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[flkraven]

If there is a 50 fragment quest that is time-gated, then that is horrible mission design. It has literally taken 3 months to be able to finish this quest, and to not receive immediate gratification afterwards is hilariously poor. It's like having a full season of football end, and then you have to wait a while before the playoffs start (and not even knowing if there will be a playoff).

btw. I know I have sounded like a stick in the mud for a bit now, but this passion comes purely from the fact that I love this game. If literally any other game pulled this micro transaction shit, I would have walked away. I'm still here because I love Destiny.

 

[xVaalbarAx]

If Ship Combat does come to this game, it would be insane, but it won't heal these wounds.

I'll be home in a hour if anyone wants to do Oryx CM HM.

 

[GhaleonEB]

So with the information that we have another Festival of the Lost, and then an event "Bigger" than Sparrow Racing, lets pose a hypothetical.

There were two things that were requested like crazy in Year 1, pretty much simultaneously. Sparrow racing was one, and the other was Ship to Ship combat.

So assuming Bungie took both of those requests to heart, and started working on them together, let's assuming for this exercise that Ship Combat is coming in March.

What's your opinion on that?

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LQPB8FJ

I never saw a lot of requests for ship to ship combat, just one now and then.

Sparrow racing works because they can take assets and mechanics already in the game and re-contextualize them into a race. Ship to ship combat would be like building a whole new game - new sandbox, mechanics, environments, etc. Bungie has experience doing that, with the Saber mission in Reach; they said at the time that it was a huge draw on development resources to make for the reasons I mentioned. I don't think that will be it. My hope is they do something closer to the core shooting experience for the 'big' event.

Very disappointed at the boosters for sale. It looks especially bad since TTK comes with the spark of light to boost your character to level 25, but it does not apply to your subclass. Want that subclass leveled too? That will be $30. It's the most Activision thing to happen to Destiny yet, and it does nothing but give Destiny and Bungie a bad name.

 

[noomi]

I feel like I'm the only one that didn't actively participate in sparrow racing.

 

[JohnOfMars]

So with the information that we have another Festival of the Lost, and then an event "Bigger" than Sparrow Racing, lets pose a hypothetical.

There were two things that were requested like crazy in Year 1, pretty much simultaneously. Sparrow racing was one, and the other was Ship to Ship combat.

So assuming Bungie took both of those requests to heart, and started working on them together, let's assuming for this exercise that Ship Combat is coming in March.

What's your opinion on that?

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LQPB8FJ

No way this is happening as a Microtranscation event. If true, this is a Destiny 2 selling point.

 

[maomaoIYP]

Never ceases to amaze me how great the racing armor looks with almost any shader

 

[Lnkn52]

I never saw a lot of requests for ship to ship combat, just one now and then.

Sparrow racing works because they can take assets and mechanics already in the game and re-contextualize them into a race. Ship to ship combat would be like building a whole new game - new sandbox, mechanics, environments, etc. Bungie has experience doing that, with the Saber mission in Reach; they said at the time that it was a huge draw on development resources to make for the reasons I mentioned. I don't think that will be it. My hope is they do something closer to the core shooting experience for the 'big' event.

Very disappointed at the boosters for sale. It looks especially bad since TTK comes with the spark of light to boost your character to level 25, but it does not apply to your subclass. Want that subclass leveled too? That will be $30. It's the most Activision thing to happen to Destiny yet, and it does nothing but give Destiny and Bungie a bad name.

Hey, are you still interested in participating on what I sent you via PM?

Never ceases to amaze me how great the racing armor looks with almost any shader

Joseph Cross is the man

 

[SumptuousLemur]

With 320 helmets dropping this week, this is pretty much the final nail in the coffin to "SPARRUH RACIN!" for me. Unless they add new tracks before IB and change the loot table, the grind just isn't fun. Will just do the bounties sometimes.

There was really no reason to tie the remaining fragments to the Challenge modes. It's cool that we got a very unique Exotic out of it all this, but it's really bad design to build anticipation for something and have it be a shader.

It is either the helmet or the primary weapon. I got 2/3 primary weapons

 

[LTWood12]

Never ceases to amaze me how great the racing armor looks with almost any shader

I love it.

