Arthr2ShdsJcksn
Banned
Same here. While I agree that the story and voice acting (well, Dinklebot's) aren't very good, those are two aspects that I care very little about in gaming.
Destiny is pure awesomeness.
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Same here. While I agree that the story and voice acting (well, Dinklebot's) aren't very good, those are two aspects that I care very little about in gaming.
Destiny is pure awesomeness.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Is not the only two aspects that get Destiny criticized.
I'm not even talking about something as complex as new locations and models. I'm talking about little stuff that could be worked out more easily.
Why aren't there more bounties? Why are there so few new gun perks? I got a new shotgun from the raid last night and it's not exactly thrilling to see the same old garbage like "Kills reduce grenade cooldown" and "Last round does more damage".
what torturous changes await us in crota's end on heroic? my fatebringer is thirsty for thrall skull.
lookin forward to trying that new raid handcannon when its available but it'll be hard to retire my FB, was happy it turned out to be insanely useful in CE.
Netherscourge
Banned
13 million HAVE PLAYED.
How many people are PLAYING RIGHT NOW?
How many people are PLAYING RIGHT NOW?
Altered Juice
Member
i walk into this thread and im like "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!"
gaf roasting the shit out of destiny and bungie! lmao
gaf roasting the shit out of destiny and bungie! lmao
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
Banned
They're the only two criticisms that I agree with.
Future PhaZe
Member
Destiny related stuff must generate a ton of clicks for gaming websites because they will stretch almost any update into stories and content.
This "news" is literally five day old information from Bungie's Thursday update, and here Gamespot is trying to spin it into a Tuesday news story.
This "news" is literally five day old information from Bungie's Thursday update, and here Gamespot is trying to spin it into a Tuesday news story.
Like in literally every other Destiny thread. It never gets old, I guess.
I liked Destiny at first - it was fun to shoot things and play with friends.
But soon I realized that the only fun part about the game was playing with my friends, and that Destiny did nothing to actually enhance that experience. After a few days, Destiny started feeling like a cubicle job. It felt like a chore to do those dumb bounties, to do those uncreative and repetitive patrol missions,to keep fighting the same bullet sponge boss over and over, and all for the pursuit of loot.
And for what? So you can grind for more loot with a slightly different gun or slightly different looking armor. It was an incredibly unrewarding game, and soul crushing.
To make matters worse, the loot isn't even good. Even farming the cave or the mission on the moon only got you a few blue engrams and, on a very rare occasion, a legendary engram (which wasn't even always a legendary piece of gear).
I don't see how anyone can justify saying this game is fun or interesting. It's not the worse game in the world, of course, but it's not fun.
But soon I realized that the only fun part about the game was playing with my friends, and that Destiny did nothing to actually enhance that experience. After a few days, Destiny started feeling like a cubicle job. It felt like a chore to do those dumb bounties, to do those uncreative and repetitive patrol missions,to keep fighting the same bullet sponge boss over and over, and all for the pursuit of loot.
And for what? So you can grind for more loot with a slightly different gun or slightly different looking armor. It was an incredibly unrewarding game, and soul crushing.
To make matters worse, the loot isn't even good. Even farming the cave or the mission on the moon only got you a few blue engrams and, on a very rare occasion, a legendary engram (which wasn't even always a legendary piece of gear).
I don't see how anyone can justify saying this game is fun or interesting. It's not the worse game in the world, of course, but it's not fun.
Considering it's the most played game on Xbox One and had even more marketing and less shooter competition (Halo) on PS4, I'd expect a lot there as well.
Say what you will about Destiny, but it has held it's population very well.
Live Free or Die
Banned
im surprised a lot of this drive by trolling be being allowed.
I enjoy Destiny a lot. Having a lot of fun.
I enjoy Destiny a lot. Having a lot of fun.
Succinct Verbosity
Member
It probably helps that it's one of the few blockbuster games that actually WORKED right out of the gate. It's a sad state of affairs when I have to commend a company for getting features to work that have existed for more than a decade (matchmaking, outside of raids).
The Lamonster
Member
people are just hating because they wish they had Ghorns and IBs.
omg...
gaf
<3
have to admit though, i'm also disappointed especially from the house of katana (sp?)
