No spoiler - Solution? (Destiny)

by slycrel , Sunday, September 03, 2017, 09:24 (2726 days ago) @ Blackt1g3r

Largely I agree with both you and avateur.

I'm also in the situation that I'm fairly hardcore among my local friends (with one exception, you know who you are, heh), butI am also just past barrier of entry of hardcore with my online friends. I love playing with the "Flawless raiders" group on ps4... And I've found that playing one character pretty hard gets me to where I have fun with that group and can usually pursue things without over-playing. But the game is designed to be faster at progression if you're playing 3 characters. For example I was notably absent for some activities at the reef when trials was getting people 3+ etheric light and I was lucky to get one a week. The DBO guys I generally play with pretty much all run 3 characters, and a few times over the past few years I'm noticeably behind because of this. The only reason I was "raid ready" for the king's fall raid with everyone else was that I got massively sick and was off work for a couple of days around that time. Otherwise I never would have made the team.

So... maybe this is a personal problem... I could choose to run with a different group of people. Pickings seem slim on a west coast timeframe later in the evening. I really enjoy playing this game with the DBO players that are online about the same timeframe that I am, and the fact that a few local friends mix in with that group is a great part of that as well. But they are mostly more hardcore than I am.

Having the raid come out a few weeks later even would allow for anticipation to build amongst the playerbase. The reasonably dedicated fanbase (with more limited time) could keep up a bit easier. I think it would be a win for the overall playerbase, better for marketing and more regular "content staging", as well as keeping it more in line with the overall tone Bungie seems to be pushing -- "come play and have fun, but have a life outside of our game".

I probably just need to get over it. I don't mind the overall LL system, it's not perfect but it gets the job done. I think my problem is that because of the rate of progression to prep for certain events, it can fragment fireteams. And that's a shame.