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3/24/2023 4:37:38 AM
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The Difficulty Spike Has Killed D2 For Me
When I heard the plan to "bring the challenge back," I was cautious, but remained hopeful. I'm someone who plays games to relax and unwind after a hard day at work. Put on a podcast or a classic MST3K in the background, and just chill. Run some patrols, complete some bounties, bang out a seasonal activity or a strike, maybe even grab a Nightfall here and there.
Maybe it's me, but I don't understand the mentality of those who feel an almost masochistic sense that a game should absolutely wreck them. Dying sucks, losing sucks, and punishing difficulty just feels like a chore. I don't feel a sense of triumph when I overcome an obscenely difficult game, I feel like I've just finished a painful medical procedure (which isn't entirely fair; the medical procedure will at least accomplish something).
During Season of the Seraph, I soloed my first exotic mission, complete the Wish Ender exotic quest (yes, it sat in my quest log since Forsaken), and got the catalysts for half a dozen weapons. I felt triumphant. I looked forward to each daily reset and accomplishing so much more.
Now, I feel a sense of dread just looking at the game. I saw the wipe screen more times than ever during my initial playthrough of the campaign. I can't run the exotic mission without help, and the one time I tried it on legendary was a massacre (my Fireteam mates abandoned me at the first encounter when they saw how far south things were going). The Nightfalls are brutal, and the weapon drop rates are pathetic. I go to Neomuna maybe 2 or 3 times a week, because I just end up dying so frequently. I want to complete the Legendary Campaign so I can get some cool loot, but Calus killed me at least a dozen times on normal, and I can only imagine how brutal he'll be this time around.
I get that there are people out there who want to be challenged, but they had Raids, Grandmaster Nightfalls, Trials of Osiris, etc. Did they really need more?
And for the community, here's a fun drinking game: take a shot for every reply to this post that falls under the 'git gud' meme.
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2 RepliesYeah as it stands I find it fun and cool. But with the up coming changes Bungie just dropped in the twab and recent post. This is definitely gonna be my last season of destiny. They must be crazy. They are making the content exponentially harder. But Giving you laughable rewards. Or little to no rewards. This has been a trend with Bungie the last few years . Take take take. Never give , never reward your time. Or your Money, or your support. Guardian ranks is a prime example of this. If you transferred your guardian from your D1 account. Your rank should be way higher. And you should get more rewards. But as per usual with Bungie they wanna make everything Vanilla. So that new light players Don't feel bad. Yea sounds like a great business model. Their only focus is on new players and making the game great and and easy for them. They do little to nothing to reward vets or the hard core players. We are just dogs they throw old scrapes to. Here is a emblem.... 1 emblem in 5, years. Or a title. For people playing 60hrs a week for 6, years come on. You can and should want to do better. Now light level is going away. Redick
