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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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  • Edited by KitsuneSonow: 10/21/2015 4:03:37 AM
    Year 1 Destiny Player: OH MY GOD IS THAT IT! IT'S ONLY BEEN A WEEK AND I AM OUT OF THINGS TO AND I HAVE ALL THE EXOTICS! WHY DIDN'T BUNGIE PLAN AHEAD AND MAKE MORE CONTENT TO HOLD US OVER!!!! -blam!- YOU BUNGIE!!!! Year 2 Destiny Player: OH MY GOD WTF BUNGIE! WHY DO YOU KEEP LOCKING CONTENT TO BE RELEASED AT A LATER DATE!! I WANT IT ALL NOW! -blam!- YOUR STUPID -blam!-ING QUEST SYSTEM BUNGIE!!!!

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    • All this game is now is an endless grind that takes place in a waiting room. I can't believe how quickly I soured on TTK.

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      • Would be so bad if the weapons were worth a F•€K but they aren't.

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      • Majority of the Destiny community in a nutshell:- When loot was random people complained that loot should not random. We want quests so we can achieve the exotics we want. Later in year 2 Bungie:- Majority of the exotics now have quests but we have separated them so you have something different to do every alternate week Community:- Why would would you do that. We want the exotics now!!.... Really people!!! If they would have made everything available when TTK dropped everyone would have had all exotics and would later complain that they were given to us too easy and too early and then people would have come up with ideas to timegate the exotics. It's all good when you have ideas but when Bungie use their ideas sh!t hits the fan.

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      • Because it was incredibly fun to have all the HoW exotics two weeks in.... You just can't please this community. One point people complain about running out of content. Now people are complaining about having to wait for gear. It's good to pace content to keep people interested. I for one love the thought of checking the reddit or these forums to see if new gear was released.

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      • ha ha, that's a funny story, Waybreaker. So, anyway, how is your sex life?

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      • I don't mind it so much. The thing that bugs me is that these quests should not be only certain days (tuesdays...). I have a family and work so don't play much until the end of the week. So don't have sleeper either.

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      • I wouldn't mind it if there were more exotics to begin with. It would be cool if they were making new guns all the time and just add them when they are done making them. It already feels like everyone in the game is using the exact same guns almost as bad as it was in Year 1.

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      • Edited by Hangz: 10/21/2015 4:31:02 AM
        Should have they made a level 42 VoG and only get it on hard like Vex so you can bitch about how you have 40 runs and still hasn't dropped for you?

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      • Does anybody know if the original people who glitched into the area and got the ghost before paradox was ever a daily got the quest line or if the glitch locked them out?

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        • Edited by Angora Goats: 10/21/2015 4:28:02 AM
          I find this way far better than crossing fingers on RNG. I'm far from a fanboy but have absolutely no problem with the way they're doing things now, I'm liking it quite a bit.

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        • I didn't get the cult ghost until today, how long do I have to wait

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          • I think this is cool because it is an explosion on the forums and the comunnity are together for this. In the year 1, the comunnity was together for raids and noghtfalls. And PvP events. That's all

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          • I don't mind it. It's better than praying to rngesus.

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          • It's RNG or timegated quests. Only two ways they can keep us playing.

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            [quote] #youretearingmeapartlisa [/quote] Ha.

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          • I dont really mind having to wait till armsday or a reset, but when its actually timegated like sleeper was its kind of stupid. Just make them harder to get so that thousands of people dont get it as soon as its available.

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          • I started the quest yesterday. Do i lose it on daily reset?

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          • So, do you just want them to release all the exotics at once and save nothing for you to work for/look forward to? I see nothing wrong in having something for us all to look forward to. How does that hurt you at all?

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          • Absolutely! Artificial wait is downright pointless and frustrating!

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            • I'm good. I've played MMOs before, this is absolutely not uncommon.

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            • It helps the experience feel more rewarding when they make you wait. It helps to make you more addicted. Kind of like weekly nightfall when its time again you feel like you need to do it so you won't miss out on the rewards.

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            • I agree I -blam!-ing hate this

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            • Why cater to the instant gratification crowd when patience is a virtue. I have no problem waiting

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            • Because then you would complain about having nothing to do.

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              • It's one of the large reasons why my playtime has been greatly reduced. That and combined with piss poor drop rates for anything worth while, well, guess that's why I haven't really played for a week. Used to be a big fan of the game, still has potential, but it all comes down to its simply not rewarding anymore.

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