On the fence about The Taken King (Destiny)

by Avateur , Saturday, June 20, 2015, 01:35 (3684 days ago) @ j41m3z
edited by Avateur, Saturday, June 20, 2015, 01:48

No obligation. Rarely find myself wanting to play other when two or three friends are on. That's usually game night on Saturdays with the Phantom Pikes. Mostly to listen to Avateur talk about itchy and scratchy and yelling when we're all loosing in Trials.

Replying to you, but directing the post toward Dan.

Same as far as no obligation on my part. Any obligation I feel is to stay connected with buddies from DBO and real life, get together at least once a week, game, have fun, get mad, laugh, yell, itch, scratch, destroy, get destroyed, and dance in trees. The game nights don't always consist of Destiny, either. It's the friends that keep me coming back. I mean, sure, I'd get on Destiny regardless at some point or another, but I've gone weeks at a time without touching it. Also, House of Wolves really upped the fun.

My only beef with Taken King is Bungie's (or Activision's, whoever, I don't care which) screwing people hard on the pricing in my opinion. Oh, you don't own the game or any of the DLC yet? Well, pay $60 and you can get everything, including Taken King!

But as for you... we see that you already purchased Destiny and the DLC. You've given us at least $95 already, assuming you've been a day one purchaser. How's $40 more sound for Taken King? I guess what we're saying is, go fuck yourself.

So, obligation. Don't feel obligated to play because of Destiny. Don't feel obligated because of Bungie or Activision. Play because you enjoy playing and because you have people you enjoy playing with, and even if it's just once a week for some game night, quality play time can totally trump quantity of play time. Peoples are busy. Once a week is awesome. If you can do more, great! If pricing is a thing, hold off and maybe it'll drop or something for the holidays.