On a personal level, I feel the same way...but it's all fine (Destiny)

by Funkmon , Thursday, May 28, 2015, 00:00 (3466 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY
edited by Funkmon, Thursday, May 28, 2015, 00:10

And I said so in a much smaller rant earlier.

But, I don't presume enough to say that Bingle dropped the ball. I bet this new stuff is super swell for a large number of players. Players who are better at the game than us, players who like a challenge more, or more casual players who never played the raids much anyway, may enjoy this. Or shit, people might just enjoy it. I don't know.

I also don't really feel like there's a problem with the loot system. Do I like RNG loot? Not really. It's fine though. It's also what Bungie wanted. They designed the game to work with it, and it does. Part of the reason the perks are so good on certain guns is because they were so rare, they didn't need to design around them. In a game where there were limited random elements, you wouldn't get guns that wreck everything like Fatebringer, since, if it were guaranteed after, say, 10 runs, they'd have to take its design into account.

I, personally, like the changes you outlined. It would be swell to have a way to work toward an etheric light as a solo player or something.

However, Bungie had a vision here, and while parts of it may not fit in exactly with how we like to play the game, it doesn't mean they "dropped the ball." It means they "designed a new part of the game you don't like." And that's no problem. I thought Halo 3's multiplayer was bad. Did Bungie drop the ball? Of course not.

We kind of need to keep in mind that just because something in the game doesn't fit our preference or idea of what the game should be DOESN'T mean that Bungie fucked up. We just don't like that part. Remember, for every Funkmon who knows high fire rate auto rifles suck, there is a completely deluded RaichuKFM who thinks they're good. For every CruelLEGACEY who thinks PoE is all but worthless, there is a guy like an astronomy student I know who thinks its the best part of the game.

So, if we don't like PoE, we can play other parts. Play trials. Play the new story missions. Play the old raids. None of that interesting? No problem. Play Child of Light, or Saints Row IV, or 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures.

No game is going to be perfect for everyone, and we should stop pretending like this one is supposed to be. Just like what you like, dislike what you dislike, don't take it so seriously, and don't assume Bungie fucked up because they did something outside of what you expected.