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7/24/2025 3:28:21 PM
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Destiny: Casuals Not Welcome Here
Back when Destiny first launched, it launched as a game for everyone. Anyone could hop on and take part in missions all over Sol and experience everything that the game had to offer. Wether you were Solo or with a friend there was something for all levels of gamer. Some like myself even met new friends theough the Crucible or Strikes that then lead to Raid teams.
Today, Destiny is a far cry from this great history. Want to take part in a Raid? Too bad -blam!- wad you dont have *Insert specific weapon here* or “You dont know what to do get the -blam!- out”. Want higher tier loot? Sorry only players who can no life Mythic and Fabled tier missions can get this armor or weapon tier. Want to play PvP? You better bring a full squad and pray you dont encounter hackers or youre gona be -blam!-. Bungie has taken a game that originally everyone could play and enjoy and turned it into a Streamer exclusive that only those whose JOB it is to sit at a computer or console for 20+ hours and make content can play it.
I am a casual. I play games for fun and to unwind after a long week of 12-16 hour shifts. And I, am no longer welcome here. EoF will be my last expansion. Though I will be seeing what the seasons at least have to offer. I do indeed regret my purchase as I thought things might be a touch better. I was wrong. So. To my brothers and sisters in the field of the Casual Gamer, I will see you in another game in a more enjoyable environment than this Elitist hellscape of a game we once called Destiny.
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18 RepliesI'm the same, and just asked for a refund on EOF. This entire expansion seems aimed at one thing, player engagement hours key permance indicator (KPI). I've played for years and this expansion is a step too far in engagement hours KPI. It requires you to grind for 100s hours to be able to access tier 5 gear, then they reset you back down every 6 months, so you have to grind again to gain access? You have to use latest gear every season for extra damage and resistance? I have a family, I have a life outside D2. Don't farm me for time every 6 months for me to be able to START the gear grind I want with the tier 5s... then not let me use them next season... it's a joke. Greed gone too far. The same behaviour is present in exotic catalysts, that was too much for me already last season, light grind is an insane choice from every angle... except... if your main aim is to farm players for their time. If I asked 5 whys to get to root cause I'd need to ask Bungie, but hypothetically it could be the below... Players exploited purely for their time at expense of enjoyment... why.?.. bad game design forces players to spend 100s of hours with no reward... why?.... engagement metric / key performance indicator (KPI) needs to be green? (players are the livestock/resource)... why.?... Bungie pay incentives are based on this KPI/? why?... that's what shareholders care about and no customer/player focused KPIs? Root cause = missing customer focussed metrics / KPIs. e.g. feedback ratings, enjoyment feedback, surveys... KPI priority order should change to CUSTOMERS (PLAYERS) --> EMPLOYEES --> SHAREHOLDERS in terms of KPIs. Don't start and stop with shareholders. Root cause = wrong KPIs Action to fix = Add customer KPI as top priority and link to Bungie employee incentives? Just ideas and theory. Hopefully our time is more respected in the future as players. I want to grind for gear, I don't want to grind 100s hours to be ALLOWED to grind the gear I want (tier 5), with my progress reset every 6 months and forced to use loadouts I don't want to use.
