They can never get their story straight with the loot cave. (Destiny)
Article claims some Bungie dude said,
The funny thing is, we knew about this before launch," he said. "We knew this was a potentially exploitable activity. But we didn't care, because we said the actual drop rate per minute spent is not any different than anything else. So you actually will get less loot doing this per hour than just playing the game.
So the loot cave activity will give the same loot per minute as any other activity therefore you will get less loot per minute doing the loot cave activity.
Wat?
The article says,
To Bungie, it wasn't a big deal. The developers believed that, even if players discovered the Loot Cave, they wouldn't waste their time there because the enemies were low-level and unlikely to drop anything of significant value.
There may have been a patch released much later on to have higher level enemies drop better loot but at the time of the loot cave all enemies dropped the same loot.
Were the article writers just talking out of their arses or did Bungie say that in the talk? Did Bungie lie about their own game or did they just, conveniently, forgot how their game used to work?
Complete thread:
- Bungie GDC panel rundown -
electricpirate,
2015-03-07, 03:23
- They can never get their story straight with the loot cave. -
scarab,
2015-03-07, 06:50
- They can never get their story straight with the loot cave. -
someotherguy,
2015-03-08, 09:46
- in those days you weren't guaranteed drops end strikes - scarab, 2015-03-08, 21:51
- They can never get their story straight with the loot cave. -
someotherguy,
2015-03-08, 09:46
- Also: -
uberfoop,
2015-03-07, 07:10
- Also: - electricpirate, 2015-03-09, 01:23
- 6 Years in the Making - Blackt1g3r, 2015-03-09, 16:06
- Bungie GDC panel rundown -
EffortlessFury,
2015-03-07, 12:23
- Maybe they mean... -
Blackt1g3r,
2015-03-07, 12:25
- That's what I was thinking -
Dagoonite,
2015-03-07, 13:03
- It dropped purples and they were pretty rare in those days -
scarab,
2015-03-07, 13:44
- Maybe it meant actual purples. -
Funkmon,
2015-03-08, 20:32
- yes let's just grasp at straws and make stuff up -
scarab,
2015-03-08, 20:54
- yes let's just grasp at straws and make stuff up -
ZackDark,
2015-03-08, 21:21
- loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples -
scarab,
2015-03-08, 21:47
- loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples -
Robot Chickens,
2015-03-08, 22:39
- loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples - slycrel, 2015-03-09, 02:19
- loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 02:31
- irrelevant: decode levels are global, cave dropped at higher -
scarab,
2015-03-09, 04:16
- irrelevant: decode levels are global, cave dropped at higher - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 04:28
- Dude - Robot Chickens, 2015-03-09, 14:31
- loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples -
Robot Chickens,
2015-03-08, 22:39
- loot cave purples were no less real than any other purples -
scarab,
2015-03-08, 21:47
- yes let's just grasp at straws and make stuff up -
ZackDark,
2015-03-08, 21:21
- yes let's just grasp at straws and make stuff up -
scarab,
2015-03-08, 20:54
- Maybe it meant actual purples. -
Funkmon,
2015-03-08, 20:32
- It dropped purples and they were pretty rare in those days -
scarab,
2015-03-07, 13:44
- It was a patrol spawn point -
scarab,
2015-03-07, 13:36
- It was a patrol spawn point -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-07, 13:45
- It was efficient: tons of blues, a fair number of purples - scarab, 2015-03-07, 14:02
- It was a patrol spawn point -
scarab,
2015-03-07, 14:18
- It was a patrol spawn point -
Claude Errera,
2015-03-07, 21:13
- do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies -
scarab,
2015-03-08, 04:54
- It always seemed to me that all enemies had equal drop rates -
Kahzgul,
2015-03-08, 09:11
- "Random drops can kiss my ass, and I avoid reliance on them" -
yakaman,
2015-03-09, 14:40
- +1 -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-09, 14:42
- Compared to what, though? -
CyberKN,
2015-03-09, 14:56
- Compared to what, though? -
Kahzgul,
2015-03-09, 19:54
- But Gjallarhorn! -