 

[Gammacide]

One slot open for HM Oryx CM. Join on V1ctIm.

 

[mehrmantrout]

Never ceases to amaze me how great the racing armor looks with almost any shader

You disgust me

Ship to Ship combat would be awful, or at least not done on any level that would be any good. What I would rather they do is fix the crappy P2P matchmaking, monthly weapon balancing and roll out new strikes/PvP maps/game modes. They must be swimming in cash with all this cheap ass nonsense they're putting out

Edit usually Bungie staff are all over Twitter on a day like today but so far none of them have popped there head above the parapet

 

[JohnOfMars]

Hey, are you still interested in participating on what I sent you via PM?

"Hi, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn."

 

[TheAquaticApe]

I hope people are banking that HM Oryx CP. I'ma need that bad boy later today.

 

[Lnkn52]

"Hi, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn."

Lnkn = LinkedIn

Mr Cross should design all the gear

 

[E92 M3]

I feel like I'm the only one that didn't actively participate in sparrow racing.

Same here actually

 

[JohnOfMars]

Lnkn = LinkedIn

 

[Namikaze1]

I hope people are banking that HM Oryx CP. I'ma need that bad boy later today.

I have it on my Titan.

 

[Kor of Memory]

Exactly what I was thinking!

I never saw a lot of requests for ship to ship combat, just one now and then.

Sparrow racing works because they can take assets and mechanics already in the game and re-contextualize them into a race. Ship to ship combat would be like building a whole new game - new sandbox, mechanics, environments, etc. Bungie has experience doing that, with the Saber mission in Reach; they said at the time that it was a huge draw on development resources to make for the reasons I mentioned. I don't think that will be it. My hope is they do something closer to the core shooting experience for the 'big' event.

Very disappointed at the boosters for sale. It looks especially bad since TTK comes with the spark of light to boost your character to level 25, but it does not apply to your subclass. Want that subclass leveled too? That will be $30. It's the most Activision thing to happen to Destiny yet, and it does nothing but give Destiny and Bungie a bad name.

No way this is happening as a Microtranscation event. If true, this is a Destiny 2 selling point.

Yeah, I'm not saying it's likely.

We do know that Destiny is built off the old Reach Engine, so some of the assets are there. I'm sure we can hypothesize that it was probably intended to be a part of the game originally, back before things started getting cut for time here and there. Why else would we have various ships to equip, really?

I would love to see that as a Destiny 2 selling point, and agree that it is much more likely than just being an event that comes to town.

 

[E92 M3]

Anyone here play Gunbound Thor's Hammer seriously?

 

[TheAquaticApe]

I have it on my Titan.

You're the best. I will be on around 5pm Todd time today.

I'll make sure to share it. My reset crew doesn't start until 6-7pm CST.

Thanks Nami

 

[LTWood12]

I have it on my Titan.

Would you be willing to share it w/ your boy Lt. Dan?

nevermind. office wifi is fucked.

 

[GlamFM]

Very disappointed at the boosters for sale. It looks especially bad since TTK comes with the spark of light to boost your character to level 25, but it does not apply to your subclass. Want that subclass leveled too? That will be $30. It's the most Activision thing to happen to Destiny yet, and it does nothing but give Destiny and Bungie a bad name.

Also disappointed, but I think they are not crossing the line... yet.

The existence of this boost is not worth talking about IMO, but the price..... holy cow.

 

[Future PhaZe]

You disgust me

Ship to Ship combat would be awful, or at least not done on any level that would be any good. What I would rather they do is fix the crappy P2P matchmaking, monthly weapon balancing and roll out new strikes/PvP maps/game modes. They must be swimming in cash with all this cheap ass nonsense they're putting out

Edit usually Bungie staff are all over Twitter on a day like today but so far none of them have popped there head above the parapet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO0-wPUlyvI

IDK, building upon the space combat foundation they established in reach would probably be as much if not moreso than sparrow racing.

 

[WipedOut]

I love it.

Try Rosegold with a full Racing Bright Set, Purple and Gold with the Void Sparrow is the new hotness.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Also disappointed, but I think they are not crossing the line... yet.

The existence of this boost is not worth talking about IMO, but the price..... holy cow.

