So, I wanted to do an experiment this week.
I'm a solo player, had a clan, but that broke off 2 years ago.
I still do everything in this game, I love this game, regardless if I have to LFG or not, I'll get any activity done. Wich leads me to my experiments.
I don't have any destiny playing friends, but I still wanted to share my findings with... anyone.
This week, I have played every single raid in the game.
And what I got of it was...
1 - No-Comms Raids, or Chat-only raids, are the most fun I've had in the game in 2023
I'ts thrilling to play only using small words on PC and emotes
2 - There are almost no new-playes doing raids, except for the most recent Crota release.
This is perhaps because a lot of new playes won't even check a guide to the mechanics of an encounter / boss.
3 - Old raids... I mean... almost all of them, Kings fall, VoG, Last Wish, GoS, VotD...
Are packed, and I mean PACKED with people who are so far above playing the game, they
just take the fun out of it.
Skips, skating, exploits, you name it. You basically never interact with the raid.
My breaking point was GoS, I wanted to see the flowers of the black garden again... it's been sooo long.
But the constant barrier skiping well-skating walocks would not even allow me up the
windmill to see the watterfall.
If I learned anything about this experience is that raiding is absolutely great !!
But if you're not even going to attempt to play by the games rules... why even bother
posting that LFG request.
I've had some great and some awful playsessions this week. And overall I came out the other side loathing the concept of speedrunning.
Not saying I want to touch grass... But I really wanted to se that digital garden
in the Black Heart.
Thank you for reading stranger.
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I have to completely agree. It's not fun when other players only look for ways to bypass mechanics and encounters entirely. It's a big reason why I stopped raiding after lightfall.
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Imagine joining an lfg raid and wanting to go sight seeing. If that’s what you want to do, great! But find like minded people so that you’re not wasting everyone’s time while you’re sitting around smelling the daisies. Raiding is the best content in the game and everyone should experience it but you need to find people that want to play the same way as you.
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To be fair the main objective of raids atm is too farm for loot, so speed runs are popular. You could always post chill run playing for fun, that way you could play without skips etc.
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Not to take away from the point you're making, but couldn't you go into the Deterministic Chaos mission (I don't remember what it's called, but I think it's the right one) to see the Garden?
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Edited by Avvor: 10/27/2023 11:59:32 PMWhy would you loathe the concept of speedrunning When none of the runs you did came close to what would be considered one of them