Radiant Materials (Destiny)
Polygon just posted a very scathing opinion piece about how the recent changes in Destiny are designed to punish the hardcore players the most. It's a pretty interesting read, and while I am not nearly as bitter as the author, I unfortunately have to admit that there is some harsh truth in there.
Unfortunately, I know exactly why radiant materials were included in the game. All I have to do is look at my inventory. I have over 300 Ascendant shards right now. That means, upgrading armor is absolutely trivial. You need 84 shards to max out 4 pieces of raid gear, and if the gear required ascendant materials you'd basically already have 32s running around. I see no problem with that at all, but I just know Bungie did this to prevent quick progression in the expansion.
Same thing with commendations. It doesn't make much sense at first glance: I get around 2 faction level up per week on average. Sometimes more, sometimes less. You can earn at most 100 marks per week. It would look like you can earn more commendations than required to spend all your marks. So why include them?
Same reason. You could have 200 vanguard and crucible marks across your characters, (600 and 600), and go to town and gear up immediately. Again, i see no problem with that, but now you have to earn commendations which prevents you from buying gear right away.
It's 100% because there is so little content in the DLC, and Bungie needs to stretch it out rather than let you play the fucking game. The issue is 100% because of small DLC packs rather than full on expansions, or simply larger games with only sequels. heaven forbid we actually finish a game.
I will be playing much much less of Destiny in the future, simply because this writer is right: Destiny is a game hostile towards its players.
Complete thread:
- Pretty scathing opinion piece on Polygon -
Speedracer513,
2014-12-15, 10:23
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 10:34
- Radiant Materials -
EffortlessFury,
2014-12-15, 10:36
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 10:40
- Radiant Materials -
Speedracer513,
2014-12-15, 10:57
- Radiant Materials - stabbim, 2014-12-15, 12:37
- Radiant Materials -
Speedracer513,
2014-12-15, 10:57
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 10:40
- Radiant Materials -
Blackt1g3r,
2014-12-15, 10:46
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 10:48
- Radiant Materials -
petetheduck,
2014-12-15, 11:28
- I feel no attachment to my gear - kidtsunami, 2014-12-15, 11:33
- Radiant Materials -
CruelLEGACEY,
2014-12-15, 12:07
- Radiant Materials -
petetheduck,
2014-12-15, 12:45
- Radiant Materials - Cody Miller, 2014-12-15, 12:49
- Radiant Materials -
petetheduck,
2014-12-15, 12:45
- Radiant Materials -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:05
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 12:12
- Radiant Materials -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:15
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 12:19
- Radiant Materials -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:24
- Radiant Materials -
stabbim,
2014-12-15, 12:42
- Radiant Materials -
Ragashingo,
2014-12-15, 12:48
- Radiant Materials -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:58
- Radiant Materials - Cody Miller, 2014-12-15, 13:03
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 12:59
- Radiant Materials -
ZackDark,
2014-12-15, 13:02
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 13:04
- +1, tbh - ZackDark, 2014-12-15, 13:07
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 13:04
- Radiant Materials -
ZackDark,
2014-12-15, 13:02
- Radiant Materials -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:58
- Radiant Materials -
Ragashingo,
2014-12-15, 12:48
- Radiant Materials -
stabbim,
2014-12-15, 12:42
- Radiant Materials -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:24
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 12:19
- Radiant Materials -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:15
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Revenant1988,
2014-12-15, 12:49
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 12:53
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 13:15
- Either way, that's a lot - Revenant1988, 2014-12-15, 13:20
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 13:59
- Does psn track play time? That could corroborate with b.net - Spec ops Grunt, 2014-12-15, 14:18
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
RC,
2014-12-15, 14:39
- Only 1 more than Levi -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 14:43
- Only 1 more than Levi - Leviathan, 2014-12-15, 14:57
- Only 1 more than Levi -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 14:43
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 13:28
- You never will understand because you don't listen -
scarab,
2014-12-15, 13:34
- You never will understand because you don't listen -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 13:52
- You never will understand because you don't listen -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 13:55
- Echo Chamber, guys - iconicbanana, 2014-12-15, 13:57
- You never will understand because you don't listen - Leviathan, 2014-12-15, 14:11
- You've been asking that question for the last 3 months -
scarab,
2014-12-15, 14:08
- You've been asking that question for the last 3 months -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 14:31
- You've been asking that question for the last 3 months - Spec ops Grunt, 2014-12-15, 14:38
- asking the same question repeatedly and apparently -
scarab,
2014-12-15, 15:03
- asking the same question repeatedly and apparently -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 15:48
- Don't listen to him. - ckamp, 2014-12-19, 08:38
- asking the same question repeatedly and apparently -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 08:04
- asking the same question repeatedly and apparently -
scarab,
2014-12-19, 10:21
- asking the same question repeatedly and apparently -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 10:51
- asking the same question repeatedly and apparently - Cody Miller, 2014-12-19, 10:56
- Exploring -
Leviathan,
2014-12-19, 14:31
- That's a big post :-) - scarab, 2014-12-21, 02:22
