How to level for the raid (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 19:28 (2825 days ago) @ Korny
edited by CruelLEGACEY, Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 19:33

Korny, I feel like you're not actually reading the words I am writing. Maybe I'm just not explaining myself very well.

I was able to spend about 8 hours playing RoI over the course of the day.

You and Cody spent eight hours playing a game, and you complain that you've run out of content? This is really Destiny's biggest problem: people that have that "race to the finish" mentality, who blast through content in one sitting, then complain that they've got nothing new to do.

I'm not racing to anything. I'm sitting down and playing the game I just purchased... a game that I am hoping to replay again and again with my friends. Destiny, by its very nature, is designed to have you replay the same activities over and over. I do not, nor have I ever had any problem with that.

The disappointment I am expressing is regarding the quality of the content. I have made countless posts over the past 2 years saying that Destiny actually has plenty of stuff to do... I just don't think most of that content is good enough.

Destiny is a social game, one meant to be played with friends, or done in bits (the missions and challenges are pretty short). Eventually, once you're done with the story, quests, challenges, bounties, Strikes, and what have you, you're all geared up for a huge raid. Yay! Once you complete the Raid, you'll be ready for something like Iron Banner, or Trials, or really just playing with friends to help them get loot, or to tackle challenges together. Fun!

Totally agree.

People that blast through content in a race to the finish line, then complain about the lack of content, really cause me to appreciate my Facepalm emote. And here's Cody talking about how to "Optimize leveling" so you can play as little of the game as possible, while always complaining about "not getting to enjoy his purchase"... There's a word for that, but I don't want to shatter anyone's safe space.

I'm not Cody. (I'm going to cut out your paragraph about MGS for the same reason ;p)

In that time I was able to complete all the new quests, bounties, and activities available to me. It's not a big deal, but this expansion does feel surprisingly light on content, and I went in with low expectations. But that's not really the part that I find disappointing.

For me, after only a brief time with all the new content, I didn't want to do any of it anymore.

And let me guess, you did these things alone? Heck, you hopped on and held Speedracer's hand to all of the Khvostov parts instead of letting him figure it out on his own (and I mean, I already knew more or less where they were thanks to a review post, but I didn't feel rushed to go get them right away).
Once you remove the exploration, the fun, the clues, the co-operative nature of everything... It's all just busy work to get to point B from point A with as little veering as possible.

I asked Speedracer if he wanted me to show him where to go, and he said yes. Maybe wandering aimlessly around the Cosmodrome looking for collectables is fun for you... if so, great!

And oddly enough, people like Cody do this, and yet they don't want anybody to even think about a Raid spoiler until they've gone through it themselves (after which, they sure are eager to spoil it for everyone else).

Cody has explained in other comments that for him, the raid IS Destiny. It is the reason he plays the game. He has also stated many times that the experience of a blind run is his absolute favorite part of the game. He has ALSO explained that rushing to gear up is not his ideal situation... he's said many times that he would prefer to wait and take his time. His concern is that the longer he waits, the more difficult it will be for him and the rest of his raid team to remain spoiler free. You don't have to care about remaining spoiler free the way he does (I don't care about it myself), but there is absolutely nothing wrong with his desire to make the most out of the part of the game that he looks forward to above all else.

If you've blasted through all the content, that's great for you, I hope you feel like a winner in that non-existent race, but don't turn around and cry that gee, there's no more road left, and here's some tips to help everyone get to this finish line faster.

Again, I'm not racing. When did I ever say I was racing? I had 8 hours to myself, which NEVER HAPPENS in my life anymore, so I spent my time playing the new game I just bought and was excited to play.

I guess I have similar preferences to Cody in terms of Destiny: for me, the Raid and Trials are the real draw to the game. I still have high hopes for both of those activities coming up. I just keep running into the issue I've talked about many times; the activities I really enjoy require a whole bunch of grinding to get to them, and I wish I enjoyed the grinding more, or alternatively, I wish the grinding wasn't necessary.

If you already know that you only like Raid and Trials, then you paid $30 for Raid and Trials. That's what you'll get, and so you have nothing to complain about, right? But if you feel entitled to having fun, then maybe you should see that sitting in front of the screen for eight hours makes you your own biggest problem.

You just completely skipped over the part where I explained my complaint: the part of the game I enjoy REQUIRES dozens of hours of grinding before I am able to play it. If I could pay $30 and go straight to the raid and trials, that would be awesome!

OR, since the game is built in a way that I need to play a whole bunch of other stuff before I can get to the part I enjoy, I wish that other content was more fun. Again, none of my complaints are about the amount of content (in either direction). It's about the quality of the content, and the fact that I MUST repeat a whole bunch of it over and over to get to the activities I enjoy.