Destiny Is Now Selling Level Boosters (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Tuesday, December 15, 2015, 16:47 (3361 days ago) @ Korny
edited by Cody Miller, Tuesday, December 15, 2015, 16:50

Ultimately, what difference does it make other than helping someone participate in group activities?
A significant bummer for me when I started on Xbox was that I was locked out of pretty much every single activity because my level was too low. This removes that issue, but doesn't do much more for players.

Because a better solution would be, somehow through Bungie.net, flag your account with the highest level your character has reached on any platform. Got an Xbox recently? Well, your bungie.net profile has a level 40 hunter. So, when you start up the Xbox game, you make a new character… who can be anywhere between level 1 and level 40. Your choice.

Wouldn't that be much better? If it's a barrier, eliminate it. Don't just make the problem go away with money.

That would be fantastic... For a subset of the community. Does nothing for new players, which this is more geared towards...

I'm not going to say that's not really a problem… because with a social game it is. However, if you look at TTK, you can pretty much play by yourself through the quest progression and reach a light level very close to what you need to start playing King's fall. Just by playing through the game, you are pretty much ready to go to give the harder stuff a try.

I imagine a similar thing is true if you just buy the game and are totally new. You can either play through the regular story, or use your level 25 powerup and jump into TTK. If you are completely new, these experiences are new to you too, and you should ostensibly enjoy them.

It becomes an issue, when like you, you've done it all on a different platform and just want to get to the good stuff right away. But new players aren't going to have that problem. I see it as a failure of design if when upon buying a new game, it's suggested you need to spend even more money to actually enjoy it.