Not to be a downer but: Destiny, Fallout 4, and power creep (Destiny)

by EffortlessFury , Thursday, October 29, 2015, 17:21 (3580 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I agree with pretty much all of that. One of my biggest problems is that a lot of content is hard for me to solo at the rate new gear drops. I feel like a burdon trying to find people to essentially carry me through content that they've already played ad nauseum at levels that lack rewards for them...players like me literally get left behind.

While I truly understand feeling that like that . . . you shouldn't. People here love playing Destiny, and I have never played with anyone that doesn't enjoy going back to old content, especially if it's to help out another DBOer do something.

I mean, that's not the only problem. One big one on my own end is lately I don't have a ton of time and its hard for me to plan when I can be on. Then if I get on spur of the moment, obviously people are online playing with people they had plans to play with/regularly play with and they usually don't bother responding to my messages. Hell, I doubt anyone even recognizes me online. lol I've lurked most of my last 12 years in the BO community, unfortunatly, so I've only got a small number who want to bother playing.

(Unintentional rant in-bound)

*sigh* Honestly, I stopped playing Destiny a few weeks after TTK came out because I realized I just didn't have the right combination of personal circumstances and fellow gamer support to make it through the content reasonably. Its just not a game that my life can support right now, I guess.

That and all my minor gripes with progression and the like. I've never been able to grow attached to a gun or my armor because I've only ever gotten a small handful of pieces of gear that are high enough level to carry me through. I DEFINITELY don't have the time to play enough to get enough gear to get even one piece of gear I like to a high enough level that I'm happy with it.

Meh. Maybe I just don't see the appeal? My biggest motivator is story. Destiny has a meh engage-able story at the amount of time I have to invest, and the shift toward gear acquisition as a focal point also doesn't pan out at my available time level. For a while I was lucky if I could log onto Destiny but one day a week.

I feel like a developer has failed their audience if their audience can't properly enjoy their game without jumping through so many hoops. I gave them my money, what more should I have to give to enjoy the product but the time I have?

Sorry. Didn't mean to rant.