Aressa
You can't die before your death
I just want a decent AR, iv'e been playing with Bad juju for a long time now it's not fair.
Cornbread78
Member
The hate is amazing in here, lol. No doubt Destiny could have been better and they could still fix it, but I'm still having fun with it.
TemplaerDude
Member
I can't even tell which side is trolling anymore.
Hawaii Jeff
Member
Why are they always crowing about how many "players", and not games SOLD?
this isn't a subscription-based MMO.
this isn't a subscription-based MMO.
A lot probably.
Wired All Wrong
Member
This info was just part of last weeks end of the year Weekly Update. I don't think Bungie or Activision put out a press release or anything for these numbers. Just posted it on their blog. Bungie probably has no control over the release of sales info so they shared some stats for 2014.
figadapaura
Member
I'm in the same boat. It's frustrating because the gameplay really is excellent.
It's amazing how far Bungie has fallen as a developer. Their games used to be some of the most forward thinking in design while also being packed with options and content. They also built a reputation of supporting their community. However with destiny, they overlooked obvious design issues or mechanics, show poor planning on the upgrade path, lack content for the type of game this is, and worst of all shit on their original customers unless they pay up an additional $20. WTF Bungie?
figadapaura
Member
Dragon Slayer
Where does my son send his dues for the Fig Fan Club?
:lol
I wouldn't know, I'm not the head of this fan club.
PVP is pretty solid, but it could really stand to have more maps, vehicles and higher player counts. The main "game" is an insult though. I hear the raids are the high point of the experience, but I've never participated in one because it doesn't support random matchmaking (that I know of) and I refuse to drop another 50+ hours grinding for high enough gear.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Destiny's problem arose way to early by the developers but also by fans and gamers alike.
They tried to figure out what type of this game is, what genre does it fit into, how it excels above/below, then current games or future released titles.
Is it a MMO?, HALO RPG? FPS DIABLO? MMOLite with no sub?
Destiny really is a Shared Online FPS with MMO elements.
Alpha/Beta were samplers to the community, the expectation some gamers thought/perceived of how if this is just a fraction of content, maybe retail is really a big deal.
When the curtains were pulled back and everyone dove in, some found it lackluster right off the bat. The game didn't do it's job to hook you in from the start.
You really had to invest at least 8-10 hours (just like any other SP campaign) into the game to start understanding the scope and tiered system in place.
Problem was the tiers got quickly demolished by the community and the thing to nurture people along was thrown to the curb and efficiency was the name of the game.
First few weeks people were chasing Engrams like mad, so they could bypass the tiered structure to get you ready fro the Raid, even though there was a system in place to get to it legitimately.
Marks for Vanguard + Crucible & Factions (100 per week, 200 cap) were the stepping stone to reach "end game".
People didn't want to go through the "grind" and rather shoot a cave for 3 hours and net themselves ungodly amounts of engrams to decipher into uber loot, bypassing the grind, yet they grinded anyway.
They grinded @ a chance, a dice roll to net themselves something worthwhile, yet if that was put into the right grind, they would come out ahead, because you could choose pieces and fit perks of said pieces/weapons to your play-style.
There are many under-utilized perks/attributes that go unnoticed because people just want the "PHAT LEWT!", anything to get them to cap and so they can fell like somehow they defeated the grind.
Example: (Pre-The Dark Below)
Love Scout Rifles, there were vendors who sold Armor with Scout Rifle perks as the bonus. Do you like to get your Super + Grenades back faster, best to to buy Gear with Intelligence/Discipline as your attributes, more Melee & Grenades, go Discipline/Strength, how about you hate grenades why not try to be a Melee + Super combo of Int/Str
Hell you can interchange it to were You can have all 3 perks at least 50% each or 2 of the 3, 90%+.
In the early days you saw so many people running Hand Canon perks through their gear yet using Assault Rifle as weapon of choice negating all that or a very Super oriented player who has almost max strength and wonders why it takes for fucking ever to get his Super up.
So the game does have a social undercurrent a lot of players missed out on. As weird as this sound, networking with other gamers of your ilk is necessary in this game.
Are you an Insomniac and love gaming at night, sleeping in the daytime, best interest is to hit up some Euro-centric players/other Insomniacs that play around your time.
