Competitive play and Meaning (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Sunday, June 18, 2017, 22:50 (2805 days ago) @ Korny

It tough to explain. Imagine if every time that we wiped in a raid, the reward pool got smaller and smaller (with the raid exotic being locked behind Flawless Raider), or we would have the number of wipes show up on our profile.
If the reward pool got smaller, people would flat-out refuse to raid with folks who weren't the absolute top tier. If would add toxicity to playing with your own friends (that is exactly what Overwatch's Competitive Mode does). As it is now, I'm happy to bash my head against a wall until 3am, because I'm spending time with friends, and the focus is on getting better and better.
If the number of raid wipes showed up on your profile, LFG raid groups might kick you out if your number was too high, even if you were the best player in your groups (other people mess up? Tough!). You wouldn't want to play with any friends if they were "liabilities".

Okay, thanks. That break down explains perfectly where you're come my from, I think. It makes sense, and all of that would be super shitty. I genuinely hadn't thought of it like that. I guess it's just easy for me to ignore, as I don't engage with PvP anyway.