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Edited by Waybreaker: 10/22/2015 10:52:18 AM
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Stop. Timegating. Exotics.

[i]For fark sakes.[/i] Who thought this was a good idea? Was it the same guy that sat in on a meeting and thought "lawl, now wait a week" was a great idea for a quest step? Was he drunk? Are you sure? Did you check? You should probably go check. He could be passed out with his hand stuck in the vending machine and require emergency assistance. Seriously though, its irritating and a real slap in the face after the amount of effort people put into finding and completing these exotics quests. Its like getting grounded for a week after coming home with a straight A report card. ( No really though, go check the vending machines just to be safe ). [b]Edit:[/b] [i]For fark sakes 2.0[/i] I'm not sure why people are talking about RNGesus or vanilla Destiny. This isn't a binary problem with only two solutions. Exotic quest lines aren't going to vanish because the requirement to sit on your ass for a week or wait for a certain quest on a certain day were removed. I'm not not sure why people think being drip fed existing content makes the game better or more "fair" or whatever. It would be a different story if we were talking about new content being created and added on a semi regular basis. But I'm referring to existing content we already knew about weeks in advance. Which was not available at release and/or which Bungie allowed us to run around trying to find without telling us it was impossible. Bungie does have the ability to keep things out of the database away from our prying eyes as well as the ability to not hype something a month before release without mentioning the little problem that it wouldn't be available at release. [b]Let me bullet point this:[/b] 1. Showing players things they can't have without telling them they can't have it = BAD. 2. Forcing players to wait and watch for a specific day / time window ( people have lives you know ) to obtain something or miss out = BAD. 3. Forcing players to wait for a week or two at random in the middle of a quest line for no reason whatsoever = BAD. At no point did I suggest we should all go back to chasing the White Whale, er, Gally as the ideal exotic solution. ( and you guys do remember there were exotic quests before TTK, right? ) The ideal exotic solution would be for exotics to be a balanced mixture of engrams, quest lines and challenges ( such as Black Spindle. ) without the pointlessly arbitrary stop gaps of forced waiting periods or limited time windows. Those serve no purpose at all to the players. They may serve a purpose to Bungie or Activision ( Stretching limited available content, trying to finish content that they should have had ready at release, etc ) but that is not in [b]our[/b] interest. That's in [b]their [/b]interest. The game should be in the player's interest. We're the ones who play it, support it and paid for it. ( Really though, did you check the vending machines yet? I'm getting worried. )

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  • But without the internet and forums would you have had a clue???? I personally know I wouldn't, I haven't got a clue how poeple find some of these things So to summarize stop moaning get off the forums and let's see how many you find on your own! Problem solved timegated content won't be a problem because you'll never find it

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    • ITS CALLED WAIT N GRIND WAIT N GRIND....ITS HOW THEY KEEP THE SHEEP PLAYING...a little bit here to give them a taste of the meth, and then a week later ohh good flock you get another taste, and gee you are hooked into the game...yeah its shitty but most ppl have an addictive personality..

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    • So, if bungie releases everything on day one and you all blow through it in a week you get mad, and then when they try to stagger progress so that people can't do that you get mad as well?

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      • Get over it they do not ever have to let you have anything when YOU want it no matter what YOU did in the game ever. It is their game if this is how they want to extend it then deal with it.

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      • I don't mind that these missions pop up over time. Actually I quite like a surprise like this every now and then. I found this quest yesterday really enjoyable. First discovering the quest when I visited FWC. Then getting the clan together to do VoG (man we had a giggle, dusted off our old fatebringers and gjally) we were still all in party chat when we did the single player mission and confused ourselves with the spawn off the chest on twilight gap) It was good fun and mixes up the weekly routine. I want more of this stuff in the future, even if it's just for random legendaries as a reward. Or maybe even just a high light blue one (I need infusion material)

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      • So many fanboys and girls don't seem to realise that RNG, and timegates are not the only options that exist to acquire content at a reasonable pace. They could you know, put more steps in the quest, or make the quests challenging. Why do we have to wait for Bungie to release an exotic unannounced when it's completely unnecessary to have it locked away in the first place. Once again no one is asking for RNG, nor are we asking for Bungie to hand us stuff on a platter. We are asking for the content to be available for everyone to complete at their own pace, for the rewards to be achieved through hard work, but not through waiting. I get a hold of everything in the game, but due to the really small pool of exotics I have no way to mix up gameplay so I just come to forums every now and then to see if someone found that the timegate to an exotic I want is gone.

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        • Time gates at this point for some or less problematic when you are running low on exotic shards and weapon parts. Or when all your drops are in the 260-270 range while sitting in the 290s.

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        • It's bungies way of stalling so people don't get bored. I'm already bored with the game so much that I don't even want to finish the quests on my other 2 characters. Horrible plan and I highly doubt this game will last 4 years let alone 10.

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          • Chill man, Oct 23 - AC Syndicate Oct 27 - Halo -blam!-ing 5! Nov 5 - NFS 2015 Nov 6 - Xbox Elite Controller Nov 10 - Fallout 4 Nov 19 - Star War Battlefront

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            • As you can see by most of the comments, this is exactly why they have done so and will continue to do so. People just accept it, it's unfortunate.

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            • ok, you need to understand 2 things a.) bungie is out of "new" content.... if you read the kotau article, you know that pretty much everything was there from day 1 and was released time after time, now they are out of content and need time to create new one.. b.) every single week counts , so if you can get player "to play another week" its good for bungie, since their player figures are declining (well thats not real news, since ALL FPS MP do that .. (see battlefield 3 numbers) c.) its the same thing you have in those "first free to play but later can become really expensive" browser games.. even warframe does this..

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            • You know, I sympathize with the complaints and all, but I like it. Makes the game feel more alive. Gives me more stuff to do every once in a while.

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            • I read this in an Irish-Scottish accent.

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            • Djesus.. Its new content. Be happy!

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            • Bump

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            • I don't mind it. If they laid it all out in one go, then I would run out of things to do quick and complain that there's not a lot of content.

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            • It's a pathetic way for bungie to keep us playing. The worst thing a company can do is control the way you earn your items. While I do agree with them being difficult to complete, time gating is the worst thing to do.

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              • If it was all out people would play the shit out of it then complain there is nothing to do. Although it is boring af throughout the week

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              • Yea damn them trying to make you play the game longer instead of stopping after week 1. Ok buddy

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                • Vending machines kill on average ~13 people a year. #StoptheVendingMachines

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                • I'm not doing this quest unless I get told its THE must have exotic of year 2. It's a terribly designed mission and I don't want to play it. That bit in the Templars well just goes on and on and on and is exactly the same setup as the mission with the fallen in house of wolves. Which adds will we be fighting for 20 minutes in the Templars well in the next expansion? Probably cabal....

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                  • Edited by MGoBlue2088: 10/21/2015 6:56:04 AM
                    Clearly patience is not with you and you would rather bungie give you strange coins and Xur sell everything 1 raid completion (0 hard mode or skolas)

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                  • Yeah good idea let's rush everything and complain there is nothing left to do after a week! Yay!

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                    • I logged on to find something new to do today, better go be mad on the forums.

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                    • Iv been waiting 2 weeks for some magnum i get it today apparently, i dont like do this do that then wait a week i even done on arms day should of just saved the hassle of a week and gave me something. And im not changing to fwc for i pulse rifle that i wont use

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                    • I honestly like it

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