^this. Definitely worth $36. (Destiny)

by dogcow , Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Monday, April 25, 2016, 12:29 (3228 days ago) @ Decom

if you're more concerned about loot than play experience

I don't currently care about loot, but I am worried Bungie's psychological tricks will trick me into caring (even if I'm aware it's happening). I'm only half joking.

I totally hear ya. As I play I oscillate between chasing loot & doing things for fun. Some evenings it's one, other evenings it's the other. Sometimes the two are one and the same, and that's a great thing when they line up. Most recently we were speed running the Prison of Elders with Slycrel (he wanted to get some PoE only drops), and I had a LOT of fun trying trying different strategies and getting better & faster all while chatting . I will say this, I wish loot played a diminished role in Destiny, or at least a smaller skinner box (aka psychological tricks).

And I see I neglected to hit "Submit" on this post last week. heh. Might as well post it now.