Destiny in 2019 (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 10:40 (2073 days ago) @ Ragashingo

I absolutely agree with almost all of that. The new season is doing a great job of bringing old lore to the forefront and making it really feel relevant.

My only real issue is still with the power grind. I still fundamentally don’t understand the appeal of grinding out an extra 50 power level every three months. It’s bad design. I haven’t really engaged with The Reckoning, because I have to get back on the treadmill to do so, and, frankly, I don’t want to. But now we’ve reached the point where I’m an actual liability in Gambit Prime because I don’t have those perks and I’m underpowered against invaders, so I don’t do that either.

The current progression system is a literal “fuck you” from Bungie to the people that don’t play every week. It makes the entire game less fun.

I still wish they’d kill the soft cap. Make every purple engram a +1 to your average power level. So it won’t be guaranteed to help, but, eventually you’ll still be powering up just from playing whatever you want to play. Keep the milestone system as it is. Make the power tier Powerful Engrams a guaranteed +1 to whichever slot it drops for, make the higher tier Powerfuls either a guaranteed +3 for a slot, or a +5 to your average. Milestones are then still the best way to power up, but they won’t be literally the only way. The current system is complete garbage, especially considering that there’s no path forward if you’re not just grinding old content week after week.