As one of the most anti-microtransaction people around here (Destiny)

by Avateur , Thursday, March 31, 2016, 00:05 (3254 days ago) @ electricpirate

I feel like all of this info that's come out for this upcoming update shows that Bungie is finally starting to get it, give or take a few things. It's still not perfect, sure, but I feel like Destiny is going to suck a lot less with regards to the ways it currently sucks. And that's across the board. The fact that infusion isn't absolutely stupid anymore is an ubelievably huge improvement.

With regards to people paying not to play, we're not there yet. This rather interesting implementation of microtransactions to the overall concept of giving people the stuff at each reset (give or take RNG, assuming that the RNG isn't rigged to try to get people to buy stuff or designed to make the game more player-hostile than it previously was) will not necessarily lead to doom. Now, if 335 armors start dropping in these things, and if weapons start dropping in these things, then there's the potential for a problem.

Dare I say, I think we're okay and that this update will do a lot of good for everyone playing. If that slippery slope does happen to show up in the future with regards to buying victory or other such things, I'll be sure to be one of the first ranting against it and wishing epic doom failure upon Bungie and Destiny. I'm not convinced that this is a step in that direction. Yet.