Sparrow Racing

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I wonder if we're going to hear anything about the return of the Sparrow Racing League before the next expansion. Personally, I loved it, but I'm curious to know what the rest of you thought about it. If they do bring it back, I would like to see:

* More maps. Not a ton. Just one or two would suffice. I would love to see an SRL map set in the midst of Saturn's rings in the vacuum of space. (HINT HINT, BUNGIE.) Like, on one of the rocks in the ring system itself.
* Loot tweaks. Make it rewarding for players, but not necessary for the people who aren't interested in it.
* A limited event, like Iron Banner, to keep the excitement and novelty of the game mode. Maybe 1 week every month, or every other month.

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bungie pls

I wonder if we're going to hear anything about the return of the Sparrow Racing League before the next expansion. Personally, I loved it, but I'm curious to know what the rest of you thought about it. If they do bring it back, I would like to see:

* More maps. Not a ton. Just one or two would suffice. I would love to see an SRL map set in the midst of Saturn's rings in the vacuum of space. (HINT HINT, BUNGIE.) Like, on one of the rocks in the ring system itself.
* Loot tweaks. Make it rewarding for players, but not necessary for the people who aren't interested in it.
* A limited event, like Iron Banner, to keep the excitement and novelty of the game mode. Maybe 1 week every month, or every other month.

I would LOVE to see Sparrow Racing every couple of months.

I don't absolutely NEED new courses, but they'd be nice.

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* More maps. Not a ton. Just one or two would suffice. I would love to see an SRL map set in the midst of Saturn's rings in the vacuum of space. (HINT HINT, BUNGIE.) Like, on one of the rocks in the ring system itself.

Maybe a race course on the hull of the Dreadnaut?

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Ramp off of Oryx's corpse towards Saturn to win!

I'd love to see a new course every other month if it's monthly and only a week long. The pit on the moon would be cool as well as "Escape From the Black Garden."

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* More maps. Not a ton. Just one or two would suffice. I would love to see an SRL map set in the midst of Saturn's rings in the vacuum of space. (HINT HINT, BUNGIE.) Like, on one of the rocks in the ring system itself.

Maybe a race course on the hull of the Dreadnaut?

I was thinking of some kind of multicolored course in space. A road that is a rainbow. Not sure what they should call it.

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I wonder if Bungie is thinking of it as a twice a year event, if they're thinking of it as a yearly event then that's not nearly frequently enough. I suspect they're waiting until they have new maps and/or rewards for us? How long does it take to craft new rewards? How long does it take to craft a new map? I suspect it's a pretty serious investment to make a new map.

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I wonder if Bungie is thinking of it as a twice a year event, if they're thinking of it as a yearly event then that's not nearly frequently enough. I suspect they're waiting until they have new maps and/or rewards for us? How long does it take to craft new rewards? How long does it take to craft a new map? I suspect it's a pretty serious investment to make a new map.

I really think it's based on new maps. They don't feel like just redoing the event with the same maps at this point is worth it. And they are probably way to swamped with Destiny 2 to create new maps. It will be coming back, but they will most likely need to free up some resources first.

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I'd also wager that it's not JUST a matter of how long it takes to make the content. I don't think SRL is the type of thing that they'll just push out as soon as they possibly can. I think it's probably something that's spaced between other releases intentionally to keep players interested. We will see it when it's ready, but probably a bit longer than that - whenever the next between-releases midpoint is.

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I have no doubt that it will be. The problem it faces is that Bungie has to make all new maps for this game type. Everything else can use the abundance of maps already in place. So until they make more maps, it's hard to make it a regular rotator.

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And if you want to get a wild in space race, racing between broken apart ships in the reef...

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I wonder if we're going to hear anything about the return of the Sparrow Racing League before the next expansion. Personally, I loved it, but I'm curious to know what the rest of you thought about it. If they do bring it back, I would like to see:

It was the only time I've ever been good at Destiny PvP. It needs to happen immediately as far as I'm concerned. :P

* More maps. Not a ton. Just one or two would suffice. I would love to see an SRL map set in the midst of Saturn's rings in the vacuum of space. (HINT HINT, BUNGIE.) Like, on one of the rocks in the ring system itself.

That sounds excellent. I'm picturing a track that loops all the way around the rock.

* Loot tweaks. Make it rewarding for players, but not necessary for the people who aren't interested in it.

I felt like the previous system was ok. It could drop one of two possible item types, up to max light. The fact that it was only 2 item types sort-of compensated for the relative ease and high frequency of the drops. Even so, it was pretty amazingly easy to get helmets and class items maxed. If SRL is a one-off like before I'd expect it to be similar, however if it becomes a more regular thing I'd expect high-light drops to be a bit less frequent.

* A limited event, like Iron Banner, to keep the excitement and novelty of the game mode. Maybe 1 week every month, or every other month.

I dunno about this. While I'd like to have it available more in theory, I wonder if there's enough variety in the gameplay to remain appealing.

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It was the only time I've ever been good at Destiny PvP. It needs to happen immediately as far as I'm concerned. :P

To be fair, it's the only Destiny PvP you even try to play at all. :D

That sounds excellent. I'm picturing a track that loops all the way around the rock.

Ooohhh, interesting. I wonder if the engine can handle non-planar gravity.

I dunno about this. While I'd like to have it available more in theory, I wonder if there's enough variety in the gameplay to remain appealing.

I'm sure if it were every other month it would. Hell, maybe twice an year? I'd personally like it to be available every day, but I see many flaws with that. Twice a year with rotating gear sounds like should be good enough to keep spirits high.

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I dunno about this. While I'd like to have it available more in theory, I wonder if there's enough variety in the gameplay to remain appealing.

I'm sure if it were every other month it would. Hell, maybe twice an year? I'd personally like it to be available every day, but I see many flaws with that. Twice a year with rotating gear sounds like should be good enough to keep spirits high.

I don't understand this argument at all.

We have Clash, control, and Rift every day. What makes Sparrow Racing different?

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Because there's relatively little variety compared to the normal Destiny combat encounters. Once you have a track down, you're just repeating the motions every 5 minutes. Even at the end of its first 2 week run, I was starting to tire of it.

That's not a knock against SRL at all, I just think it's one of those things that has a very enthusiastic rush when it becomes available, and then interest trails off. A McRib, if you will.

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... not on the outcome of the race, but on what we'll see next time it comes around.

1- We will see the both maps repeated, but with different gate placement.
2- We will see one, maybe two new maps. Earth (Cosmodrome, European Dead Zone, outside the last city, or maybe Chicago), Mercury, or maybe the Dreadnaught. (I'm hoping for Mercury & the Dreadnaught)
3- New rewards, armors & sparrows.
4- A small reworking of the quest/reward system.

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The feel of the racing reminded me of the glory days of F-Zero and I loved every second of it. Even when I finished last, I didn't mind at all because it was so much fun. Keeping it away for this long makes no sense to me whatsoever. It hurt nothing and was really, really fun.

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They should start adding some more interactive elements. They don't have to go full mario cart, but something more then judicious use of boost and dodge would be nice.

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Bungie, please. I never asked anything of you before

Hopefully we get it after the second Queen's Wrath.

Don't worry. It will come back.

SRL, I'm sure it will return, but why so long?

SRL, I'm sure it will return, but why so long?

I suspect you're right.

SRL, I'm sure it will return, but why so long?

I'd like to see it as a rotating PvP gameplay type

I'd like to see it as a rotating PvP gameplay type

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Would love to race on Earth and the Moon.

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