Weren't microtransactions supposed to replace expansions? (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Thursday, April 14, 2016, 17:16 (3239 days ago)

Year 1 we got CE and HoW. Say what you will about them, but they were actual content drops that fundamentally altered your week to week gameplay of Destiny. One was a new raid. The other was an arena. Both had several MP maps, loads of new items, light level increases, and they forwarded the overall plot of the game.

In Year 2, we were told all future expansions would be free, and funded by the new microtransactions they were adding into the game.

What have we got to show for that?

Sparrow racing was awesome, but they inexplicably removed it, never to be seen again. So we "rented" sparrow racing? That's not how this should work.

Crimson doubles? Far less impressive than SRL, and basically lasted for a week. Again, gone forever.

Red bull quest? Does that even count? I don't think so because it's from a commercial tie-in that they certainly got paid to develop.

And now this latest patch. A snooze of a quest and a new strike that's pretty dang short. An update to bring some of the existing content up to the current light levels, and a token increase in max light level. Alongside this are some much needed balance tweaks, but no one should, for a second, think that paying money to a company in order to get them to fix bugs, exploits, and broken mechanics is reasonable. Those things should be fixed automatically, for free (and are by most companies).

So... where is that sweet, sweet microtrans money going? The short answer is probably Destiny 2, but none of us are getting that for free, and we were told this microtrans action would fund live content for Destiny 1. This Destiny.