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[StreetsofBeige]

Looks like that 500M bot AI kill requirement was BS as some people expected. What a scam.

Bungie was always going to drop the Cryo map March 20th but put up that 500M thing as a way to keep people playing. They surely thought the game would have more players which would had made the 500M kills much faster so it would nicely tie together as if the community did a great job achieving the goal which is a facade.

At current trend of about 20M AI kills/day it would be another 8 days of kills needed to hit 500M which would be next Thursday, so the Cryo wouldnt open till next weekend. But the target date was always this weekend.

lol

 

[KyoZz]

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Weekends only is dumb. I don't care about ranked being weekends only but don't see why Cryo would also be.

User base going down.

Since Cryo is trios only, they want to funnel all Cryo gamers to weekends so it keeps up making teams. The number of gamers who qualify too wont be all gamers, and not all gamers even care about it either. If they allow Cryo on any day it spreads it thin.

Since Cryo resets every weekend, they want gamers to play it in a tight schedule as opposed to a trio wanting to play on a Thursday night when it resets a few days later.

 

[Timberwolf25]

Has everyone forgotten about Trials of Osiris? The original version was god-tier back in 2015.

Trials had loot you could only get in that mode that was uber useful in Raids or other elements of PvE/PvP. This has dogshit that is going to get wiped after a few months.
Not a great comparison

 

[Luipadre]

Trials had loot you could only get in that mode that was uber useful in Raids or other elements of PvE/PvP. This has dogshit that is going to get wiped after a few months.
Not a great comparison

? This map will have the best loot in the entire game. Unique weapons and other things that you can only get from here

 

[Judge Magister]

 

[cormack12]

 

[Pop]

-Weekend only
-Requires a team

This is all around a bad decision

 

[Timberwolf25]

? This map will have the best loot in the entire game. Unique weapons and other things that you can only get from here

Yes, but doesn't Marathon do a gear reset at the start of each season?
edit: other than cosmetics and mtx of course

 

[Luipadre]

Yes, but doesn't Marathon do a gear reset at the start of each season?

Why does it matter? You can lose that gun or gear to a solo fucking rook anyway. Its an extraction shooter. You wont have that gear before reset unless you just keep it in your vault lol

 

[IntentionalPun]

All of their "Trying to be fancy" with the model feels like bad ideas, or ideas that only work when you actually have many millions of players.

Gear resets at the end of the season for instance. That's going to drive people crazy who weren't aware of it, and many who are aware may feel sort of demotivated to play near the end of the season.

 

[Timberwolf25]

Why does it matter? You can lose that gun or gear to a solo fucking rook anyway. Its an extraction shooter. You wont have that gear before reset unless you just keep it in your vault lol

The answer I was making was in the difference to Trials. There is a difference because the gear you get doesn't reset (unless Bungie sunsets them).
In this case, your gear resets whether you lost it or not in an extraction.

 

[Luipadre]

The answer I was making was in the difference to Trials. There is a difference because the gear you get doesn't reset (unless Bungie sunsets them).
In this case, your gear resets whether you lost it or not in an extraction.

Its the extraction loop You still get excited when you get it

 

[Luipadre]

All of their "Trying to be fancy" with the model feels like bad ideas, or ideas that only work when you actually have many millions of players.

Gear resets at the end of the season for instance. That's going to drive people crazy who weren't aware of it, and many who are aware may feel sort of demotivated to play near the end of the season.

I can guarantee you that most people who sticks with this game will be okay with resets. This aint a casual friendly game

 

[rkofan87]

Launches March 20th

 

[Timberwolf25]

Its the extraction loop You still get excited when you get it

I guess that could be true, but also think of it in diminishing returns as you get near the end of the season.
For ex, it's that last week prior to reset. Who would even care about the loot since you are about to lose it in a week anyway.

 

[Luipadre]

I guess that could be true, but also think of it in diminishing returns as you get near the end of the season.
For ex, it's that last week prior to reset. Who would even care about the loot since you are about to lose it in a week anyway.

Season start and before the end is the most exciting time for extraction games with resets. Everyone will burn their gear, days before resets without caring about it

 

[clarky]

Any thoughts of your own?

Thought not.

 

[rkofan87]

next if they survive long enough they're going to start locking marathon content inside the mythical vault. what a joke.
Sony for the love of God just cut your losses and kill it now.

 

[Branded]

I don't mind it tbh. It seems like a super hardcore area and perhaps, in light of balancing, it makes sense for the unemployed not being able to grind it ad naeseum and leave the rest of the community in the dust.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Any thoughts of your own?

Thought not.

Uh? It is right there buddy:

 

[Calverz]

 

[Arsic]

Uh? It is right there buddy:

 

[neo raider]

WHY!?

ARE THEY STUPID?

 

[clarky]

Uh? It is right there buddy:

I don't follow whats so good?

 

[clarky]

Love it how everyone how isn't playing is outraged.

Convinced half of you actually don't even play videogames

 

[falling into hell]

Play the map as long as you still can. Who knows how many weekends the game has left.