Hot take (Destiny)

by Phoenix_9286 , Monday, December 11, 2017, 09:35 (2776 days ago) @ Cody Miller

From someone that's been wildly silent since... forever now?

Praises:

• D2 is super awesome good fun.
  
• I do not regret spending $90-100 on it.
  
• The lack of a grind is refreshing, not having to constantly do X, Y, or Z just to level up/keep up/feel like I'm making progress is mucho bueno.
  
• There was a story. It was good.
  
• There's plenty of little side stuff to do. These things are pretty good.
  
• Lack of random perk rolls on guns is hit or miss. Mostly a hit. See: Lack of grind.
  
• Reworked Supers are hit or miss. Mostly hit.
  
• Eververse ain't so bad.

Grumblies:

• Still not 100% sold on Shader System, but it has grown on me.
  
• Mods are useless. I pay them no attention.
  
• Not a fan of lengthened cooldowns, but I've gotten used to it and probably would only really notice now if I jumped back to D1.
  
• More strikes, plz. Less bullshit bosses, plz. I'm looking at you Thaviks. Also that dickhead at the end of the Osiris strike, but I've only run it once, so maybe not so bad.
  
• FFS can we NOT have the Nightfall timed? Please? Or at least make it a modifier? My fireteam has bothered with a Nightfall exactly once. The timer is a no go for us. I want a challenge. I want to enjoy my challenge, at my own pace. Not beat a goddamn clock.
  
• This gun is exactly like this gun which is exactly like that gun, so I'll just keep infusing the first one. Srsly, I don't think I've really changed up my Legendary loadout since... idk, the end of the campaign? This is probably a drawback of fixed perk rolls. I'll grumble about it, but am willing to accept it.
  
• Why Titan Armor so garbage? I mained a female Titan in D1 at first for giggles, then because I loved it, and mostly because female Titans rocked the armor WAAAAAY better than their male counterparts. More armored, less walking dumptruck tank. This is fact. In D2, everyone looks like a friggin linebacker. This makes my female Titan super sad, because she looks like she's wearing armor sixteen sizes too big for her. Like, for real. These shoulder pads though... Thankfully, I've found some good stuff that fits the look I want. Unfortunately, there's not enough of it.
  
• Easier way to replay missions at will. You know how garbage it is I can't revisit the Almighty, one of the prettiest places in the game, whenever I want?
  
• Brother Vance. Plz launch into sun. Or let me kill him?

I could probably add more, but I have real life things to do.

tl;dr
Destiny 2 is fun. There's still room for improvement. Whiners are big babies. I continue to be shocked and amused by what people are legit getting worked up and outraged over.