Wiping away the past (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Friday, September 11, 2015, 01:18 (3459 days ago) @ Leviathan
edited by General Vagueness, Friday, September 11, 2015, 01:22

That brings me to what the point actually is. The point is that a work of art, and all versions or editions of it that are made public, should be preserved and made available forever. This is an ideal, and it's one that often doesn't play nice with practicality, but that doesn't mean people won't or shouldn't keep pursuing it.

I would also love to see great things preserved as they were, but I don't think that ideal should ever become a restriction to the artist.

I didn't say it should.
Do you really think it's a matter of their vision, though? Do you really think their goal is that lofty?
I think it's practicality, and possibly a lack of forethought ("How are we going to have story justification/console memory/server resources/whatever to continue these events indefinitely?"), and, maybe, an incentive to play on a regular basis so you don't miss things-- admittedly even if it is that's not messing with people's minds on the level of gambling for legendaries, but it's not what I'd call an artistic vision.