+1 (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Thursday, April 14, 2016, 19:43 (3239 days ago) @ Blackt1g3r
edited by Korny, Thursday, April 14, 2016, 19:47

I believe you still get loot even if you don't get enough points to get one of the rewards from the cards. The rewards are just more common in that case. Additionally, the scoring isn't outside the game since the score is being tracked by Variks and he gives you the loot upon completion.

Also, Variks takes points away from your score when he grows impatient, but you can impress him enough to win them back and then some (we nearly doubled the score last night AFTER he began to take points away). It's a fun race against time, and playing smart is key.

Why are points better? Because Cody's suggestions take teamwork out of the equation. Last night I told Funk and Stabbim that I was going to go for zero kills, and I worked to get nothing but assists and damage on the boss (the "no kill" thing didn't last too long once people started dying, but I was still contributing to the score with the assist points).

Cody's suggestions force you to play a certain way, rather than being creative, which is by his own words, bad game design.