dogcow,
2015-03-09, 20:09
- false dichotomy - scarab, 2015-03-10, 04:53
- But Gjallarhorn! -
dogcow,
2015-03-09, 20:09
- Compared to what, though? -
Kahzgul,
2015-03-09, 19:54
- Loot cave was the most efficient form of patrol -
scarab,
2015-03-09, 15:25
- Loot cave was the most efficient form of patrol -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-09, 15:44
- so had we had high level characters and raids and roc strike -
scarab,
2015-03-09, 15:53
- Exclusion Zone Mission farming - ZackDark, 2015-03-09, 17:31
- so had we had high level characters and raids and roc strike - stabbim, 2015-03-09, 17:32
- so had we had high level characters and raids and roc strike -
scarab,
2015-03-09, 15:53
- Enjoying Destiny -
Kermit,
2015-03-09, 16:21
- Enjoying Destiny - Up North 65, 2015-03-09, 21:01
- Loot cave was the most efficient form of patrol -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-09, 15:44
- Compared to what, though? -
CyberKN,
2015-03-09, 14:56
- +1 -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-09, 14:42
- "Random drops can kiss my ass, and I avoid reliance on them" -
yakaman,
2015-03-09, 14:40
- do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies -
Claude Errera,
2015-03-08, 16:57
- do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-09, 02:45
- Cut It Out. -
Ragashingo,
2015-03-09, 03:08
- Take. A. Joke. -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-09, 03:56
- Take. A. Joke. -
Ragashingo,
2015-03-09, 04:16
- Take. A. Joke. -
stabbim,
2015-03-09, 12:41
- What effort? -
someotherguy,
2015-03-09, 14:08
- What effort? - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 14:26
- Take. A. Joke. -
Ragashingo,
2015-03-09, 14:17
- Take. A. Joke. - stabbim, 2015-03-09, 17:41
- What effort? -
someotherguy,
2015-03-09, 14:08
- Take. A. Joke. -
stabbim,
2015-03-09, 12:41
- Take. A. Joke. -
Dagoonite,
2015-03-09, 04:28
- Take. A. Joke. -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-09, 04:55
- Take. A. Joke. - Kermit, 2015-03-09, 09:55
- Take. A. Joke. -
someotherguy,
2015-03-09, 14:16
- Take. A. Joke. -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-09, 16:14
- Take. A. Joke. -
Ragashingo,
2015-03-09, 16:51
- Take. A. Joke. -
stabbim,
2015-03-09, 17:43
- That's not a joke. That's important information. - iconicbanana, 2015-03-09, 17:47
- Take. A. Joke. - Ragashingo, 2015-03-09, 17:51
- Take. A. Joke. -
stabbim,
2015-03-09, 17:43
- Take. A. Joke. -
Ragashingo,
2015-03-09, 16:51
- Take. A. Joke. -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-09, 16:14
- Take. A. Joke. -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-09, 04:55
- Take. A. Joke. -
Ragashingo,
2015-03-09, 04:16
- Take. A. Joke. -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-09, 03:56
- Cut It Out. -
Ragashingo,
2015-03-09, 03:08
- do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-09, 02:45
- It always seemed to me that all enemies had equal drop rates -
Kahzgul,
2015-03-08, 09:11
- do you agree with Bungie's statement that high enemies -
scarab,
2015-03-08, 04:54
- Keep in mind... - Kahzgul, 2015-03-09, 00:31
- It was a patrol spawn point -
Claude Errera,
2015-03-07, 21:13
- It was a patrol spawn point -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-07, 13:45
- That's what I was thinking -
Dagoonite,
2015-03-07, 13:03
- Other currency -
electricpirate,
2015-03-09, 00:43
- the other currencies were weekly capped, cave was not -
scarab,
2015-03-09, 04:25
- so it's a false dichotomy to say cave vs others - scarab, 2015-03-09, 04:28
- the other currencies were weekly capped, cave was not -
scarab,
2015-03-09, 04:25
- Bungie GDC panel rundown - Cody Miller, 2015-03-09, 05:12
- Maybe they mean... -
Blackt1g3r,
2015-03-07, 12:25
- One full GDC panel -
Xenos,
2015-03-08, 01:51
- One full GDC panel -
Kermit,
2015-03-08, 13:25
- One full GDC panel - Xenos, 2015-03-08, 17:21
- One full GDC panel -
Kermit,
2015-03-08, 13:25
- Months later: Still arguing about the frackin lootcave. -
Revenant1988,
2015-03-09, 11:07
- Bungie brought it up again and claimed low level enemies - scarab, 2015-03-09, 15:40
- They can never get their story straight with the loot cave. -
scarab,
2015-03-07, 06:50