Right now I never keep blue or below: ever.

I do a LOT of button holding and a lot of cleanup. I'd rather not have to.

DOH! I need the option to lock a weapon because I keep a blue scout rifle to pick up ammo.

I bet I have more fun playing Destiny than you do. ;)

Overall? Maybe, because a lot of the game has been a chore for me. But I'm pretty sure there are specific moments where I've had more fun. Doing the raid at 2am with no help, and no clue how to beat it was one such time :-)

Bolded the area that was my point. :)

I bet I have more fun playing Destiny than you do. ;)

Overall? Maybe, because a lot of the game has been a chore for me. But I'm pretty sure there are specific moments where I've had more fun. Doing the raid at 2am with no help, and no clue how to beat it was one such time :-)

I'm not saying Bungie got everything perfect, but simple ideas that change the nature of player behaviour can have adverse side effects on the end goal.

Something that would have no adverse effect would be to get rid of resources and weapon upgrades all together :-p

No adverse effect to YOU.

I actually enjoy watching my weapons become more powerful over time. I ENJOY the upgrade process. Whee!

Next time you get on the PS4, let's go farm spirit bloom together then. After we get 200+, we'll hop in a public event rotation and get as much ascendant energy as we can.

Sound good? That's what it takes to level up your guns :-p

And putting nutrition into my body and then pooping out the waste is what it takes to keep me alive - but it's not what I live for. :)

You can boil the process down to the most boring parts if you want - but I'd rather see the entire thing as an integrated journey.

I bet I have more fun playing Destiny than you do. ;)

I'm not saying Bungie got everything perfect, but simple ideas that change the nature of player behaviour can have adverse side effects on the end goal.

Something that would have no adverse effect would be to get rid of resources and weapon upgrades all together :-p

No adverse effect to YOU.

I actually enjoy watching my weapons become more powerful over time. I ENJOY the upgrade process. Whee!

Next time you get on the PS4, let's go farm spirit bloom together then. After we get 200+, we'll hop in a public event rotation and get as much ascendant energy as we can.

Sound good? That's what it takes to level up your guns :-p

I'm not saying Bungie got everything perfect, but simple ideas that change the nature of player behaviour can have adverse side effects on the end goal.

Something that would have no adverse effect would be to get rid of resources and weapon upgrades all together :-p

No adverse effect to YOU.

I actually enjoy watching my weapons become more powerful over time. I ENJOY the upgrade process. Whee!

I'm not saying Bungie got everything perfect, but simple ideas that change the nature of player behaviour can have adverse side effects on the end goal.

Something that would have no adverse effect would be to get rid of resources and weapon upgrades all together :-p

That's not free Bungie. ;)

Hijack a Pike on Venus, it turns a monotonous spirit bloom errand into a fun filled Fallen/Vex murdering spree.

I've only found one once outside the Ember Caves. Anywhere else I should look?

I think a better idea would be to make materials available for purchase at the Tower. I dunno about you, but I think getting Spirit Blooms or Spinmetal as rewards for finishing PvP would be pretty lame.

That would be nice. More uses for glimmer would be good, all around, as anything worth buying can't even be bought with it.

Also, if resources were more easily picked up then one person could farm an area quickly leaving nothing behind for other players.

Instance resources like loot. Problem solved.

It still presents a problem. That solution is effectively the same as never despawning the resource. Traffic patterns become too ingrained and players move too fast and too often.

Again, it comes down to, how do you want players to behave in a constructive manner in your world?

I'm not saying Bungie got everything perfect, but simple ideas that change the nature of player behaviour can have adverse side effects on the end goal.

Also, if resources were more easily picked up then one person could farm an area quickly leaving nothing behind for other players.

Instance resources like loot. Problem solved.

That takes any cooperative aspect of it away.

Instance the collection only?

Also, if resources were more easily picked up then one person could farm an area quickly leaving nothing behind for other players.

Instance resources like loot. Problem solved.

That takes any cooperative aspect of it away.

Also, if resources were more easily picked up then one person could farm an area quickly leaving nothing behind for other players.

Instance resources like loot. Problem solved.

You totally used to get this in the Beta. A VIP patrol mission would reward you with 10 Spinmetsl or so.

You still get them in certain random loot chests. Every now and then, when you open a chest, you'll get 3 (sometimes even 5!) different item types in them. Mine usually end up looking like this:

10 spin metal
1 special ammo synth
1 Blue engram (or more, sometimes)

Not saying that's much better, but it helps. I only seem to get those kind of chests on Russia and Mars.

I NEVER EVER HAVE ENOUGH FRACKING HELIUM.

NEVER.

I can't tell if it has to do with how small the moon surface area is compared to the other areas, but it really irritates me that since the moon is 30% 'moon' and 70% 'hive' areas, I only have a tiny fraction of an area to chase elements compared to Venus or Russia.

I would like it much better that if you are in a party, when one of you picks up a material, ALL of you get it.

Only getting them in ones and twos is very time consuming.

However, for material gathering it's way too fucking long, and that shit will disappear even when you're holding the goddamn button to try and get it (when someone already previously got to it before you and it's 'fading out').

That's precisely why it takes time though. You start to grab it and remember you have a friend with you. The delay gives you time to stop.

That is very true.

Also, if resources were more easily picked up then one person could farm an area quickly leaving nothing behind for other players. In turn that creates another issue for how often the resource should respawn if indeed it should ever despawn. If it never despawned then players would create no-mind trajectories for the fastest resource gathering and suddenly, the nature of Destiny completely changes.

Resource gathering, Patrols and Public Events seem like very deliberately tuned mechanics to control the games pace and traffic. Whether it's liked or not is a personal thing.

I've sort of geared myself to grab any nearby resource while Patrolling, completing Bounties and Public Events. I find it somewhat rewarding to complete all these tasks simultaneously and efficiently. Keeps me moving around the maps and that in turn encourages exploration.