But how many friends? (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 16:01 (3680 days ago) @ Kermit

Does it really, really suck when your friends don't magically show up at the same restaurant you decided to go at the last minute? And hey, if you have or had five friends who were consistently there whenever you logged on ready to raid, you're ahead of me and most other people. I'm a bit incredulous that you're stuck on the outside EVERY night or that finding two people to play with is harder than five, but okay.

It might a psychological thing. He mentioned people seeing full fireteams and logging off. That doesn't surprise me. Meanwhile, I've seen people sit in a partly-full co-op or multiplayer lobby waiting for the last person or two to join for an hour before.

I think a lot of people struggle with the idea that a gaming session is something worth planning and scheduling, like it is going to a show or any number of other enjoyable social activities. I've said before that some of non-DBO friends don't seem to get it, responding to attempts to plan things with "Yeah, I might be on then." I understand adult responsibilities, but for activities that require a certain headcount, that means you don't usually get to do that activity unless you can commit to the thing ahead of time.

Who wants to do that though? I'll do it, there's years of evidence to back that up, but it would be nice to not have to. Scheduling things and gathering people is work, or at the very least it's boring, and games are supposed to let you get away from work and have fun. It's not just responsibilities either, people might not want to be obligated to do your thing instead of some other leisure activity they might feel like doing at that time.