How about that weekend warrior, who for 5 days can't do it for various reasons, yet available all weekend, it would be good for him to search out players of his type.
Hell me, I'm hardcore+, I can sink 10-15 hours into this game daily, so I net myself a huge catch with the player-base available, also I fill the spot-filler role, were I can help the Insomniac out during late nights and still be around to hook up with the weekend warrior
Shit I have gamed in Destiny where I raided 5 times in 1 day, helping others, went from Aussie (Oceania) > Euro > Euro/Eastern Time Zone > US > West Coast (very late) on the make up of the groups for Raid.
Would matach-making alleviate some of the players frustrations of not going out of there way to meet and greet? Sure, but getting to chat and learn a little by helping out building comradery in this game is a key aspect.
Destiny-GAF can attest to how many times I jump in to help finish or give a helping hand, with that, I'm always in demand, hell some of Destiny players have become regulars. I know some GAFfers by their first names and we always shoot the shit and play while doing so.
You start building a branching tree of gamers/friends that are encircled around you and little by little more and more people get branched in. Soon you have so many that it's exhausting to decline chatting, cause you get a sore throat from talking so much while playing the game with them.
Currently right now I think I'm in like 7-9 groups of players that I'm branched into, most groups don't know each other, but when we need to fill spots, I have pool of players I can trust and ask them to join and they sometimes get netted into that group too.
Game does do a superb job on the Shootbang mechanic. The perks, abilities, stats, armor set-up, sub-class all do play a definitive role to get the most out of it.
Oh the the dude has a Solar shield... do I have a Solar weapon to drop the shield quick or do I have a weapon that trumps his shield that I can sacrifice a clip to destroy it. (You won't believe the times where I have seen people blasting a Void Fusion Rifle on an Arc Shielded enemy and they going, why so low damage?)
*Note to those don't know: 3 elements in Destiny, Solar, Arc, Void. There are enemies which are shielded sometimes (higher level or hero/epic versions) with one of these elements, best option is to have a weapon of the same type to destroy shield and swap back to a gun which overpowers their weakness
Hive = Solar, The Fallen = Arc, Vex = Void, Cabal = Solar, sometimes there is a twist, where a Ultra version of a Hive Knight might have an Arc Shield yet once broken if you have a Solar weapon to swap to you gain some additional damage
The game does a have a huge grind, but with friends/associates befriended that grind lessens very quickly. There's a multitude of ways this game offers you to go play it.
You don't have to be an end game raider to justify the purchase.
You can slow burn it till you catch up, there really is no rush, the guys already there most of the time fill time by going back to do alts or push the slow burners through by helping out
Content speaking wise the game is barren, but most of us get by doing what the game offers. There's enough out there to hold us through. For a normal players just getting 1 Raid, 1 NF, 1 Weekly,A few Dailies/Bounties and a Public Time Event here or there + working on Marks can be arduous task, but for others like me doing 3 NF, 3 Raids, 10-15 Bounties, 5+ PTE's, and XP armor/weapons right after Tuesday 4AM EST Reset hits and finished by 8AM is the norm. I still have 3 weeklies, dailies and Crucible (PvP) to max out on 3 chars, so my week still is flooded with enough to get me on by
All I can say is the Highs for this game makes you feel your on Cloud 9. Getting your 1st Atheon kill or Crota kill, saving your team from a full wipe or throwing that last fucking grenade which perfectly blew up right by an enemy netting you something good or getting the Low of the lows, were the "woe is me" "RNGesus is cruel and relentless" moto flows though your lips making you feel like the game doesn't respect your time/investment, the game fluctuates like a roller-coaster
They tried to figure out what type of this game is, what genre does it fit into, how it excels above/below, then current games or future released titles.
Is it a MMO?, HALO RPG? FPS DIABLO? MMOLite with no sub?
Destiny really is a Shared Online FPS with MMO elements.
Alpha/Beta were samplers to the community, the expectation some gamers thought/perceived of how if this is just a fraction of content, maybe retail is really a big deal.
When the curtains were pulled back and everyone dove in, some found it lackluster right off the bat. The game didn't do it's job to hook you in from the start.
You really had to invest at least 8-10 hours (just like any other SP campaign) into the game to start understanding the scope and tiered system in place.
