Destiny becomes the most fun game I've played. (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Thursday, December 17, 2015, 14:32 (3359 days ago) @ ProbablyLast

TTK finishes outside of the top 15.

Very interesting. Sorry if you've covered this before, but what is it about TTK that makes you enjoy the game so much less than year 1? When you say "Destiny becomes the most fun game I've played" are you including TDB and HoW, or are you speaking strictly of vanilla? Just curious :)

I'm including the original two DLCs (although, HoW started a decline for me). I'm strictly a PvE player, so I should say that upfront. But basically what Funk said except that I do enjoy the raid. The double RNG drops in the raid really, really irritated me as well as now needing twice as many drops in order to be max level. Also, nightfalls and weekly heroics went from something I look forward to every week to practically irrelevant.

But the guns being noticeably less fun to use is the biggest reason. I really enjoyed Destiny (and still do enjoy it in moderation) because murdering a bunch of weirdly shaped things with awesome weapons was a ton of fun. I could go back and do year 1 activities with year 1 weapons, but then the game loses it's sense of progression, which is obviously a huge draw.

Thanks for the response. I find stuff like this fascinating, specifically because I agree with almost everything you're saying, yet it all adds up to a different overall total for me.

When I think of "Vanilla Destiny" vs "The Taken King", I think TTK blows vanilla out of the water. I think the story missions and strikes are leagues better, the overall progression through the missions and quests is handled far better, the storytelling and character presence is a leap forward, etc. I think 95% of Vanilla Destiny is actually fairly poor game by today's standards. But the end game... it's a whole different story.

I still think Vault of Glass is the best PvE experience in the game, with Year 1 Trials of Osiris being my favorite PvP game since... maybe ever? I also thought the year 1 weapons were far more fun and inventive, which makes a huge difference when it comes to the end game loop. Year 1 nightfalls were way more fun for me (partially because of the year 1 elemental primaries), and I even enjoyed year 1 patrol more, thanks to the lack of Taken showing up every 10 minutes.

So while I think the overall package of TTK is a much better game than Destiny year 1, the 5% of TTK that I play is a little less enjoyable for me than the 5% of year 1 that I continued to play for months and months.