Of course the amount of time you put in to Halo games dwarfs the time you've put into Destiny. Same for most people here, probably. I've played no game as much in so short a period of time as I've played Destiny, though.

To elaborate, I was referring to playing the Halo games in a one month time way more than my Destiny play time. I wasn't comparing overall game time, especially since all of those have been out for years. :P

I'm finding the harder difficulties very challenging, and I'm enjoying playing story missions on easier settings just to explore the world more than I did the first time through. I'm getting a better picture of how deep the lore of the game goes, but I admit, this isn't as much in game (although listening to people in the Tower can be intriguing).

Yeah, I can't count the lore. The Grimoire cards are pretty cool, but without them, there's just no lore in game.

I thought the Halo 2 story was kind of mess, honestly, but I played it tons and enjoyed it immensely. I can't wait for Halo 2 co-op either. Hit me up!

Definitely will! I'm curious to know why you thought H2's story was a mess, too. It was so well done. Bungie knew what three acts were and everything back then.

I can't get my head around the massive amount of time people have spent with this game, and how so many of these same people are surprised or disappointed that their interest level has dropped off. I mean, it's fine that your interest level has dropped off. That's your brain telling you to find something it finds more stimulating for you to do. Go play Shadow of Mordor until you get bored with that. Better yet, read a book. My bet is that when you come back to Destiny, it will be better than it is now, and even if not, it will feel better because you took a break.

The amount of time I put into Halo games absolutely demolishes what I've put into Destiny, and it wasn't until the disaster of Halo 4 that my Halo interest was turned off (and even then I found plenty of time for Reach). It's not that I've played Destiny so much in such a short amount of time. It's that the game seriously has run out of things for me to do or to find interesting. I can still have fun with it, luckily, but there's no real draw anymore.

Part of what kept me replaying H1 and H2 over and over and over was the amazing story (especially in H2's case because campaign gameplay and linearity really sucked in many, many ways). Destiny's replayability comes almost entirely based on friends, in my opinion. And my friends have all come to these same conclusions. There's nothing secret or mysterious left to uncover. There's no real story here. Just a lot of empty promises and non-events that pretend to be events. Crucible is great, but it's severely lacking in draw-power after a while (Schooly Was Right). No custom games (Schooly Was Right). I could continue, but it's obvious. Halo was a complete package (not Halo 4). Destiny is not.

No thanks to Shadow of Mordor (even though I'm hearing awesome things about it). Believe it or not, I'm actually reading through three books right now, and that's been happening while I've been playing Destiny so much.

I'll come back to Destiny later this week. It will be a blast. That blast will basically be my "fill" for a week or two. Like I said, the game is tons of fun, just not fun enough to keep coming back to daily or potentially weekly at this point. And MCC is on the horizon, and while I'm seriously not looking forward to multiplayer right now (believe it or not), I can't wait to get campaign co-op on with buddies.

Of course the amount of time you put in to Halo games dwarfs the time you've put into Destiny. Same for most people here, probably. I've played no game as much in so short a period of time as I've played Destiny, though.

I'm finding the harder difficulties very challenging, and I'm enjoying playing story missions on easier settings just to explore the world more than I did the first time through. I'm getting a better picture of how deep the lore of the game goes, but I admit, this isn't as much in game (although listening to people in the Tower can be intriguing).

I thought the Halo 2 story was kind of mess, honestly, but I played it tons and enjoyed it immensely. I can't wait for Halo 2 co-op either. Hit me up!

Instead, we've been levelling alt characters. Which I'm still having a fair amount of fun with. That and collecting ghosts, hunting gold chests, and generally making a mess in The Crucible have kept me busy most nights since it came out.

And I haven't even got an Exotic Bounty to keep me busy yet!

I can't get my head around the massive amount of time people have spent with this game, and how so many of these same people are surprised or disappointed that their interest level has dropped off. I mean, it's fine that your interest level has dropped off. That's your brain telling you to find something it finds more stimulating for you to do. Go play Shadow of Mordor until you get bored with that. Better yet, read a book. My bet is that when you come back to Destiny, it will be better than it is now, and even if not, it will feel better because you took a break.

The amount of time I put into Halo games absolutely demolishes what I've put into Destiny, and it wasn't until the disaster of Halo 4 that my Halo interest was turned off (and even then I found plenty of time for Reach). It's not that I've played Destiny so much in such a short amount of time. It's that the game seriously has run out of things for me to do or to find interesting. I can still have fun with it, luckily, but there's no real draw anymore.

Part of what kept me replaying H1 and H2 over and over and over was the amazing story (especially in H2's case because campaign gameplay and linearity really sucked in many, many ways). Destiny's replayability comes almost entirely based on friends, in my opinion. And my friends have all come to these same conclusions. There's nothing secret or mysterious left to uncover. There's no real story here. Just a lot of empty promises and non-events that pretend to be events. Crucible is great, but it's severely lacking in draw-power after a while (Schooly Was Right). No custom games (Schooly Was Right). I could continue, but it's obvious. Halo was a complete package (not Halo 4). Destiny is not.

No thanks to Shadow of Mordor (even though I'm hearing awesome things about it). Believe it or not, I'm actually reading through three books right now, and that's been happening while I've been playing Destiny so much.

