+1000 (Destiny)

by unoudid , Somewhere over the rainbow, Monday, October 12, 2015, 12:46 (3426 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I think for a lot of folks (myself included), the new system works a lot better. The old system rewarded long periods of play. Yeah, you could jump into a quick crucible match and get a few marks here and there, or run a strike and get a few, but to hit the cap you had to do either activity for hours on end.

Now, even if I don't play every day (and I don't play more than two or three times a week), I can earn 30 marks in fifteen or twenty minutes every time I log on. The sort of time investment required before to earn 30 marks was much longer than that.

I can understand not wanting to do the Daily Mission, but I happen to really enjoy going through them, so it's great for me. And I don't like Crucible all that much, but it's not bad to jump in for one quick match for the Marks.

I try and make it a point most times I play to just knock out those two activities before I log off. I've actually ended up having some good times in Crucible, because when I finish doing whatever I'm doing with my Fireteam, I just tell them I'm going to do the Daily Crucible and Mission, and they decide to tag along. I've played Crucible more now than I ever have before, and with folks that I normally probably wouldn't, because of the new system, and that's a good thing in my book.

I can completely understand how it works better for people who play less than I do.

For a frame of reference, here are our playtimes for comparison.
248 hours wasted on Destiny for CheapLEY
1228 hours wasted on Destiny for unoudid

My typical week pre TTK was to log on Tuesday nights, do Nightfall x3, then usually follow that up with the weekly heroic x3. Wednesday-Friday were usually 1-2 raids, then the weekends I would do a lot of strikes or crucible. Really whatever the people I would play with wanted/needed to do. I would find it very easy for me to hit the 100 mark cap just by playing the game.

Now, I am needing to do stuff out of my normal play style in order to earn any marks. I'll still get an easy 30 marks from running the heroic strikes, but besides that, I'll get a few here and there from playing the daily crucible if it's on a day that I want to play crucible. otherwise I just won't play them.

I really think there is a happy medium between the old style and the new style. Adding marks back to nightfall would help for one. Maybe adding some small quantities of marks back to the heroic playlist? maybe give 3 marks per strike after the initial 10? Or add 2-3 marks back to crucible matches?

I just find it frustrating that for someone who plays the game way too much as-is to be so mark poor due to them making you do the daily activities in order earn marks.