I imagine, but you'd have to wait for TTK for the cap to be raised. Right now vanilla owners can get to 34 without HoW.
Max level is 34 without TTK.
I imagine, but you'd have to wait for TTK for the cap to be raised. Right now vanilla owners can get to 34 without HoW.
I get that but there's a difference in Doing that when the content is free, and when you paid for it.
I like Destiny, I really do. I played hundreds of hours of it before even the first expansion came out. heck, I even pre-ordered the first 2 DLCs long before they even have a release date. but here I am, haven't touch the game once after the release of the first DLC (The Dark Below). and yes, that meant I haven't even touched the House Of Wolves DLC even thou I already paid for it.
the reason I stopped playing is a combination of difficulty in finding groups to do raids for someone who's play time is rather unpredictable (or a proper social hub that I can interact with other players to join in high end raids), and the way they implement the "upgrade" for the rare weapons that I've already spent so much time and effort to obtain and level up. and the lack of story and PvE content, even not that big a deal for me, does made for another annoyance.
I can kinda deal with the grind to level up weapons again but the whole situation with not being able to find group through an in game hub is just ridiculous, especially for a game with such heavy MMO elements. has there been any improvement on this issue? can I find a random group without having to use some website out there if I don't have that many in game friends? I think I might give TTK a try depending the answer to these problems but to be honest I might just be burned out on grinding in Destiny.
to expand upon that s/he can bug people in dgaf for raid groups which isn't that difficult at all people are always ready to play there at any given time.if you sign up for https://www.the100.io/ you can be grouped with up to 100 people that share a similar playstyle (casual vs hardcore), age, or time/timezone played. It also has an active chatroom so you can talk and see if anyone's on. The big thing on this site is you can schedule games and even browse games based on start times. There's a single Gaf Xbox One group going on there as well https://www.the100.io/groups/1658 with a couple PS4 groups as I recall.
And you still have your destinylfg.com&net sites which are a pain in the ass to use if you don't have a tablet/smartphone right by you.
Taking First Light map out of the main game mode rotation was stupid as fuck
You still have to go out of your way to find groups for raids as you can't match make. This has been beaten to death now but there are resources out there, if you are willing to take the time to use, that help with finding a group.
They've also toned down the upgrade routes to be more mindful of your time. One of the biggest changes is that Exotics have their unique talent unlocked from the start so you don't have to "level" it to get it to a good state.
if you sign up for https://www.the100.io/ you can be grouped with up to 100 people that share a similar playstyle (casual vs hardcore), age, or time/timezone played. It also has an active chatroom so you can talk and see if anyone's on. The big thing on this site is you can schedule games and even browse games based on start times. There's a single Gaf Xbox One group going on there as well https://www.the100.io/groups/1658 with a couple PS4 groups as I recall.
And you still have your destinylfg.com&net sites which are a pain in the ass to use if you don't have a tablet/smartphone right by you.
Taking First Light map out of the main game mode rotation was stupid as fuck
Does anyone know why they did?
No one else mad about them retiring content?
We know they did this with the patrol events from DB to HoW but with TTK you will not be able to complete any queens wrath missions, so they are completely gone. What's the point of Petra and the reef now?
Look I am okay with seasonal things and retiring stuff for new content. What I am not okay is telling me the content I paid $20 to $40 for only granted me a couple of months access to that content.
Remember you won't have access to anymore Erris Morn bounties from Dark Below either it is all being moved to TTK. AGAIN, I am okay with general retiring of stuff when it's free and not paid content.
Games like Guild Wars have seasons and story lines that you have to be there for, but they don't charge for each season or episode.
Finally I'd be okay if the content from parts of Year 1 scaled or was actually worth a damn.
New players coming in will only have access to shitty story of Dark Below and the somewhat okay story in HoW but none of the other content. It shows to me that Bungie is fucking terrible at scaling the content.
The game should have been designed to lead people from vanilla to DB content being level 29 to 32 to HoW content being 31 to 34 etc or not even use that scale .
As it is, TTK starts at 25 or so, so why would anyone play or replay year one stuff. I feel like if you have a living game you shouldn't abandon your initial product but keep improving it and lord know they shouldn't be cutting any content.
I mean they could have kept one or two zones on the moon still running for DB missions and one or two zones on earth or Venus for HoW missions and then added in TTK to Mars and the new area.
So I am kind of miffed that Queens Wratg goes away. I also hope they go back and add some new challenges to old zones, raids and Arena.
I mean why the fuck would anyone play the arena now once TTK is out? So I paid $20 to play an expansion for ~5 months? This looks like a pattern and a shitty one at that.