As someone who's interested in this product for a lauch...jesus, give me all three subclasses boosted and I want an autolevel to 40 for this price

25 and only ONE subclass? lmao

 

[Nuszka]

I feel like I'm the only one that didn't actively participate in sparrow racing.

 

[neoism]

I feel like I'm the only one that didn't actively participate in sparrow racing.

nah its bland and boring...and just not that fun... but why did they have to fuck with pvp....haven't wanted to play much since the patch.... and since no IB this month.........
😐

 

[HundredEyeMonk]

I feel like I'm the only one that didn't actively participate in sparrow racing.

A few of us exist.

If Bungie didn't tie the 320 helmet carrot at the end of the SRL stick, I doubt it would have been played by as much as it has been by most.

 

[flkraven]

Also disappointed, but I think they are not crossing the line... yet.

The existence of this boost is not worth talking about IMO, but the price..... holy cow.

See, I'm off the opposite opinion. The less we talk about it, the more it becomes 'okay', and the more they try to balance future content around it + push the envelope even further.

 

[all of my hate]

I feel like I'm the only one that didn't actively participate in sparrow racing.

I havent even tried it. Not into it, tbh. Would rather have Iron Bandanna.

 

[Hzoltan69]

Does anyone want to knock out a few Nightfalls?

 

[Mindlog]

So with the information that we have another Festival of the Lost, and then an event "Bigger" than Sparrow Racing, lets pose a hypothetical.

There were two things that were requested like crazy in Year 1, pretty much simultaneously. Sparrow racing was one, and the other was Ship to Ship combat.

So assuming Bungie took both of those requests to heart, and started working on them together, let's assuming for this exercise that Ship Combat is coming in March.

What's your opinion on that?

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LQPB8FJ

I secretly hope that the smaller event is an Easter Egg hunt around the tower.
I even more secretly hope that the mission involves hopping from egg to egg. I want a tower full of guardians hopping everywhere.

 

[jmvmadeira]

That is ridiculously good RNG. Which one dropped?

Armor of vows

Just decripted a legendary engram I got on nightfall with my hunter earlier today. 310 Dragon's breath get

 

[ethomaz]

The Oryx ship is so cool.

 

[Deku Tree]

Have everything except two ships. Did Nine FWC ranks ups. Only got one ship to drop. Did Bungie nerf ship drop rates again?

 

[maomaoIYP]

You disgust me

Ship to Ship combat would be awful, or at least not done on any level that would be any good. What I would rather they do is fix the crappy P2P matchmaking, monthly weapon balancing and roll out new strikes/PvP maps/game modes. They must be swimming in cash with all this cheap ass nonsense they're putting out

Edit usually Bungie staff are all over Twitter on a day like today but so far none of them have popped there head above the parapet

I didn't pay a single cent for any of my gear, just did the racing. It's a super quick way to earn 7 wins for the weekly crucible NFs!

 

[140.85]

If there is a 50 fragment quest that is time-gated, then that is horrible mission design. It has literally taken 3 months to be able to finish this quest, and to not receive immediate gratification afterwards is hilariously poor. It's like having a full season of football end, and then you have to wait a while before the playoffs start (and not even knowing if there will be a playoff).

btw. I know I have sounded like a stick in the mud for a bit now, but this passion comes purely from the fact that I love this game. If literally any other game pulled this micro transaction shit, I would have walked away. I'm still here because I love Destiny.

Precisely. It's incredibly dumb game design to build anticipation and then not reward the player. There is no reason why the 50 frags couldn't have all been organized to result in Malice. You get a straightforward, satisfying resolution with a cool reward at the end. Done. No need to tie them to Challenge Mode since you already get a bunch of stuff for that anyway.

 

[WipedOut]

See, I'm off the opposite opinion. The less we talk about it, the more it becomes 'okay', and the more they try to balance future content around it + push the envelope even further.

But it really does not affect anything. You don't have to buy it. It's for new users that don't have time to put in to get to end game content. I see nothing wrong with giving people access to and xp / subclass boost. If they want to pay for it let them. EA and other companies have been doing this for years.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Also disappointed, but I think they are not crossing the line... yet.

