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[10/20/15]
The "hot fix" is out for the Nightfall loot and you guys upped the damage / defense values of legendary drops by 10 points and increased legendary drops by 10%... Well, sadly that wasn't what I was hoping for. I know that sounds ungrateful and I am slightly ashamed, but I honestly don't care about legendary drops from the Nightfall, nor the 3 of Coins. In fact, 3 of Coins should not be a drop at all. Strange Coins absolutely should be, since we lack a consistent way of acquiring them and since the 3 of Coins are a consumable purchased with strange coins.
What I listed below (in my original post) is what will get [i]me[/i] back playing the Nightfalls. I have no desire to play a strike for 20-30 minutes and not receive a huge boost in faction rep, fiery dome AND worthwhile rewards (the first two things being the most important).
You guys set the bar in "vanilla" Destiny by making these activities worthwhile (faction rep for consistent leveling, cool visual effects with the fiery blue head, and chance at max level exotics) and established an expectation of consistent rewards outside of RNG, just to completely drop that bar to the ground with Taken King.
I hope we can get another patch that restores the actual value to the Nightfall (and the Weekly Heroics), which is to say "bring back faction rep gains!!!"
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[10/19/15]
[spoiler]For the first time since this game released, I will not complete a nightfall on any of my three characters. I have completed the Nightfall since release and since the creation of each character I have. When TTK dropped, I beat the Dark Blade and subsequent Nigtfalls. I stopped this week because of the 2.0.0 patch. I don't plan on completing any more Nigtfalls unless I see some patch notes that fix the following:
1) Faction rep. Give back the 500 faction rep per character per 1st completion or give us the equivalent amount of motes for each completion. This is the same with the Weekly Heroics. We need faction rep for the first completion per character each week.
2) Radiant light. Give us back the blue fire and experience boost. I know the patch said you would compensate for the xp boost, but it doesn't feel like it.
3) Underwhelming rewards. It's bad enough that the raid drops are horrible (getting lower light level gear than what you have equipped), but then it happens in the Nightfall, too. I am tired of 270 Legendary pieces and 290 exotics. Up the exotic drops to 310 and legendary drops to 300 or better.
4) Duplicate rewards. I am tired of getting multiple TLWs and Hawkmoons (at 290), or another Obsidian Mind, or Mask of The Third Man (and all at 290).
I don't mind difficult activities, but you've literally ruined the incentive to complete them. I know a new patch is coming out tomorrow but haven't seen patch notes. I hope you are fixing some of the listed issues. Anyhow, thanks for taking the time to read.[/spoiler]
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Y2 Nightfall = useless but occasionally fun