I can't connect with some viewpoints. :( (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Friday, January 22, 2016, 19:06 (3322 days ago) @ Claude Errera

From two different, back-to-back posts on reddit, in a thread complaining about skill-based matchmaking:

"If you really think about it, there's absolutely no reason to play crucible. No goal, no objective apart from grinding rep. Nothing. No tiers of PvP armour, nothing tied to a certain level of play. It just basic for everyone."

There's a great reason to play crucible. It's called "you enjoy pvp." A game should be fun first, and offer rewards second. If you don't like pvp, don't play those modes. The fact that there are no real rewards for it should make your decision not to play it even easier.

"Sometimes I don't want to have to get sweaty in every game. Without skill based matchmaking, I didn't have to try hard since I was either getting stomped or stomping. Every game now it's like clawing tooth and nail for kills. Just give me an unranked playlist so I can listen to music full blast, sit back in my seat and just have a good time."

I don't get this either. What about his game is preventing him from listening to music and having a good time? I get not wanting to be sweaty in every game, and I agree that the current matchmaking is too limited in terms of player pool on a game by game basis, but getting sweaty is a good thing. I had a game of skirmish last night that we won by 110 points because of a lucky super at 30 seconds to go and then our whole team just hid from the enemy until time ran out. It was crazy fun!

if I had to guess, I'd guess this guy was only going into crucible to do bounties or something, but because the games are close now, he's finding himself focusing on winning instead of ignoring the outcome and playing with sub-par weapons just to finish off his bounties?

I understand that people play games (and specifically Destiny) for different reasons than I do... but wow. I can't even wrap my brain around these views - and the fact that they came one right after another in a thread makes my head spin.

Yeah, these guys are both complaining that they're willingly participating in an activity they don't enjoy. At least in TTK you don't *have* to run the raid endlessly hoping for that lucky drop so you can get the one gun that is actually the best gun in PvP if you want to compete in PvP.