What motivates spaceship investment? (Destiny)

by Revenant1988 , How do I forum?, Friday, May 09, 2014, 12:53 (3646 days ago) @ petetheduck

We know you can (at least visually) upgrade your spaceship in Destiny. Assuming the upgrading requires the expenditure of glimmer and/or materials, what motivation do players have to invest in their spaceship?

Sure, we see it--in the hangar, in orbit, when deploying into the world--but are those fleeting moments really worth spending resources and effort upgrading a spaceship for?

The Director seems to suggest there isn't player-controlled space travel, but perhaps the spaceship is playable in some way..

What motivates players to change the color of their armor?

What motivates players to change the skin on their weapon? Or their emblem?

The answer, in my mind, is simply because you can.

Iron Brigade is a good example of this I think, if you've ever played it.