This . . . (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Sunday, July 26, 2015, 02:09 (3646 days ago) @ Claude Errera

Heh - I'm not sure I belong here, because I read threads like this and wonder "how can I play this game so differently from everyone else?"

I reroll almost NOTHING. I play with whatever perks the RNG gods give me. When I get killed in Crucible, I assume the guy on the other end of that battle was better than me, or had position on me, or got lucky, or whatever. If I get killed by a shotgun at handgun range, I do my best to stay away from that guy. If I get sniped through 3 walls, I do my best to stay out of view of that guy. I RARELY even think about the rolls my opponent might have gotten on the weapon he just killed me with - and when I do, it's more a "oh, well" than a "it's total bullshit that he's got a scout rifle that does more damage than my rocket launcher".

I read these threads and I think "man, I must be playing this game wrong." And then I think about the fact that I actually ENJOY my playtime (almost 100% of it, in fact), while almost nobody else here seems to do that... and I think "I don't want to play the game they're playing."

:)

This is basically my issue. I play very much the same. I don't invest in perks too much. I also don't play crucible too much, and even with the "correct" perks I probably still wouldn't be that good at it. But it still bugs me that if you don't invest in the perk system, and get that perfect roll (through luck or spending motes), you're at a disadvantage.

I'm not a very competitive player, so it doesn't get to me much, but it does bother me sometimes.

I guess I can't really complain, though. I'm the one who refuses to invest in the perk system. It's a bit like people complaining about their representatives, but they didn't vote. I'm fully capable of learning what each and every perk is, how exactly they affect what's going on . . . I just don't care enough to do so.

Even so, it frustrates me sometimes. His Party Crasher should be the same as my Party Crasher.

I will say that some of the discussion in this thread has given me pause, though. Ultimately, I think someotherguy was right, where it would end up that everyone was running with the same exact gun, because it is the "best." Even if Bungie attempted to make every shotgun (or hand cannon or whatever gun it was) competitive, one would gain widespread popularity and be acknowledged as the best gun, and nothing else would get used.

With the way it is now, you're not screwed because you don't have that gun, you can use another gun and use perks to make it competitive, where it might not have been before.