Problem was the tiers got quickly demolished by the community and the thing to nurture people along was thrown to the curb and efficiency was the name of the game.
First few weeks people were chasing Engrams like mad, so they could bypass the tiered structure to get you ready fro the Raid, even though there was a system in place to get to it legitimately.
Marks for Vanguard + Crucible & Factions (100 per week, 200 cap) were the stepping stone to reach "end game".
People didn't want to go through the "grind" and rather shoot a cave for 3 hours and net themselves ungodly amounts of engrams to decipher into uber loot, bypassing the grind, yet they grinded anyway.
They grinded @ a chance, a dice roll to net themselves something worthwhile, yet if that was put into the right grind, they would come out ahead, because you could choose pieces and fit perks of said pieces/weapons to your play-style.
There are many under-utilized perks/attributes that go unnoticed because people just want the "PHAT LEWT!", anything to get them to cap and so they can fell like somehow they defeated the grind.
Example: (Pre-The Dark Below)
Love Scout Rifles, there were vendors who sold Armor with Scout Rifle perks as the bonus. Do you like to get your Super + Grenades back faster, best to to buy Gear with Intelligence/Discipline as your attributes, more Melee & Grenades, go Discipline/Strength, how about you hate grenades why not try to be a Melee + Super combo of Int/Str
Hell you can interchange it to were You can have all 3 perks at least 50% each or 2 of the 3, 90%+.
In the early days you saw so many people running Hand Canon perks through their gear yet using Assault Rifle as weapon of choice negating all that or a very Super oriented player who has almost max strength and wonders why it takes for fucking ever to get his Super up.
So the game does have a social undercurrent a lot of players missed out on. As weird as this sound, networking with other gamers of your ilk is necessary in this game.
Are you an Insomniac and love gaming at night, sleeping in the daytime, best interest is to hit up some Euro-centric players/other Insomniacs that play around your time.
How about that weekend warrior, who for 5 days can't do it for various reasons, yet available all weekend, it would be good for him to search out players of his type.
Hell me, I'm hardcore+, I can sink 10-15 hours into this game daily, so I net myself a huge catch with the player-base available, also I fill the spot-filler role, were I can help the Insomniac out during late nights and still be around to hook up with the weekend warrior
Shit I have gamed in Destiny where I raided 5 times in 1 day, helping others, went from Aussie (Oceania) > Euro > Euro/Eastern Time Zone > US > West Coast (very late) on the make up of the groups for Raid.
Would matach-making alleviate some of the players frustrations of not going out of there way to meet and greet? Sure, but getting to chat and learn a little by helping out building comradery in this game is a key aspect.
Destiny-GAF can attest to how many times I jump in to help finish or give a helping hand, with that, I'm always in demand, hell some of Destiny players have become regulars. I know some GAFfers by their first names and we always shoot the shit and play while doing so.
You start building a branching tree of gamers/friends that are encircled around you and little by little more and more people get branched in. Soon you have so many that it's exhausting to decline chatting, cause you get a sore throat from talking so much while playing the game with them.
Currently right now I think I'm in like 7-9 groups of players that I'm branched into, most groups don't know each other, but when we need to fill spots, I have pool of players I can trust and ask them to join and they sometimes get netted into that group too.
Game does do a superb job on the Shootbang mechanic. The perks, abilities, stats, armor set-up, sub-class all do play a definitive role to get the most out of it.
Oh the the dude has a Solar shield... do I have a Solar weapon to drop the shield quick or do I have a weapon that trumps his shield that I can sacrifice a clip to destroy it. (You won't believe the times where I have seen people blasting a Void Fusion Rifle on an Arc Shielded enemy and they going, why so low damage?)
*Note to those don't know: 3 elements in Destiny, Solar, Arc, Void. There are enemies which are shielded sometimes (higher level or hero/epic versions) with one of these elements, best option is to have a weapon of the same type to destroy shield and swap back to a gun which overpowers their weakness
Hive = Solar, The Fallen = Arc, Vex = Void, Cabal = Solar, sometimes there is a twist, where a Ultra version of a Hive Knight might have an Arc Shield yet once broken if you have a Solar weapon to swap to you gain some additional damage
The game does a have a huge grind, but with friends/associates befriended that grind lessens very quickly. There's a multitude of ways this game offers you to go play it.
