My big dramatic "Done with Destiny*" post is still true. Even if I was online last night. Ape even called me out on it, messaging me "I see you."
I came back last night to do Challenge Mode Oryx one last time. I hadn't missed a single week since it began 3 months ago. I remember just how frustrating most bosses were at the start, but especially Oryx, but recently we were Team First Try. I've never raided with the same folks for so long, but it felt really good to get know them all better and know these fights better. I felt Oryx was certainly a "solved" encounter when we started in December, but we have that fight truly "on farm" now. Improving as an individual is one thing, but improving as a team is really something else.
King's Fall is entirely a bust and in my eyes is below Crota's End. Crota's End was short, brutal and poorly tuned, but it has one virtue over King's Fall: I actually want to re-visit it. The only non-tedious part of King's Fall for me is baiting Oryx's shade in the Shadow Realm. I love challenging the Shade Mano a Mano with Razelighter. After I block his slam and give him a Phoenix uppercut, it feels so good! I don't have my Nightstalker fully leveled, but I finally got Graviton Forfeit last night. That means I can finally Shadestep! Sometimes it worked poorly, like rolling off the platform trying to dodge an Acolyte Eye, but I also had a lot of fun baiting the Shade's slam and rolling away to victory. I think I was 5 for 6? Not bad, even if LT was getting salty.
So yes, while that was the last King's Fall for me, I hope it's not the last time I get to raid with LT, T-44, Kreepmode, Dorrsom, Hawkian and the new guy, WipedOut.
That's the raid, but I realized, I've already been "done with Destiny" for a lot of the game a while now. I don't do Nightfalls anymore. I don't do Iron Banners. I don't do most of this game. And since on Tuesday when I tried regular Crucible and got spawn killed, Thorned and Y1 Power weaponed, and HMGed all match, yeah, I'm done with that too. The only things left are DGAF and Trials (in that order.)
But I do enjoy DGAF, so you probably will see me on in Destiny (especially for the Vault & Trials).
But if I could re-phrase my early post, I think I'd say "I'm done believing in Destiny."
After a year and a half of the Live game feeling abandoned, I'm done believe in Destiny. Despite being a social shooter, with weekly resets and monthly events, the game really is put on auto-pilot after launch. I had really hoped that having a Microtransaction supported Live Team would mean we'd get a better live game this year, but it's not been the case. It's been worse in a lot of ways.
The Light System is so bad now. Activities are so limited. Drops are so bad now. Rewards are so bad now. You can't buy Armor Materials! Yet, Bungie don't care. I get it, big over-hauls should be saved til Fall, but little fixes could make your players lives so much better. At this point, I've seen nothing to make me believe that Bungie isn't happy with the current system, even if the current system is unacceptable.
I used to believe in Destiny, even during the dark days of the Loot Cave, ReXurbishing and Crota's End Hard Mode. Now, I believe Bungie really only cares about shippable products, not after launch support. The live game only gets the minimum amount. The community team only reacts with the minimum needed, even when giving more would cost them nothing.
With an investment based game, why should I invest in the (live) game if Bungie doesn't (beyond more MTX events & half-assed special ammo changes)? That's what's left me defeated.
The Spring update is still probably 2 months away, but what I'll be paying attention to is Quality of Life updates. This is the last update til September, so it's gotta last a *long* time. If there aren't dramatic improvements in player quality of life, it really will confirm my worst fears. Make me believe that Bungie doesn't hate fun. Make me believe that Bungie doesn't hate player progress.
Tl;dr: Can I write a Dear John letter, if I am myself John?
