Will Destiny do anything to combat The Division? (Destiny)

by Durandal, Tuesday, January 19, 2016, 18:39 (3325 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Looking at some of the videos, The Division is different enough settingwise to play to a different audience. it is a cover based, slow speed third person shooter. Instead of trying to implement anti-griefing mechanics into the game, The Division encourages them by allowing people to kill other players and steal their hard earned loot while in the "shadow" zone and others. I was very interested in the game up till that point. There is no way I would raid in Destiny if another group could swoop in after defeating Oryx and kill me and steal my loot, and you know there will be people who setup for exactly that situation.

So, different enough gameplay, and lots more opportunity for griefing will attract a subset of Destiny players, but at the same time I think it will quickly burn lots of new players and cause them to look for alternatives. If they release in the next month or two we should see Destiny 2 drop right about their first DLC pack, which will pull lots of players back.