Thoughts on weekly requiring DLC

I'm relieved to see an intelligent conversation in here about this topic. I've been in the Main Forums today reading through all the backlash about this, and most intelligent posts are met with "Buy the DLC. It's Only $20 Cheapskate" Can't say I'm surprised of course. I bought DLC, so it doesn't really affect me. But I still feel the need to stick up for those who haven't and find themselves missing out on strange coins this week. I agree, players who bought DLC should be rewarded with options to play the new strikes. But penalizing players who haven't forked up the cash is a really shitty way to implement the DLC content. Any Add on packs should be simply that. Add On Packs. They add to the current game, not replace things. Its not just about buying DLC either. In my eyes its about Long Term Scaleability and character progression. At Level 26-27, those strikes and nightfalls really help people to progress to lvl 28 and 29. If which each new DLC they remove the lower level and make the Weekly/Nightfall higher level, then we'll end up with a massive gap between lvl 24, and say lvl 36. All of a sudden they'll be no weekly activities to earn rewards for lvl 26/27 players.

I think it's absolutely disgusting that they've done this. So really if you don't have the dlc the game is about as much use as a chocolate teapot now. I have a friend who at the moment can't afford to buy the dlc because he has a home and family and with Christmas round the corner money is a bit tight. To be honest I think that they'll lose quite a lot of people playing the game now and I don't blame them either because I sure as hell wouldn't want to play. Rant over sorry lol.

Ok, I get the frustration somewhat. Yes they removed parts of the game that you could play before. But if you have level 30's and do not have the DLC, what were you planning on playing? Pre DLC once you hit 30, what else was there to do really? Raid for more weapons? This is the whole point of an evolving game, your characters has to keep evolving with the game. For the past few weeks, I have not had much to really do. The DLC is the way you level up your character, whether through drops, factions etc. I just don't understand those that do not have the DLC, and expect to stay current in the game.

I to love to get strange coins from weekly, but this week you're probably not missing out on many. I purchased the DLC months ago but still can't run the weekly. You have to complete a quest chain for Eris before it unlocks. I did a few last night and still haven't unlocked weekly. One of my quests is to purchase a urn from Xur, so that isn't happening until Friday. Who knows how many other quests are after that. I need to do some research. That is just on one character, so I will be lucky to run a weekly on just one character this week.

Its the same about the comendations u have to get realys stops the average gamer geting anything 3000 xp to upgrade vangard thats 30 100 xp bountys or nightfall and weekly + bounty for one mark if u only have a few hours a week to play your screwd.

Difficult one to handle I guess. If the DLC strikes are not included then those who have it suffer. The problem comes when finding friends to help complete them if they don't have the same DLC as you... Not impossible to do as they effectively block those who are not at a high enough level for raids. But it would become a nightmare to handle as more DLC comes out and the player-base fragments as to who has which DLC parts etc., so I guess the situation will only get worse as time goes on. So conclusion is that this issue will become worse and a different solution to getting strange coins needs to be added.

It was going to happen this weekend or next. They have to put it in the rotation. I am also curious how Xur will work out this weekend...Like some have said you cant punish the people that bought it either. In my eyes this game never has anything that is perfect in it and this is another example. As long as they keep trying to expand the experience I will keep coming back to play it. I definitely take weeks off and play other stuff. It seems to lower some of the frustration.