http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/15/7393695/destiny-dark-below-punishing-hardcore
So I'd like to point out first and foremost, I don't care about all the people who will inevitably call me a crybaby. This is just something I read that I think brings up some valid points. I don't agree with all of them, and as I always say I'll keep playing, because I live destiny. Sometimes a company makes a few bad decisions, as there just trying to get a feel for things, and are trying to find new ideas to help push the players or give them something they want. You can't always buy someone the gift they want, sometimes they won't like it, it's inevitable. Bottom line, I hope bungie fixes some of the issues addressed. I know that the honest truth is this Is a complex game to make everyone not just happy with, but comfortable with. Deej I hope your reading this, I want you to know that I trust bungie to make us happy, and look forward to seeing you find your footing with the community. Let me point out though I do disagree with what he says about the raid, he is clearly an idiot, the reupgrading to me is no issue, and any points about grinding are null and void to me, that being said I do agree that legendary resets should happen, since it's so easy to level the new gear and get to 31 it would be nice to see some variety in armor like boost ghost angel or starwinder gear and the old raid stuff we all want to look unique so I'd love to see that implimented.
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As far as the armor and weapons go, the mistake is that we don't really increase in level, or at least, not that much. Take a typical MMO-RPG (I know, I know "Destiny isn't an MMO!" It is close enough): with an expansion there would be a level cap increase that would involve swapping out all gear. But the current gear would be enough to get you close to the new end game, and then we would have to going out proper raid gear. And you would (at some point) be able to buy/find gear that is better then the pre - expansion gear you already have. The problem is that with Destiny, that increase is only 2 levels, and that new gear is available right away, and in some cases (raid) necessary right away. Because, truly, if one thought we would never have to replace our armor/weapons, they weren't paying attention. But is has happened a bit faster than I think we expected. As far as the exotic mess is concerned, at least they are giving an upgrade option. How much more would it suck to have to FIND all the exotics first and then re level them? It would be nice if there was some sort of "return on investment" for upgrading exotics, but it could have been worse. (And yes, that is a scary thought, and not a very good argument). All in all, it seems that things are boiling down to a disturbing standard for Destiny: it isn't what was done that is annoying players, but how it was done (or why). Still, I'm having a blast with TDB. The hive always seems to creep me out....