- Exploring - scarab, 2014-12-21, 04:29
- asking the same question repeatedly and apparently -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 10:51
- asking the same question repeatedly and apparently -
scarab,
2014-12-19, 10:21
- asking the same question repeatedly and apparently -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 15:48
- You've been asking that question for the last 3 months -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 14:31
- You never will understand because you don't listen -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 13:55
- You never will understand because you don't listen -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 13:52
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 13:43
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 14:08
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 14:15
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 14:44
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 14:52
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 15:52
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 15:59
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Speedracer513,
2014-12-15, 16:03
- That's because you play as it was designed. - Leviathan, 2014-12-15, 16:10
- That's because you play as it was designed. - Leviathan, 2014-12-15, 16:08
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Speedracer513,
2014-12-15, 16:03
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 15:59
- That's because you play as it was designed. - Claude Errera, 2014-12-19, 08:09
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 15:52
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 14:52
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 14:44
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 14:15
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 14:08
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Revenant1988,
2014-12-15, 13:46
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 13:48
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Revenant1988,
2014-12-15, 13:55
- I *actually* LOLd at this - Speedracer513, 2014-12-15, 13:57
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Revenant1988,
2014-12-15, 13:55
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 13:48
- You never will understand because you don't listen -
scarab,
2014-12-15, 13:34
- That's because you play as it was designed. - CruelLEGACEY, 2014-12-15, 13:56
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 13:15
- games with investment systems are NOT designed to be -
scarab,
2014-12-15, 14:19
- games with investment systems are NOT designed to be -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 08:23
- games with investment systems are NOT designed to be -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-19, 10:46
- games with investment systems are NOT designed to be -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 11:00
- games with investment systems are NOT designed to be -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-19, 11:10
- games with investment systems are NOT designed to be - Claude Errera, 2014-12-19, 11:12
- games with investment systems are NOT designed to be -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-19, 11:10
- games with investment systems are NOT designed to be -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 11:00
- Doing things that you don't want to do in a game is a grind -
scarab,
2014-12-19, 11:00
- Doing things that you don't want to do in a game is a grind -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 11:07
- Doing things that you don't want to do in a game is a grind -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-19, 11:12
- Doing things that you don't want to do in a game is a grind -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 11:26
- Doing things that you don't want to do in a game is a grind - dogcow, 2014-12-19, 12:30
- Doing things that you don't want to do in a game is a grind -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 11:26
- Doing things that you don't want to do in a game is a grind -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-19, 11:12
- Doing things that you don't want to do in a game is a grind -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 11:07
- games with investment systems are NOT designed to be -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-19, 10:46
- games with investment systems are NOT designed to be -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 08:23
- That's because you play as it was designed. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 12:53
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 12:12
- Radiant Materials -
petetheduck,
2014-12-15, 11:28
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 10:48
- Destiny has made me enjoy Dota more. -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 11:17
- Is this really a fair analogy? -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-15, 11:20
- Is this really a fair analogy? - Spec ops Grunt, 2014-12-15, 11:23
- Is this really a fair analogy? -
kidtsunami,
2014-12-15, 11:28
- Hmm...you're on to something here. -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-15, 11:32
- Hmm...you're on to something here. -
kidtsunami,
2014-12-15, 11:46
- Hmm...you're on to something here. -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-15, 11:51
- I'm bumming myself out -
kidtsunami,
2014-12-15, 12:04
- You bums - ZackDark, 2014-12-15, 13:06
- I'm bumming myself out -
kidtsunami,
2014-12-15, 12:04
- Hmm...you're on to something here. -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-15, 11:51
- Hmm...you're on to something here. -
kidtsunami,
2014-12-15, 11:46
- Hmm...you're on to something here. -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-15, 11:32
- Is this really a fair analogy? -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-15, 11:20
- Radiant Materials -
EffortlessFury,
2014-12-15, 10:36
- Eh, whatever. -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-15, 10:52
- Eh, whatever. -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 11:21
- Eh, whatever. - iconicbanana, 2014-12-15, 11:27
