What if your fun keeps others from having fun? (Destiny)

by ShadowOfTheVoid , South Carolina, Thursday, October 09, 2014, 14:53 (3703 days ago) @ CommandrCleavage

Whether it's bounties or challenges or achievements/trophies, rewards for performing certain tasks in MP influence the way other people play, often to the detriment of other players' experiences. One of the oldest examples I have experience with is the original Gears of War. It was almost impossible to get any cooperation because everyone else was busy trying to grind their "Get 100 curbstomps/chainsaw kills/pistol headshots/whatever" achievements. Actually winning or acting as a team was rarely a consideration. They didn't have those kind of achievements in Gears 2, and it resulted in a better experience.

Remember, in multiplayer you're not just on your own time. You're on everyone else's time, too.

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Crucible Bounties are dumb - Cody Miller, 2014-10-09, 08:33
- Come on, man, you're not even trying... - Korny, 2014-10-09, 08:46
  - This. - Ragashingo, 2014-10-09, 11:09
- What year is it? - RC, 2014-10-09, 08:53
- Still better than Halo 3 MP achievements - Spec ops Grunt, 2014-10-09, 08:56
  - ^ Eh, that too - RC, 2014-10-09, 09:02
    - Remember the region switching fad to find cheevo lobbies? - Spec ops Grunt, 2014-10-09, 09:18
- Crucible Bounties are dumb - Kermit, 2014-10-09, 08:56
  - Crucible Bounties are dumb - Monochron, 2014-10-09, 09:48
  - Crucible Bounties are dumb - DiscipleN2k, 2014-10-09, 10:55
    - Crucible Bounties are dumb - stabbim, 2014-10-09, 12:12
      - True - DiscipleN2k, 2014-10-10, 08:15
  - Crucible Bounties are dumb - someotherguy, 2014-10-09, 11:08
    - Crucible Bounties are dumb - Kermit, 2014-10-09, 11:33
      - Crucible Bounties are dumb - bluerunner, 2014-10-09, 11:50
        
        Crucible Bounties are dumb - Blackt1g3r, 2014-10-09, 20:38
- Crap, I'm having fun wrong again..... - CommandrCleavage, 2014-10-09, 09:22
  - Having fun "wrong"? - Korny, 2014-10-09, 09:24
  - Crap, I'm having fun wrong again..... - MrPadraig08, 2014-10-09, 09:37
    - Crap, I'm having fun wrong again..... - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-10-09, 09:40
      - Crap, I'm having fun wrong again..... - Bones, 2014-10-09, 13:44
        
        Crap, I'm having fun wrong again..... - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-10-09, 19:50
  - Crap, I'm having fun wrong again..... - Kalamari, 2014-10-09, 09:42
    - Crap, I'm having fun wrong again..... - Grizzlei, 2014-10-09, 10:23
  - I love this comment. - INSANEdrive, 2014-10-09, 10:04
    - I don't - Monochron, 2014-10-09, 11:08
      - I don't - stabbim, 2014-10-09, 12:21
  - Sic semper Codius - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-10-09, 10:37
  - Crap, I'm having fun wrong again..... - Cody Miller, 2014-10-09, 11:02
    - Isn't PvP fun at another's expense by design? - Korny, 2014-10-09, 16:30
      - Isn't PvP fun at another's expense by design? - stabbim, 2014-10-10, 08:36
        
        Isn't PvP fun at another's expense by design? - Korny, 2014-10-10, 10:21
  - What if your fun keeps others from having fun? - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2014-10-09, 14:53
  - Armour Lock thread. - uberfoop, 2014-10-09, 15:23
- Crucible Bounties are dumb - bluerunner, 2014-10-09, 09:43
  - Crucible Bounties are dumb - Korny, 2014-10-09, 10:08
  - Tripmines; best revenge ever - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-10-09, 10:39
    - 'Cause you sure aren't going to get a kill with them... - Ragashingo, 2014-10-09, 11:12
      - You haven't seen my collection of Postmortem medals... *NM* - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-10-09, 11:44
      - I do. - bluerunner, 2014-10-09, 11:46
        
        I do. - Ragashingo, 2014-10-09, 17:28
        
        I do. - Xenos, 2014-10-09, 22:02
        
        I do. - Cody Miller, 2014-10-10, 01:02
        
        I do. - Xenos, 2014-10-10, 07:21
        
        Trip mines stick to ceilings. *evil grin* - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-10-10, 07:19
- You don't have to do them; They are optional - Revenant1988, 2014-10-10, 07:37
  - You don't have to do them; They are optional - stabbim, 2014-10-10, 08:40
    - You don't have to do them; They are optional - Revenant1988, 2014-10-10, 09:10
      - You don't have to do them; They are optional - Xenos, 2014-10-10, 09:15
      - You don't have to do them; They are optional - bluerunner, 2014-10-10, 09:31
        
        You don't have to do them; They are optional - Revenant1988, 2014-10-10, 09:55
      - You don't have to do them; They are optional - Kermit, 2014-10-10, 09:34
        
        You don't have to do them; They are optional - Revenant1988, 2014-10-10, 09:58
        
        You don't have to do them; They are optional - Kermit, 2014-10-10, 10:25
      - You don't have to do them; They are optional - stabbim, 2014-10-10, 11:26

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