The existence of this boost is not worth talking about IMO, but the price..... holy cow.

In isolation, I don't think it's a big thing. What worries me at this point isn't what's for sale but what might go up for sale. I'm seldom one to make the slippery slope argument, but this is a far cry from what we thought this would be when Festival of the Lost was selling cosmetic only items. In one event we went from cosmetic only gear, to stats and quests and gear that can be light-infused behind a paywall, and now level boosters. I think Bungie has considerably blurred the line they drew when this rolled out. I still don't think we'll see weapons etc. sold outright, but the line has definitely shifted, again.

It also gives the game a bad name / rep, IMO. Just a bad road to go down.

Hey, are you still interested in participating on what I sent you via PM?

I totally forgot to reply, apologies. I'll pass, but thanks.

 

[GlamFM]

In isolation, I don't think it's a big thing. What worries me at this point isn't what's for sale but what might go up for sale. I'm seldom one to make the slippery slope argument, but this is a far cry from what we thought this would be when Festival of the Lost was selling cosmetic only items. In one event we went from cosmetic only gear, to stats and quests and gear that can be light-infused behind a paywall, and now level boosters. I think Bungie has considerably muddied the line they drew when this rolled out. I still don't think we'll see weapons etc. sold outright, but the line has definitely shifted, again.

It also gives the game a bad name / rep, IMO. Just a bad road to go down.

Absolutely true. We sure are one step closer to where it gets ugly now. I think it´s time for Luke and Urk to get in front of a camera with Jason or the IGN guys and have a talk.

 

[neoism]

The 50 fragment reward is a shader? Seriously, Bungie?

I guess I could see it unlocking a timegated mission in like a month or something...

 

[Kor of Memory]

I secretly hope that the smaller event is an Easter Egg hunt around the tower.
I even more secretly hope that the mission involves hopping from egg to egg. I want a tower full of guardians hopping everywhere.

The only way I would like this is if they did it like that mission for Sleeper Simulant where you go to twilight gap, by yourself, and have to find a treasure chest.

If it's something that a guide will be up on Reddit within an hour, it's a waste.

Also, games like this that have world events tend to avoid any religious based holidays, and if they do have an event around then, they turn it generic like 'winter festival' or something.

Halloween works because it's a holiday about having fun, and has very very loose religious ties.

Stuff like Easter, Christmas, or even 4th of July is usually ignored or turned generic to make it more broadly appealing.


TL;DR - Don't expect easter eggs.

 

[Daemul]

I feel like I'm the only one that didn't actively participate in sparrow racing.

You missed nothing, so don't worry about it.

 

[GlamFM]

You missed nothing, so don't worry about it.

What!? I love sparrow racing!

 

[WipedOut]

What!? I love sparrow racing!

It lacks a few things, most notably weapons and lack of tracks but it is fun with a fire team of 6.

 

[GlamFM]

It lacks a few things, most notably weapons and lack of tracks but it is fun with a fire team of 6.

No weapons please - and get the enemies of the track while you´re at it.

More tracks would be nice obviously.

Simple ones would be cool.

 

[WipedOut]

No weapons please - and get the enemies of the track while you´re at it.

More tracks would be nice obviously.

Simple ones would be cool.

what? Weapon pick ups like wipeout would be awesome but yes agree that they should get rid of the enemies.

Also since day 1 I've been wanting a sparrow with a weapon on it. Why bungie have you not done this yet. Should make it an exotic sparrow please.

 

[GlamFM]

A boost to 25 costs exactly as much as these two bad boys combined - think about that.

 

[140.85]

LOL, people on Reddit are defending this mission design by claiming you got the Challenge Mode rewards as a result of the fragments quest. No.

 

[darkistheway]

I feel like I'm the only one that didn't actively participate in sparrow racing.

I ran two races. Have had no desire for a third.


I had a very intense Skirmish match last night. Heart racing, palms sweating. I played at a much higher level than I usually do, although I know I am always capable of it. I literally could not sustain that level of intensity. I don't know how you guys who go to the Lighthouse every week do it!

Semi-related: no matter what Bungie does, a rushing shotgunner is still very hard to kill. Especially with autorifle and sniper. Need to work on my no scope headshots, I guess.