I'll come back to Destiny later this week. It will be a blast. That blast will basically be my "fill" for a week or two. Like I said, the game is tons of fun, just not fun enough to keep coming back to daily or potentially weekly at this point. And MCC is on the horizon, and while I'm seriously not looking forward to multiplayer right now (believe it or not), I can't wait to get campaign co-op on with buddies.

Got my first exotic bounty today, and today I've leveled up a Hunter to 10, and that was a lot of fun, actually. I'm playing the game solo, and it's great to be able to look around as much as I want without worrying about holding someone up (I'm open to being joined by like-minded players who are building up low-level characters). I wish I'd been more open to playing solo originally. (I did play some, but I felt this pressure to find people, and to level up.) With my high-level character, content I've played before feels like new content on the higher difficulties.

I'm relaxing. I'm savoring what's good, and keeping my fingers crossed that they are playing a very long game in terms of the story, which was my biggest disappointment.

Between six characters, I see myself having plenty to do before the expansion packs, and lots of things to try and experiment with. Heck, I'll probably have plenty to do until Destiny 2 comes out. There are other games I'm looking forward to (Halo 2 Anniversary!), but Destiny already feels like it has settled in as my gaming comfort food.

I can't get my head around the massive amount of time people have spent with this game, and how so many of these same people are surprised or disappointed that their interest level has dropped off. I mean, it's fine that your interest level has dropped off. That's your brain telling you to find something it finds more stimulating for you to do. Go play Shadow of Mordor until you get bored with that. Better yet, read a book. My bet is that when you come back to Destiny, it will be better than it is now, and even if not, it will feel better because you took a break.

I'm not sure CTF works so well with Destiny's "you have all your powers in all modes" philosophy. Sparrows for everyone complicates returning a flag. Snipers for everyone complicates things as well. No two person vehicle for flag carrier transportation really complicates things!

Oddball though would be a blast in Destiny! :)

Just disable sparrow spawning if you have the flag.

Oddball though would be a blast in Destiny! :)

Startling lack of gametypes, especially for teams of 6.

I know right? How can you not do team oddball, KOTH, or CTF? Those are bread and butter. Team Headhunter would be great. juggernaut for the rumble playlist.

I was scratching my head and still am.

• Sadly, I'm only now starting to appreciate the rules and mechanics
  
• I've just recently gotten 2 exotic weapons, and am busy leveling these for 2 builds
  
• I've begun to appreciate Crucible a little more. I enjoy Control, but little else. This is fine, for now.
  
• I have played, but not finished the Raid
  
• The jumping, shooting, running, floating, killing mechanics are flat-out fabulous
  
• I'm still only level 28

I don't know what it means - maybe only that I'm not done, but I'm almost done? Long term, Crucible will never approach Halo. Destiny playtime will get hammered by the MCC, especially if a few of my friends make the plunge and get XBox Ones.

The events also need to be worthwhile.

Since there is no subscription fee, Activision has little incentive for Bungie to keep rolling out free stuff to do that's cool rather than have that be DLC. Notice how all of the events so far (except the raid) are minor changes to existing places and mission types. It probably did not take that much effort to construct the Queen's event. I'm sure the hardest part was modeling the ship.

I'm up to 79 now with two characters and only one of them is close to 28. I still have fun with all the activities available although a bit more variety would be nice. I haven't attempted the raid or found all the dead ghosts yet. I anticipatee playing the current content until the first expansion without being bored.

I got the achievement for finding 50, but there are still a handful or so I don't have according to bungie.net.

Unlocking the ghosts becomes increasingly irritating the more I find them, because it really hammers home how lacking Destiny is in the story department.

In particular, the cards about Thorne and the Ishtar Collective. It feels good to have found them and read what they have (which is really good btw) but it's a hollow accomplishment.

Do it for the Mythoclast.

You know I've been running into that thing in Iron Banner this week, and I'm not getting the same OMG OVERPOWERED vibe that video a while back inspired. I outdueled more than a couple fools with my Shadow Price, and Traveler save you if my Invective was out in CQB.

Maybe they were terrible or it wasn't leveled a lot. In any case, was having fun and doing quite well.

I don't think there's anything wrong with tiring of a game after a month of very solid play. For me I'm kind of impressed at how much fun and how much of a hold the game still has even though it's kind of the same missions over and over. And of course the big part of that is playing with friends.

The events also need to be worthwhile. They seem to be geared toward players in the grindy 20 to 26 area, which is great, I wish I had waited to grind until the QW event, it would have gone by much, much faster - or at least felt faster. The Iron Banner had a real shot at being cool, until Bungie delivered the exact opposite that they advertised. For the events to be successful, they need to provide the opportunity to get gear that is truly desirable. Gear that is raid quality, obtained outside of the Raid. That is what will keep people engaged in the events and drooling for them to come back.

Once you get near the cap and complete the Raid, there is nothing to keep you coming back every day.

And also, Sparrow Racing. It needs to happen.

And then what's the expansion going to do? Give me a few more missions, a Strike, and a Raid? So maybe a week or two's worth of content? Then what? It's really disappointing that Destiny isn't holding my interest, and I'm wondering if anyone else is feeling the same (or maybe I should be asking this question when CIVILIZATION: BEYOND EARTH and HOMEWORLD REMASTERED come out lol).

fixed that for you ur welcome