This. (Destiny)

by ShadowOfTheVoid , South Carolina, Friday, October 10, 2014, 13:32 (3940 days ago) @ Cody Miller

In order to have enough Strange Coins by time Xur comes back to the tower, I have to at minimum play the Weekly Heroic Strike at level 28. That alone generates about half the Strange Coins I get. And let me tell you, playing a Heroic Strike at level 28 is no cakewalk when you're only a 26 or 27. HTupolev, Cyber-KN, and myself had a hard time with this week's strike. It took a good long while (unfortunately completion times aren't recorded, but it had to have taken us well over an hour), we had a combined death count of 24, I think there was a total party kill at least once or twice, and the boss was a pain in the ass. Now that's actually earning something.

As far as I'm concerned, if I bust my ass to obtain a bunch of Strange Coins to buy something from Xur, then I earned whatever I bought. It seems like some people think they "earned" something by basically winning the Destiny lottery. You can suck in Crucible and still sometimes get good stuff, but someone else can completely dominate and get jack squat. Being rewarded by the RNG isn't "earning" anything. I think Exotics should never be dropped randomly and should all have to earned by earning SCs to buy from Xur or, even better, by completing Exotic bounties (which should be awarded for beating particularly difficult missions or otherwise have some guarantee of obtaining after putting in some real effort) or other side quests. I remember in old-school Final Fantasy you often had to complete side quests or beat powerful boss monsters to get the best gear. Getting Cecil's best sword in FFIV required finding a hidden passage and beating a boss who's almost on par with the final boss in terms of difficulty. If you're insufficiently leveled or use a bad strategy, he will wipe your party out, but it's totally worth it.