My theory is that bungie don't want players to specialise in their approach to destiny; they want all-rounders
Therefore, bungie will constantly fine-tune the game's mechanics to manipulate the player into taking the broadest possible progression
So for example, if you're using spinmetal to buy crucible marks instead of actually playing the crucible for marks, then you're not fully experiencing all aspects of the game
It feels somewhat annoying because bungie have suddenly taken away the freedom of choice that they initially gave you. They're walking a very fine line as the entire game seems in a state of flux, and so currently feels a tad directionless as a result
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I agree with this. CCP has done a similar thing in EVE Online. It's like they push everyone to pvp to be able to play pve the way we want. I think the best thing that Bungie could do would be to rework materials for marks/rep so that it wouldn't be unbalanced but still be viable to rank up crucible rep. Otherwise I'll never have a 77 wizard :/ .
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I understand balancing the game is important, however I completely agree that player choice is being manipulated. I am reserving judgement until the new Content is out, maybe it will all make sense once we see the big picture? -A Hopeful Guardian
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You know, I'm not so sure bungie have a "big picture" beyond the basic game tenets. I think they're kind of making it up as they go along, evolving it as a response to feedback, and how the majority are playing it at any given time I feel destiny needs a more fearless creative direction from someone who can also make very strong and confident decisions, to really take the bull by the horns, and to stop tip-toeing around in fear of alienating some players as if the game's a marketing-led project Games have largely become like Hollywood movies - the more expensive the project, the more conservative it is creatively
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I don't know why people complain and say they only cater PvP when I can't remember what update guarantees a rare Engram for things like daily, weekly, tiger strikes. .-.
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In statistics we call things like that outliers. Yes, they exist, but they are outside the trends of the system as a whole. Outliers are usually not important and are often discarded from the final analysis.