After agreeing with a comment on a post talking about game difficulty, I received this delightful message from a fellow player.
The legendary player; (name removed as per forum rules) insert "tough guy name" here, with 3 maxed characters, multiple titles, raid & dungeon clears sent me this:
"Not sure why y'all think they should cater to the worst players ...instead of you trying to be better like everyone else did
Game not hard but most of you don't even try and cry for hand out or ways to get everything solo no mic
There's other game for you"
I believe they maybe younger than an adult.
I replied;
"Thanks for that encouraging message.
I'm sure your massive ego is tied up in how you play this game & you find no fulfilment in any other aspect of your life.
But people like me - who have been playing this game since release - play to have fun, relax, enjoy a moderate challenge.
We don't enjoy a stressful, hardcore playing environment designed for no-life, try-hards like yourself.
Go play Dark Souls if you want a legendarily hard game."
Say what you will about the state of difficulty in the game, personally I would remove all modifiers save for the elemental surges.
But to send me a private message telling me to bugger off & go play an easier game is a bit cheeky.
The toxicity in this community - from what I can see - is coming from a section of the top 5% of players. The elitist players, who is the only section players Bungie is listening to.
That is all.
-
I hope it wasn’t my thread you agreed with, lol. I will never understand elitism in a video game. You don’t win anything you can use in real life, just a load of digital weapons and armour that have no practical real world use. They’re just images on a screen, yet the amount of possessiveness, the obsession with achieving in game ‘greatness’ staggers me. Being the best means nothing beyond impressing your mates, if you have any, and displaying some skill at reflexes and coordination. If that’s what makes you feel good then so be it, but I’ve never seen any point in putting down others who may not be as capable as you or accusing them of wanting an easy life, when the whole thing about gaming is that it’s just that, a game, and not real life. Elitism is just bizarre. It drives players away and doesn’t encourage anyone to play.