*IMG* (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 16:08 (3536 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Remember the Tumbler sparrow? It was offered for a limited time if you bought TDB within a certain window. It's almost purely cosmetic (flips aside), not everyone can get it, and it doesn't really affect you if you don't have it. Why is that acceptable, but a $2 armor set wouldn't be (if all of its perks were already accessible on other gear)?

I don't have an answer. Maybe because this stuff has been largely off my radar till now. Is the tumbler fun? Does Tumbling provide even a second of entertainment? Then withholding that compromises your game. Maybe not a lot, but it does. If I made a game, and I made a thing that was even remotely cool, I would die at the thought of a player not having access to it potentially.

Bungie (as a studio) did not make the Tumbler. One guy made it for fun, and Bungie worked out a way to include it in the game as an exclusive bit of content. Had that one guy not wanted to make it, you'd still have the complete Destiny experience. Had he made it, and Bungie not implemented it, would your experience feel compromised?

I'd love for one guy in Bungie to take a request, make me an armor set that resembled my Reach armor, and sell it to me. Would that commission hurt you? Cosmetic Microtransactions can be interpreted as commissions if only some people want them enough to pay for them.