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2/12/2015 3:11:44 AM
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Kotaku sums up Destiny player burn-out
http://kotaku.com/five-months-in-hardcore-destiny-players-are-hitting-a-1684813586
This is not a bash. It comes from someone who, like many of us, really likes Destiny but is reaching a point of burn-out. The things that popped out to me are the lack of carrots and poor communication from Bungie.
If you trawl the forums, you'll find many threads dedicated to each point made, but this is a handy summation of the frustration hardcore Destiny players are, and have been, facing of late.
I'm no hater, and like Kirk, the article's author, I know there's an unbelievable game inside Destiny. I'm looking forward to HoW, but until then, it'll just have to be a strike now and again.
Edit 1: You guys all rock. It's been a very clear-headed conversation in here so far, aside from some weak trolls. And thanks for the bumps! I think it's good to read what a lot of us have been thinking.
Edit 2: I'm pretty sure the forum ninjas have buried any Kotaku-related posts so they don't trend. That's their prerogative, and somewhat understandable despite the normal levels of vitriol you can generally find on these forums.
Feel free to bump if you think others should read it but, after over twenty-four hours of pretty constant replies from you crazy, magnificent bastards, it's fair to say that we don't need an article to spur healthy discussion about one of our favorite games.
[spoiler]You guys are -blam!-ing killing my phone.[/spoiler]
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9 RepliesI deleted all my characters and all my gear and uninstalled the game from my PS4 about 4 days ago. I figured today I'd get back on to the forums just for fun to see what the reset NF and weekly is (not that I could participate with all my loot and characters gone lol). I saw this post and I decided to read the kotaku.com post. For me... this is why I left Destiny... this is a quote from the kotaku.com post: "Oh, shit, I've started playing Destiny for the wrong reasons. In the past, I used to hassle Jason when he'd say there was "no reason" to do some mission or other. What he meant was, there's no useful loot we can get out of it. He was working under the assumption that we only play Destiny for the loot. "But it'll be fun!" I'd counter. This game is, after all, fundamentally very fun to play. Surely that's enough? Lately, my mentality has changed. I find myself performing cold mental calculations to determine the worth-itness of a given undertaking. I always did that, mind you, but nowadays, it's my primary calculation, rather than a secondary one." When I started making those "worth-itness" calculations a couple weeks ago... I started to realize I was done with this game. It was very fun while it lasted though... and for several months... Destiny was one of my all-time favorite (or at least obsessive) gaming experiences. GG Destiny. And good luck to all the other Guardians still trudging onward. I wish you all the best!
