Thoughts on April Update? *now with edit* (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Thursday, March 24, 2016, 14:54 (3260 days ago) @ Korny

You definitely had a lousy opinion about Prison of Elders.

I'm fine with PoE as an activity on par with the strike playlists. A pallet-cleanser that I can jump into once in a while when I want to relax with some mindless shooting. My problem with it is that it is instantly repetitive in a way that makes it a drag to focus on as the primary end-game activity. Every single wave is the same, regardless of the arena or enemies: you group up in a corner for as long as you can, then run laps around the outside of the arena until it is safe to group up in the corner again.
Many of the boss fights end up playing the same way as well, with the added objective of shooting the boss from the corner and dodging the boss' fire while you run around the edges. Again, that's all fine, but it just doesn't have the depth to make it as replayable as the primary end game activity needs to be, IMO.

*edit*

That being said, if this new PoE came with revamped arenas, I'd be way more excited about it. I think the arenas are the single biggest problem with year 1 PoE. I just don't think they are well designed playspaces for this sort of activity.

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Sure it wasn't the Firefight that we had hoped for, but it was a pretty unique challenge with good rewards in its day.

... which rewards are you thinking of? I remember the PoE weapons being severely outclassed by the other raid weapons and the trials gear. Unless I'm forgetting something.