- Eh, whatever. - Revenant1988, 2014-12-15, 11:36
- Eh, whatever. -
unoudid,
2014-12-15, 13:17
- You guys are happy-hardcore -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-15, 13:54
- I like that term! - unoudid, 2014-12-15, 14:59
- You guys are happy-hardcore -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-15, 13:54
- Eh, whatever. -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 11:21
- I honestly agree with this whole article. -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 11:12
- I mean, I agree...I just don't really care, either :/ - iconicbanana, 2014-12-15, 11:14
- So we are all in agreement? -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 11:29
- Nah. -
RaichuKFM,
2014-12-15, 11:44
- DBO: Taking a shard into the hellmouth -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 11:52
- DBO: Taking a shard into the hellmouth - RaichuKFM, 2014-12-15, 12:09
- DBO: Taking a shard into the hellmouth -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 11:52
- So we are all in agreement? -
kidtsunami,
2014-12-15, 11:50
- So we are all in agreement? -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 11:56
- So we are all in agreement? -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:09
- So we are all in agreement? -
RaichuKFM,
2014-12-15, 12:10
- So we are all in agreement? - kidtsunami, 2014-12-15, 12:14
- So we are all in agreement? [img] - Spec ops Grunt, 2014-12-15, 12:15
- So we are all in agreement? -
RaichuKFM,
2014-12-15, 12:10
- So we are all in agreement? -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:09
- So we are all in agreement? -
Spec ops Grunt,
2014-12-15, 11:56
- So we are all in agreement? -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 12:15
- We need to build a statue. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:21
- :p - Ragashingo, 2014-12-15, 12:26
- We need to build a statue. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 14:37
- We need to build a statue. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 14:53
- We need to build a statue. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 14:54
- We need to build a statue. - Leviathan, 2014-12-15, 15:02
- We need to build a statue. -
Claude Errera,
2014-12-19, 08:35
- We need to build a statue. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-19, 10:42
- We need to build a statue. - Claude Errera, 2014-12-19, 11:10
- We need to build a statue. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-19, 10:42
- We need to build a statue. -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 14:54
- The engineering talent isn't gone - scarab, 2014-12-15, 15:08
- We need to build a statue. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 14:53
- We need to build a statue. -
Leviathan,
2014-12-15, 12:21
- Investment team didn't decide to make a game with no content -
scarab,
2014-12-15, 12:19
- Investment team didn't decide to make a game with no content -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 12:29
- I think they are being paid to be top of the charts - scarab, 2014-12-15, 13:24
- Investment team didn't decide to make a game with no content -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 12:29
- Nah. -
RaichuKFM,
2014-12-15, 11:44
- A weekend with Xur -
unoudid,
2014-12-15, 14:08
- A weekend with Xur -
Durandal,
2014-12-15, 14:58
- A weekend with Xur -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 15:00
- A weekend with Xur - iconicbanana, 2014-12-15, 15:02
- Broke for Iron Banner Now -
unoudid,
2014-12-15, 15:01
- Glimmer Grind is more boring than Mats Grind Was -
Kahzgul,
2014-12-15, 18:02
- Glimmer Grind is more boring than Mats Grind Was -
HavokBlue,
2014-12-15, 18:08
- Glimmer Grind is more boring than Mats Grind Was -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-16, 04:14
- Glimmer Grind is more boring than Mats Grind Was - HavokBlue, 2014-12-16, 04:56
- Kill counts will stop too sometimes. -
Revenant1988,
2014-12-16, 05:51
- Yep -
ZackDark,
2014-12-16, 08:22
- Citadel on Venus -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-16, 08:36
- Citadel on Venus -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-16, 09:04
- Citadel on Venus -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-16, 09:10
- You don't need 4 or 5 -
ZackDark,
2014-12-16, 09:11
- You don't need 4 or 5 -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-16, 09:16
- Fair enough :) - ZackDark, 2014-12-16, 09:22
- You don't need 4 or 5 -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-16, 09:16
- You don't need 4 or 5 -
ZackDark,
2014-12-16, 09:11
- Citadel on Venus - Schedonnardus, 2014-12-16, 14:08
- Citadel on Venus -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-16, 09:10
- Citadel on Venus -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-16, 09:04
- Citadel on Venus -
iconicbanana,
2014-12-16, 08:36
- Yep -
ZackDark,
2014-12-16, 08:22
- Glimmer Grind is more boring than Mats Grind Was -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-16, 04:14
- Glimmer Grind is more boring than Mats Grind Was -
HavokBlue,
2014-12-15, 18:08
- Glimmer Grind is more boring than Mats Grind Was -
Kahzgul,
2014-12-15, 18:02
- A weekend with Xur -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 15:00
- A weekend with Xur -
Durandal,
2014-12-15, 14:58
- So I take it Bungie patched out BXR and Sword Flying... *NM* -
HawaiianPig,
2014-12-15, 20:10
- So I take it Bungie patched out BXR and Sword Flying... *NM* -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-16, 03:44
- So I take it Bungie patched out BXR and Sword Flying... *NM* -
HawaiianPig,
2014-12-16, 21:32
- Have you given up on gaming entirely? -
scarab,
2014-12-17, 00:14
- Have you given up on gaming entirely? -
HawaiianPig,
2014-12-18, 21:36
- If you are short on time then avoid Destiny - scarab, 2014-12-18, 23:42
- Have you given up on gaming entirely? -
HawaiianPig,
2014-12-18, 21:36
- Have you given up on gaming entirely? -
scarab,
2014-12-17, 00:14
- So I take it Bungie patched out BXR and Sword Flying... *NM* -
HawaiianPig,
2014-12-16, 21:32
- So I take it Bungie patched out BXR and Sword Flying... *NM* -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-16, 03:44
- Radiant Materials -
Cody Miller,
2014-12-15, 10:34