Breathing new life into the Open World (Destiny)

by narcogen , Andover, Massachusetts, Monday, November 03, 2014, 19:07 (3912 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

I was messing around at the Forgotten Shores a couple days ago, looking for spinemetal, killing time until the next public event, when I saw something I'd never seen before. A message popped up on my HUD saying a patrol of enemy pikes was nearby. A few minutes later a pack of Fallen riding pikes came around the corner. I had a fun little battle against them, claimed one if the pikes for myself, and drove off with it.

I've put about 160 hours into Destiny so far, and this was the first time I'd seen this particular event. While part of me was excited to be finding content that I haven't seen after so many hours, the louder voice in my head was asking:

"why isn't there more stuff like this in this game? Way more? Way WAAAAY more?"

Easy. Because the more there is, and the more often it happens, the less special it feels when it happens.

Roving pikes occur in place of public events in certain places-- Anchor of Light, Forgotten Shores, and Ember Caves, for instance.