I want to do the raid on friday, but can't log in everyday between now and then.

These statements seem to be at odds with one another.

We're saving our blind raid for a whole week. I don't think we'll be missing anything by giving ourselves time to level up and actually enjoy the process while we're at it.

I find the longer you wait, the greater the chance of someone getting spoiled. Even if they don't want to be.

I also know Destiny can't really work within the time to crate framework, I just thought it was weird they added ammo crates in the narrative.

I want to do the raid on friday, but can't log in everyday between now and then.

These statements seem to be at odds with one another.

We're saving our blind raid for a whole week. I don't think we'll be missing anything by giving ourselves time to level up and actually enjoy the process while we're at it.

Halo it was all the way in 343GS.

Huh? There were crates everywhere - on the Pillar of Autumn, even!

Halo 2 was 10 yards in front of you in your first mission. Destiny doesn't seem to have the problem because of how the ammo and gun system works, dropping from enemies...and yet, playing the new strikes and some missions, they DO give you ammo crates. What's up with that?

Oh. The original TTC (from Old Man Murray) was to a CRATE, not an ammo crate. Any crate - the point was that game designers found them really easy to plop into games, so a high TTC told you that you were playing a slightly less boring game.

But even ammo crates... so you're not counting the grenade trays at the end of PoA, or any of the weapons/ammo packs on the ground on Halo (around dropships)?

I'll add that I got:

25 marks for completing a single Dreadnaught Patrol. Pretty fun, it's like a randomly generated strike.

I should have taken a break, but dang, I was having a blast. I ended up playing from 4am-Midnight. I managed to get both my Hunter and my Warlock to around the 240 light mark and have around 150 legendary marks.

I tried doing the 260 level strike at 241 and it was an absolute murderfest. I had a lot of fun, but it sucks to wipe on the final boss with less than an 1/8th of their health left.

...I STILL don't really buy your argument.

My argument is this:

In game about progress, your progress should pause when you aren't playing, but not go away. If you don't do the dailies, those marks go away. Under the old system, your progress paused since if you didn't earn your 100 marks one day, you could get them the next.

You talking about potential marks. Potential marks always went away, some on a weekly rather than daily schedule.

... I have to be ready on friday.

Ah, the REAL problem.

30 - Heroic strike 3 times
15 - Daily Heroic

These are light level 240. I'm nowhere near that (~205). Explain how you got there so fast!

...I STILL don't really buy your argument.

My argument is this:

In game about progress, your progress should pause when you aren't playing, but not go away. If you don't do the dailies, those marks go away. Under the old system, your progress paused since if you didn't earn your 100 marks one day, you could get them the next.

Those 50 pieces on the Dreadnought are there whether I take a week to do it, or a year. At the end, I still get those same 50 pieces. But you don't get the same number of marks if you don't play everyday. And guess what? I want to do the raid on friday, but can't log in everyday between now and then.

Unless 5 others want to promise to do a blind raid with me next week, I have to be ready on friday.

I love DBO. But one thing I see here a bit too often is:

* Person A complains about something in Destiny
* Person B insults person A.

It's OK to disagree with someone. It's OK to be completely flabbergasted by their opinion or complaint or the way they voice their thoughts. But if you can't communicate your own thoughts without resorting to personal insults... well I find that a lot more upsetting than someone voicing a negative opinion about a videogame.

Cody and I disagree on plenty of stuff. Anyone who frequents the forums will come across plenty of exchanges between the 2 of us where we discuss an issue from opposite sides. But not once has either of us resorted to personal insults or attacks. We, and many others here, keep things friendly while we disagree.

ps

Kermit, I just want to say specifically that I'm not including you in my statements about some DBOers resorting to personal insults. I was building off of Slycrel's post in a more general way. I took your response to Cody's complaint as more of a friendly poke than anything else :)

Thanks, Cruel. I didn't see my post as an ad hominem attack. It was a friendly poke, but within that was a legitimate criticism of Cody's hyperbolic negative reactions, their sameness and their frequency. I stand by that criticism.

* Person A complains about something in Destiny
* Person B insults person A.

It's OK to disagree with someone. It's OK to be completely flabbergasted by their opinion or complaint or the way they voice their thoughts. But if you can't communicate your own thoughts without resorting to personal insults... well I find that a lot more upsetting than someone voicing a negative opinion about a videogame.

Cody and I disagree on plenty of stuff. Anyone who frequents the forums will come across plenty of exchanges between the 2 of us where we discuss an issue from opposite sides. But not once has either of us resorted to personal insults or attacks. We, and many others here, keep things friendly while we disagree.

ps

Kermit, I just want to say specifically that I'm not including you in my statements about some DBOers resorting to personal insults. I was building off of Slycrel's post in a more general way. I took your response to Cody's complaint as more of a friendly poke than anything else :)