Just like Diablo II gear… (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Friday, August 01, 2014, 16:26 (3767 days ago) @ Cody Miller

If you are in it for the math, why are you playing with a piece of hardware and software that gives you auditory and visual feedback? Go play with a spreadsheet if you find that fun. But if you DO find that fun to the exclusion of the enjoyment of the game aesthetics, ask yourself why you are playing a video game at all. The immersion is the primary benefit to the video game over other media.

You are talking in black and white again. Enjoying the math of a game does not mean you don't enjoy the aesthetics of a game, you can actually like a balance of both.

This is true, however when you work out the fastest routes to get exp, glimmer, whatever, and those things are not intrinsically engaging (A grind if you will, I wouldn't want to run in circles for an hour), then I'd argue that you've lost that balance. Same thing goes for when you work out the best build mathematically to the point where playing the game becomes rote. Etcetera.

A bunch of people in this thread and previous ones have brought up the point of the combat being fun, and the combat is what we're talking about being repeated, and anyway it doesn't have to be balanced.