Do not be amused. (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Monday, November 21, 2016, 19:31 (3016 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY
edited by Korny, Monday, November 21, 2016, 19:36

I'm not a game developer. I wasn't there to witness all the work that went into creating every aspect of Destiny's PvP experience. All I know is that, along with a few elements that I really love, Destiny PvP is frequently a frustrating experience on many levels. From connection issues to balance problems to map/gametype designs to weapons that don't seem to behave the way players expect them too, etc. The average crucible match has me saying "oh COME ON" out of exasperation/frustration at least once per minute.

And yet, I've had a much different experience. Destiny has consistently been one of the most reliable games that I've played. When there is an issuee, it's usually limited to one player, or to the people who are actually red/low-yellow bars. Overall, the game always plays well, and I haven't been dropped from a game in ages.

I've already put close to 30 hours into Titanfall 2 PvP, and I have had precisely ZERO moments of frustration so far.

That's funny. I recall us having numerous issues with trying to connect, getting dropped, and playing some really buggy games (you yourself pointed out that you were getting major lag in that one game where I was MVP and you were at the bottom of the scorecard (I know that likely doesn't narrow down any specific games, but...), and then you got flat-out dropped the next match).

I do often find myself sitting and watching the enemy kill cams to see how I died, and while 9 times out of 10, it's totally acceptable, I've seen a few instances where the enemy that killed me shouldn't have been able to.

In the end, it is anecdotal. If you remember, CheapLEY talked about how wonderful Halo 5's dedicated servers worked, and I recently borrowed an Xbone to play some Halo, and I kept getting this on the one match that I played. So yeh.

I think Destiny does it better than most other games, so I'm with Bungie in this instance. Now if only ammo boxes worked more reliably...