Have you played Mass Effect 3? (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 17:51 (3456 days ago) @ slycrel

First of all, great post across the board :)

So yeah. All that said, the PoE wasn't for us raiders. It was raiding for the guys who could get a couple buddies together here and there rather than coordinate a 6 person team. I like it, and as a hobbyist game dev, I admire what they've done. But it wasn't quite what I was looking for for PvE "endgame" content.

This is the one part where I think I feel differently than you. I'm totally down with the idea of a 3-player arena mode as end game content. I just don't think Bungie did a particularly good job designing Prison of Elders. Saying "it's not for us" doesn't work for me, because I feel like it's kinda giving them a pass on something that I would love to see them improve in the future.

I bring up Mass Effect 3 because of its multiplayer component. Have you tried it?

4 player cooperative arena/survival missions. 10 waves, objectives dispersed throughout some of the waves (hold the capture point, escort the data drone, eliminate the target enemy, etc), with a "reach and defend the extraction zone" phase at the end. You unlock different characters, each with their own skill tree and power progression. You earn random weapon and equipment drops, upgrade your stuff, etc.

Sounds familiar, right? ;p

Except it's AWESOME. I sunk hundreds of hours into ME3 multiplayer. So again, I'm totally on board with PoE in concept. I just wish it was closer to my favorite arena modes in execution :)