop in your Destiny Y1 disc. Want to know what it's like to use some of your new perks and weapons on old maps? You can't do that. Want a smooth transition from Destiny Y1 to TTK where you can flip content back and forth seamlessly while you progress? You can't do that either, you (maybe) get a one time import of equipment from Destiny to TTK. You know how in Destiny Y1 you never quite spent the time to make the hard raids easy enough that you could manage them, or any of the raids? It's a shame you can't take your TTK gear back and do those raids now, aye?

Instead, all of those things are possible. How awesome is that? When we complain about easy Y1 content and useless weapons it really lamenting the fact that "Man, Bungie didn't spend time making all Destiny Y1 content compatible with TTK". Sort of the way I lament the fact that Blood Gulch never really came back, and how I can't use a Halo 1 pistol in subsequent Halo games.

The only two cons I can think of for viewing TTK as an entirely different game are:
1. It makes Destiny Y1 short lived.
2. TTK content (in many minds) doesn't stand up to Destiny Y1 content.

But, just like loading up Halo 1 and playing through things like the good old days, we can basically do that at the drop of a hat, using the same interface and game that we use to play "modern" Destiny.

Can anyone convince me that I shouldn't live in this little illusion I've built for myself?