I don't know what I would do in my life if I had never heard the phrase, "Want to run the lamps real quick?" Just thinking about it makes me want to fire up the PS4, put on a pair of Don't Touch Me's, and LFG some good souls.I like Destiny, I really do. I played hundreds of hours of it before even the first expansion came out. heck, I even pre-ordered the first 2 DLCs long before they even have a release date. but here I am, haven't touch the game once after the release of the first DLC (The Dark Below). and yes, that meant I haven't even touched the House Of Wolves DLC even thou I already paid for it.
the reason I stopped playing is a combination of difficulty in finding groups to do raids for someone who's play time is rather unpredictable (or a proper social hub that I can interact with other players to join in high end raids), and the way they implement the "upgrade" for the rare weapons that I've already spent so much time and effort to obtain and level up. and the lack of story and PvE content, even not that big a deal for me, does made for another annoyance.
I can kinda deal with the grind to level up weapons again but the whole situation with not being able to find group through an in game hub is just ridiculous, especially for a game with such heavy MMO elements. has there been any improvement on this issue? can I find a random group without having to use some website out there if I don't have that many in game friends? I think I might give TTK a try depending the answer to these problems but to be honest I might just be burned out on grinding in Destiny.
That is pretty shitty. My gripe with Bungie/Activision is basically that they have a subscription system in place but they don't call it that. I just want them to be upfront about it. I don't think it's cool to take content away from people who paid for it. When TDB was released the first nightfall was a TDB only strike so people who hadn't bought the expansion did not have a nightfall/weekly for that week. The same thing happened with the dailies. The right thing to do is to provide a separate playlist for people who have not bought your DLC. Those people bought the vanilla game expect end game content every week.
Overall it's just a very shitty practice and they have been getting away with it.
I wonder, whatever happen to the moon map? I have yet to see ever again after a month of playing destiny again.
This is a pretty one sided way of looking at what's happening with Destiny.
Take the complaint about Eris Mourn bounties going away. Her bounties go, but there is also a total refresh of the Vanguard and Crucible bounties, which will far outweight hers dropping off.
The consumer side?
That refresh is a change to the base game, though. The point still remains that TDB content players paid for not that long ago is being removed. It would be one thing to revamp that content as well (new versions of the Eris Morn bounties in the new bounty questlines, for example), but they aren't revamping it; they're removing it.
The consumer side?
That refresh is a change to the base game, though. The point still remains that TDB content players paid for not that long ago is being removed. It would be one thing to revamp that content as well (new versions of the Eris Morn bounties in the new bounty questlines, for example), but they aren't revamping it; they're removing it.
Yeah but think about it like this, that needle you got out before was rusty and dirtyGood deal they're adding those maps for people to check out. I probably won't return to Destiny now that I've gotten the needle out but that's cool news all the same
That's a good way of looking at it. I wish there would be a little more incentive to go back and do them, but that seems like something I would be willing to do once a week. Maybe not multiple timesbtw guys, think about this:
VoG and Crota will give you lots of shards/energy which can turn into motes of light.
Also all the items in there you get turn into motes of light/more shards/energy.
Motes of Light can be used to buy engrams from Xur or (new) to give XP to weapons/armor.
So technically, doing VoG and Crota is NOT totally useless, it's actually a nice little way of getting guaranteed motes.
That's because POE is a much better experience than the Crota raid, which was essentially cheese central.
That was the shit large Moon map right?
Glad that they took it out. PvP does not work with vehicles.
The consumer is lot losing content with the advent of the Destiny expansions, so this is an absurd point to make.The consumer side?
New progression system is in 2.0, but capped at 34. TTK raises the cap to 40.
The consumer is lot losing content with the advent of the Destiny expansions, so this is an absurd point to make.
If Eris Morn is getting refreshed/revised content, it's indeed an entirely different circumstance than if her content is just going away. The latter impression has been out in the community for a while now. If the former is, instead, true, that's very good to hear. I think Bungie's communication about this could improve some.
That is pretty shitty. My gripe with Bungie/Activision is basically that they have a subscription system in place but they don't call it that.
Prison of elders was horrible and boring after the first few weeks. I never got bored of something so quickly than I did with that activity.
fucking damn it, I've honestly been saying this to my friends (who played year 1) & others asking about the game since launch.
the game is about $8/month - deal with it, either you want to pay that or you don't. that's how it is. they should've said that at the start. ------- i have no problem with it, and i love the game.
sorry all, i have to agree with this. i played the game religiously (unhealthy) since alpha and once PoE was out I was bored to shit with it 4 weeks in - 2 weeks after i had already "maxed out" my characters. i already had the 3 exotics from it, and after that it's trying to get different burns of all the wolf guns you already had - which weren't better than the primaries you were already using, and you could buy from an npc???. what the fuck? for the record i'm in for year 2.
It's an online game with constant updates and support. It's common sense. I don't understand why it rubs people the wrong way. Nothing is free.