You could kind of say the same about any story-based game?

I hit level 20 literally on killing the final enemy of the story mode.

Bungie has said the real game starts at 20. I expected then, that there would be tons of cool unique content for those who are max level. There isn't.

You could kind of say the same about any story-based game?

Remember how awful ODST was when you beat the story mode in a few hours and all you had left to do was play a mode where you run around in the same areas over and over killing the same enemies over and over. Remember how awful and not fun that was? Nobody liked that game.
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How many public events have you done now that the game is over for you? And what about the weekly Heroic and Nightfall strikes what were your thoughts after exhausting all of those?

Glad you asked. The current Heroic Weekly strike is the Devil's Lair at level 22. The same strike we've all played a bazillion times. Only this time, all the enemies are level 22, and there's a modifier where arc element does more damage. This is what I mean, all the stuff we are supposed to do isn't new.

Public events are okay, but not exactly the meat of things.

Oh, and of course... How was the raid? What was the trick to opening the door?

I specifically mentioned the raid as something I was looking forward to. Maybe you missed that in my post.

No it doesn't! There is NOTHING to do once you play all the strikes and story missions. Everything is a repeat. The game is pretty much over for me.

Unless I am way off and there are other things besides the raid that are new content for high level players, then this is really fucking stupid.

I'm amazed how into speed running you are with this stance on "everything is a repeat". And I'm someone who agrees with you on disliking "loot" progression.

Things change. Maybe the me of 2005 would have loved this.

or maybe I will have more enthusiasm after I've had a break.

I imagine that will be something people want to do after exhausting the game with one character? I suppose some people like to go through with multiple at a time, but I'm not one for replaying missions shortly after beating them the first time. Though the gameplay is still really fun, I need new missions and lore to keep me engaged :)

All of that stuff is just permutations of the same content you've already played. It's not actual content. Cody is right.

If this were a Halo game, or just another campaign-plus-multiplayer FPS, that wouldn't be a problem, but Destiny was supposed to be an epic exploration-themed adventure that could keep your attention for years. The final game is not that.

http://imgur.com/a/7TnF8

So when you hit level 20, you unlock 3 new difficulty levels for missions (20, 24 and 28), the Daily Heroic Story mission, and the Weekly Heroic strike. I don't know what the weekly Nightfall mission(s) are like or if they would have the level 20 requirement or not.

Please don't be dumfounded. My complaint is there's nothing new to do, and playing the same missions with bigger numbers is barely different since you yourself are stronger. I did a few story missions on level 20, and I don't even see different types / numbers of enemies, just the enemies in the instanced areas being boosted to level 20.

Anyone who says this game doesn't have enough content needs to reevaluate their frame of reference. Even without the things unlocked that I've mentioned here, I'm already overwhelmed with the amount of stuff to do.

My argument is that the late game 'content' is really stretching the definition of the word when all of it is repeats.

No it doesn't! There is NOTHING to do once you play all the strikes and story missions. Everything is a repeat. The game is pretty much over for me.

Unless I am way off and there are other things besides the raid that are new content for high level players, then this is really fucking stupid.

So when IGN recently quoted Luke Smith as saying that "after level 20 there are a bunch of strikes that become available to you," that was just wrong?

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/30/destiny-the-endgame-is-only-the-beginning-ign-first

Yes it's wrong. There are no new strikes. What becomes available is a playlist that randomly puts you in a level 20 strike. It's just all the ones you already did, with enemies at level 20. If actual new strikes opened up that would be great.

At the risk of being labeled a troll as well, I feel like you guys are deluding yourselves. How much new content is really in the pipe? Yes, there's the raid (which I'm looking forward to, believe it or not), and I'm sure the $35 expansion pass will give us a few new missions and Crucible maps, but beyond that, as far as the free on-disc end game content is concerned, how much new stuff is really in the pipe? It seems like it will be limited to permutations of the same content we've all been playing for the past two days.

Cody - you are a gosh darned troll. Its been 1 Day, 14 Hours since Destiny launched. ONE DAY! Since you have been posting here - very obviously - for quite sometime, you already know that there is more in the pipe. Places that are still locked off. Things not yet seen.

Why is it locked off? All it does is create frustration. We should be able to move on to new challenges when we finish the current ones.

Not cool telling him to shut up, honestly. He might be dead wrong, or even highly mistaken, or maybe this will turn into a Schooly Was Right type of deal and it will be Cody Was Right in the matter of a year or two, but if he's already beat the game and maxed out his stuff and is already bored and trying to find something to do, I can understand his frustration. He's not alone in it, either. There are lots of complaints out on the interwebs regarding this game (no surprise there, being the interwebs and all :P). No need for him to be told to shut up over it.

Telling people to shut up never creates a good tone or resolves an ill one. Nor does saying people are deluded or they've been got by the balls, etc. There are always these kinds of threads when a new game is released but there are some good critiques and debates here, so let's try to keep it civil, instead of letting it become an argument between people instead of talking about the game itself.

So let's redouble our efforts as lots of people are passionate and it's easy to be too strongly worded or read words as too strong, if that makes sense. Let's not be every forum ever - let's be better. :)