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Edited by m00ninite:
2/18/2015 4:16:38 AM
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I've become just another casual..
..Just another completely worn out, apathetic, and mildly disappointed launch player here posting about how I'm pretty much done with Destiny.
Given I've logged over 400 hours now, and not going to complain about not getting my "money's worth", but let's face it.. this game is not what people like me wanted from it. It will slowly turn every player into a casual, whether you like it or not. Don't believe me? Go ahead and grind for countless hours to try to get ahead, explore more, improve your character... then tell me where it leaves you.
The game is fun. It's beautiful in many ways. Infinite amounts of promise to what it could be - or at least in the eyes of players like myself who were looking for the next BIG thing where they could go all-in and dedicate countless hours to raiding and journeying the stars. Sad that it just can't keep up.
I'll still be logging on for the occasional weekly activity with some friends. I still enjoy a little Crucible from time to time. The days of being able to play Destiny every day though? Over. I'm sure for many of you they are not, but take a lesson and make them last. There is no sense to burning through and worrying about needing every exotic with a childish level of impatience. The faster you have them all the faster you'll be where players like myself have ended up and see almost no purpose left in the game.
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3 RepliesEdited by KashMC: 2/17/2015 6:55:34 PM[quote]Go ahead and grind for countless hours to try to get ahead, explore more, improve your character... then tell me where it leaves you.[/quote] It leaves you where any game will leave you if your goal is to "get ahead." Where[i] anything[/i] will leave you if that's your goal. Go commit yourself to "getting ahead" at school, at a job, at a hobby, it all turns out the same. You say "just another casual" like that's a bad thing, but when you get down to it, what makes someone a casual is that they play for the fun of it, not to be the best or "get ahead." They put effort into the game to get enjoyment out of it; they'll grind the Crucible because they want to get better or for an exotic bounty or because that's what their friends do, and they[i] don't get upset[/i] over bad stats. They grind PvE to get better gear, not so that they can be better than everyone else but so that they can be better than they were before (or even just for a collection or something). The game - [i]no[/i] game, no job, nothing - is about being "the best" or having all the stuff. At least, it shouldn't be. Plenty of people make it about that though, and that's who you always see downtrodden and disappointed while the rest of us are still laughing about a funny death in the Crucible or boasting about our admittedly mundane skills. All that said: welcome to Casualtown! We like it here and we hope you will too.