You don't have to be an end game raider to justify the purchase.
You can slow burn it till you catch up, there really is no rush, the guys already there most of the time fill time by going back to do alts or push the slow burners through by helping out
Content speaking wise the game is barren, but most of us get by doing what the game offers. There's enough out there to hold us through. For a normal players just getting 1 Raid, 1 NF, 1 Weekly,A few Dailies/Bounties and a Public Time Event here or there + working on Marks can be arduous task, but for others like me doing 3 NF, 3 Raids, 10-15 Bounties, 5+ PTE's, and XP armor/weapons right after Tuesday 4AM EST Reset hits and finished by 8AM is the norm. I still have 3 weeklies, dailies and Crucible (PvP) to max out on 3 chars, so my week still is flooded with enough to get me on by
All I can say is the Highs for this game makes you feel your on Cloud 9. Getting your 1st Atheon kill or Crota kill, saving your team from a full wipe or throwing that last fucking grenade which perfectly blew up right by an enemy netting you something good or getting the Low of the lows, were the "woe is me" "RNGesus is cruel and relentless" moto flows though your lips making you feel like the game doesn't respect your time/investment, the game fluctuates like a roller-coaster
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Came in ready to post "what the fuck are they all working on?!" when I saw that 500 number in regards to Destiny, but my answer was in the OP (just not the title):
"500 people working on the game and/or its sequel."
Yeah, definitely on the sequel.
"500 people working on the game and/or its sequel."
Yeah, definitely on the sequel.
mcdomination
Member
And personally, this is what keeps me playing. That, and playing online with the friends I grew up with. The same friends I used to play Phantasy Star Online or Goldeneye with on a 4-way split.
I too recognize the game's faults, especially the lack of a good story narrative. However, there is a ton of entertainment value, for me, with what i consider the best FPS mechanics I've ever played, and having some beers while teaming up and bullshitting with friends.
I'm very curious though. How many people here used to play Phantasy Star Online and do NOT care for Destiny at all?
3rdamention
Member
I enjoyed it, had fun with friends, then the last update hit and I was supposed to be totally cool with completely grinding to update my exotic weapon again..
I took it to Best Buy yesterday, took my $24 trade in and said good riddance. I felt that was just totally stupid to expect gamers to be fine with that...
I was excited for the Dark Void, but it turned out to be more of the same exact grinding I had done already.... Really brought nothing new...
They got my Day 1 money, and I hope Destiny 2 brings more to the table than a shit story filled grindathon..
BeatResetsTheWorld
Banned
PSO was pretty much the first game of its kind on consoles though, and wasn't hyped up to be lots more (with other games as precedence showing it could be much more).
This isn't a statement on Destiny's quality, just that the comparison is a bit strange to make
That would be me. Played PSO on the Dreamcast and GC. Destiny is no PSO.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
MrMatt555
Member
This. Its a good thing i have active friends who play this otherwise i'd probably be like others who don't care much for Destiny.
House of Wolves will be exactly the same, maybe marginally better, but nothing to change anyone's mind. I don't know if we'll see it come fall, but I expect a Reaper of Souls-esque Destiny 1.5 (an actual expansion) that will make major advances in responding to criticism.
Man Called Aerodynamics
Member
Probably only, like, 8 million or something. What a miserable failure, right?
Trickster
Member
That's some wishful thinking if I ever saw it
Pretty sure people said this about the 1st expansion and it turned out to be a bunch of rehashed content and artificial progression barriers, plus one very short and very simplistic Raid. I'm expecting no different for the 2nd.
Bungie has no reason to try any harder because there's hordes of people on here and Reddit defending every terrible choice they make.
There was actually a thread on Reddit about why it was a good thing that base game owners were locked out of the weekly Nightfall and Heroic strikes on the first week of the DLC launch. That thread had several thousand upvotes and someone had bought the OP Reddit gold.
Some people are just chuggin' that KoolAid.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
PSO was also way less RNG dependent and far more social.
Because Bungie has said unique users for every one of their modern online-capable titles (Halo 2, 3, Reach, ODST)
An incredible dissection of my trials and tribulations with destiny. *Standing ovation*