Prison of Elders 2.0 (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Monday, July 20, 2015, 19:26 (3494 days ago) @ Vortech

All good points. A few things I can expand upon:

One problem I foresee is people picking the "right", "easy", or "Best" path and never doing anything else.

I like the idea of the group being able to decide exactly which bosses they fight on a case by case basis. I could see this being a bit problematic in matchmade groups, though. A possible solution that I mentioned in another post is to have 2 versions of PoE 2.0: the primary "quest" version, and then a stripped down matchmade version that just picks a few encounters at random and throws you in.

It's a problem to take away the matchmake level 28. As someone who's leveling up a character from scratch on Xbox it's a very welcome part of the game and a useful break from strike playlist.

Fair point. Perhaps a 3rd, lower difficulty setting?

I don't like escort missions, and I never will. I can't forgive them for the death of my boy.

I don't usually like them either, but they worked really well in Mass Effect 3 for a few reasons. From my other post:

"First of all, the thing you are escorting can't die, so that's a big frustration out of the way. And the drone in ME would actually attack enemies if it was fully powered (your entire team was standing around it). This is another cool feature, IMO.

Also, the way you complete the escort is somewhat flexible. If your entire team crowds around the ghost, it will be riskier (you're all somewhat exposed) but the ghost will move faster. Alternatively, you could have 1 or 2 guardians handle the escort duties while the rest of the fireteam provides cover from a safe spot."

Ghost scanning terminal sounds suspiciously like talky key missions from vanilla destiny. I like the idea of special and optional objectives, but not defending the ghost while he scans.

Scanning a terminal to unlock a branching path was just an idea off the top of my head... I didn't imagine a scenario where you would then have to stand around and wait while the ghost takes its time... more just a quick simple scan to trigger the alternate path. But other objectives could fill this roll just as well, if not better.