AFK and Crucible Marks (Destiny)

by kapowaz, Thursday, August 14, 2014, 03:05 (3563 days ago) @ RC

EDIT: This is not Bungie's first rodeo, and the thought occurred to me, too. But then I thought a little more and realised the above. This weekly limit was likely installed because they realised some people would consider grinding out hundreds of games a week, through whatever method. There is no point to that if it makes your 'natural' playtime 'worth less' because you don't earn any more CruMarks.

This is how Blizzard deals with the currency systems used to purchase rewards in World of Warcraft too, incidentally: you have a weekly ‘cap’ on how much of each currency you can earn, and there are lots of ways to reach that cap quite quickly in a single week. Dedicated players will hit it very quickly, whilst the more moderate (but still committed) players will hit it around the end of each week, meaning that it doesn't slow their progress down.