This is 100% a fantastic thing. (Destiny)

by slycrel , Monday, October 05, 2015, 22:19 (3432 days ago) @ cheapLEY

All the OCD people out there that have to complete their collections? . . . . People will buy these things to fit in, to be cool.

Then you have bigger issues, and that's not Bungie's issue to deal with.

It is if Bungie monetizes these issues. That's the slippery slope. I even made that point right? That it may be fine for some, even the majority, but it can also be very damaging to a minority. I hope Bungie can pull it off.

What happens when they introduce items that are "free", but save you time? (hint: they've already done this with the red bull XP items, buy a red bull, get an xp booster) What if they sold those via micro-transactions? What if they sold motes of light?

That would be fantastic. It would mean that people who want to enjoy the high level game, but don't want to spend or have 1000 hours getting there can do so. Would it really affect you negatively if they started selling Motes of Light (as long as they didn't change how they drop from just playing)? No, it wouldn't. It would mean that yeah, some people that don't play as much as you might have higher level/more stuff than you with less time invested. Big deal.

I've played "games" that are way too far in this direction. (Time gating being the most obvious example.) When you start allowing people to pay to not play the game they bought, hey, that's pretty lucrative right? But it's also exploitive.

Note that I don't think bungie is going to do this directly, and if they do it will be some time before they do. (Spark of light to lvl 25 via micro-transactions anyone? I bet we see something like that in the future) But I am going to stick with the fact that this changes the paradigm. Hopefully for the better, but potentially for the worse. It's not like destiny has a great track record with in-game currency and how that works. I hope my worry is unfounded.

And to be clear, I'm not saying that bungie is suddenly the devil or that they are all evil and things are going to implode. I -am- saying that this isn't all peachy keen and ONLY good. It's not, and there's nothing wrong with saying it. I'd prefer not to be painted as chicken little here.