I still think Destiny could learn a lot from Diablo 3. (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Wednesday, December 27, 2017, 12:07 (2605 days ago) @ Kahzgul

Although unlike D3, Des2ny completely lacks a difficulty setting...

No. Some areas of Destiny and Destiny 2 lack a difficulty setting, but many areas have them.

In Destiny 2:

• The Leviathan Raid most certainly has difficulty settings. Prestige mode is a good deal more difficult than regular mode.
  
• Strikes also have a difficulty setting through the Heroic playlist. (No, it's not a direct menu on the same screen, but the two playlists are really just an extra fancy way of changing the difficulty.)
  
• Strikes also have an even more difficult mode through the weekly Nightfall Strike. (Again, the UI is ultimately a fancy looking difficulty selector.)
  
• CoO also brought Heroic Adventures. (Once again, the UI and beacons are a round about / in-universe selector, but it sure as heck makes those missions more difficult!)

So yeah, while Destiny doesn't have a global difficulty pull down menu, a large portion of the game does offer a choice in difficulty.Really, the only thing that the Destiny system has a problem with is not having an Easy Mode for kids or people just starting on FPSes. In my opinion, though, Destiny's baseline difficulty is low enough that most of the game is accessible to all players.

That doesn't mean there isn't problems with Destiny's leveling systems, mainly that they probably shouldn't exist, but I don't see the lack of a difficulty selection as a significant issue.