Has no one considered... (Destiny)

by Malagate , Sea of Tranquility, Monday, August 11, 2014, 06:29 (3764 days ago) @ RC

That penalties for dying could just be done behind the scenes?

Very little could be changed, but the feeling of having something at stake could be leveraged just by giving some kind of chance multiplier for better loot.

In a given mission/encounter/Crucible match, what-have-you, there could simply be a multiplier you start with that vastly increases the chance for rare drops. If you die a single time, that multiplier gets cut in half, or even more. The more times you die, the closer to normal whites your loot drops will get.

Given that the game's ultimate rewards are going to be specialized loot, only the very best players that survive (or teams that work extremely well to manage threats) will tend to earn it. I think that's fair.

And forget behind the scenes, even. Some kind of HUD indicator would be a nice reminder of that fragile no-deaths state. And as the deaths rack up, the indicator could change along with the strength of the chance multiplier.

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When death is of little consequence - RC, 2014-08-10, 08:32
- When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 09:19
  - When death is of little consequence - RC, 2014-08-10, 12:49
    - When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 14:52
- When death is of little consequence - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 09:35
  - When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 09:38
  - I quite liked that suggestion - ZackDark, 2014-08-10, 09:47
  - Maybe Nightfall Strikes? - RC, 2014-08-10, 10:08
  - When death is of little consequence - kapowaz, 2014-08-10, 10:14
    - Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - ZackDark, 2014-08-10, 10:24
      - Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - DaDerga, 2014-08-10, 10:33
        
        Pretty much - ZackDark, 2014-08-10, 10:45
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 10:48
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - DaDerga, 2014-08-10, 10:52
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - Avateur, 2014-08-10, 10:56
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 11:18
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - Phoenix_9286, 2014-08-10, 11:20
        
        Maybe tiered rewards at failure? - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-10, 14:51
        
        Yep - Got a bronze Haha - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-08-10, 15:49
      - A variation on this idea... - kapowaz, 2014-08-10, 12:01
    - Alternative - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 15:51
      - I agree - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-08-10, 16:02
      - Alternative - DaDerga, 2014-08-10, 16:55
      - It'd kill matchmaking - ZackDark, 2014-08-10, 17:00
        
        It'd kill matchmaking - petetheduck, 2014-08-10, 17:26
        
        It'd kill matchmaking - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 17:43
        
        It'd kill matchmaking - stabbim, 2014-08-12, 21:24
        
        It'd kill matchmaking - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 20:13
        
        It'd kill matchmaking - kapowaz, 2014-08-11, 01:08
      - Alternative - kapowaz, 2014-08-11, 01:04
      - Alternative - electricpirate, 2014-08-13, 08:02
- When death is of little consequence - Speedracer513, 2014-08-10, 11:09
- When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-10, 18:35
  - Where life had no value, death, sometimes, had its price. - uberfoop, 2014-08-10, 18:40
  - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - RC, 2014-08-10, 19:54
    - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 20:20
      - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-10, 20:23
        
        That's very possible. - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 20:32
        
        That's very possible. - Xenos, 2014-08-10, 21:41
      - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Speedracer513, 2014-08-10, 22:14
    - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-10, 20:22
    - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-10, 21:35
      - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 21:53
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - bluerunner, 2014-08-11, 11:01
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-11, 17:44
        
        Eh - ZackDark, 2014-08-11, 18:08
        
        Eh - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-11, 18:58
        
        Eh - ZackDark, 2014-08-12, 00:37
        
        Eh - Speedracer513, 2014-08-12, 11:20
        
        True enough - ZackDark, 2014-08-12, 12:29
        
        ... - Ragashingo, 2014-08-12, 12:36
        
        True enough - Speedracer513, 2014-08-12, 12:52
        
        Why, thank you - ZackDark, 2014-08-12, 13:00
      - When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - RC, 2014-08-12, 13:53
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-12, 17:47
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Ragashingo, 2014-08-12, 18:52
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-12, 21:09
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Claude Errera, 2014-08-13, 22:34
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-13, 22:55
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Cody Miller, 2014-08-13, 23:37
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - uberfoop, 2014-08-13, 23:48
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Claude Errera, 2014-08-12, 18:58
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-08-12, 20:44
        
        When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. - RC, 2014-08-13, 11:06
- I can't believe I'm reading these words. - Bones, 2014-08-10, 18:49
  - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-08-10, 19:34
    - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - ZackDark, 2014-08-11, 03:53
  - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - Cody Miller, 2014-08-10, 20:20
    - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - Avateur, 2014-08-10, 20:37
      - Vidmasters - yakaman, 2014-08-12, 09:56
        
        Vidmasters - Cody Miller, 2014-08-12, 12:32
    - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - DEEP_NNN, 2014-08-10, 21:03
  - I can't believe I'm reading these words. - Avateur, 2014-08-10, 20:39
- When death is of little consequence - Kalamari, 2014-08-10, 19:00
  - When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 19:16
    - When death is of little consequence - Avateur, 2014-08-10, 20:42
      - When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-10, 21:36
        
        When death is of little consequence - Avateur, 2014-08-10, 22:21
        
        When death is of little consequence - Ragashingo, 2014-08-12, 16:05
        
        When death is of little consequence - RC, 2014-08-12, 16:54
      - When death is of little consequence - stabbim, 2014-08-13, 13:25
        
        When death is of little consequence - Avateur, 2014-08-13, 16:37
    - When death is of little consequence - kapowaz, 2014-08-11, 09:03
      - When death is of little consequence - kapowaz, 2014-08-11, 09:04
- Needs Iron skull with appropriate loot. - Numinar, 2014-08-11, 01:27
- Has no one considered... - Malagate, 2014-08-11, 06:29
  - And Bounties - kidtsunami, 2014-08-11, 06:33
    - And Bounties - Malagate, 2014-08-11, 06:46
      - The Day 1 Invasion of Whinging Will Overwhelm - kidtsunami, 2014-08-11, 06:58
      - And Bounties - bluerunner, 2014-08-11, 08:01
        
        And Bounties - Malagate, 2014-08-11, 12:26
    - And Bounties - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-11, 07:52
      - Yeah, got the 9000XP without dying one a few times - kidtsunami, 2014-08-11, 08:07
    - No! Destiny must pound more nails into our dicks! - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-08-11, 08:08
      - Geez, dude. - Kermit, 2014-08-11, 08:35
        
        Penny Arcade reference. - kapowaz, 2014-08-11, 08:56
        
        I miss Duke controllers. - bluerunner, 2014-08-11, 09:49
        
        Seconded. - INSANEdrive, 2014-08-11, 10:44
        
        Nope. They made me miss white and black everytime... - ZackDark, 2014-08-11, 14:47
        
        Okay. - Kermit, 2014-08-11, 10:22
        
        Forgot it was Halo they were playing, TBH - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-08-11, 14:25
      - No! Destiny must pound more nails into our dicks! - Avateur, 2014-08-11, 17:44

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