Whats disappointing is that it just has so much potential to easily keep a large fan base for 10 years. But screwing over all the players that grinded before the expansion was a stupid move. I just cba playing it now because i think whats the point, Imight as well just wait till house of wolves is out to play that for a bit seeing as I can just be the same level as everyone that grinded on crotas end when its released. But then ill just think the same when that comes out, leading to me just not wanting to play the game. I find more motivation to come on the forums at the moment.

yep one slap after another towards the most dedicated players , todays helmet hotfix after people did the raid being the latest one

Yep, those characters are certainly getting screwed by having a path to keep their exotic hoard relevant. Too bad this isn't a game like WoW where all your best weapons and armor were automatically upgraded to the new armor/damage max.....

"And I hope you enjoy doing this, because presumably, this entire process will start over when the House of Wolves expansion launches next year. This is your endgame." Jesus fuqing Christ, FML. What a fuqing mess of a game but there is nothing else out there, it's bone dry.

There's good and bad about the DLC. I think it's great that they gave us an upgrade path for our current exotics, but I don't think it goes far enough. Specifically, I hate that I have to wait for Xur and hope that he has what I need to reset them. Why can't the gunsmith do that? The story and missions are flat, boring, and don't have a lot of replay value, but the same can be said for the missions that shipped with the original game, and since this DLC was announced pre-launch, I'm not surprised that things that were coded back then couldn't be completely reworked in a 3 month period. It sucks, but that's the issue when the DLC is coded at the same time the game is coded, before any meaningful feedback is given ( [url=http://www.bungie.net]Agile Development, anyone?[/url]). The strike is on-par with all the other strikes. After playing it, I'm not exactly raring to play it 300 more times. It certainly didn't bring anything new to the table in terms of game mechanics or puzzle solving. The raid (what I've seen of it so far) is fantastic, but so was VoG (before all the bugs). Hopefully Bungie doesn't patch this one into oblivion. I haven't gotten far enough to know if the new loot system works well, but I have 8 radiant energy and 2 radiant shards that make me worried that I'll never find raid gear (never actually found any in the VoG, and I even beat it on hard). One thing I will say about these negative media reviews - I keep seeing them say "We're reviewing the DLC, but we haven't tried the raid", which to me is like a restaurant critic saying "I went to the new burger joint and I ate the bun and the fixings, but didn't try the burger." Not that they don't have valid points about the non-raid stuff included in the DLC, but giving a review and skipping the raid means that they really aren't qualified to do a review on this DLC. Just my opinion.

This dude is a joke. Talk about negative attitude. Why can't people see the better half of life? For all the people continuously complaining on the forums, surprised they still tell the community how pissed they are instead of playing anything else for their entertainment.

Wow this put what I hated about the dlc into words. Bungie definitely needs to read this article.

Bungie won't care. If they cared it wouldn't have been released the way it was.

Doesn't sway my opinion, didn't see any mention of the energy<->shards trading, of course he based this off the fact there are only 2 chests (remember when there were only two VoG chests?) And as has already been pointed out, is a bit of a whiny bitch. There will still be a chance for Bungie to patch in higher drop values or other ways to obtain materials at a future date, or tweak the system if it really isn't working. But anybody who can't see why Bungie made this decision needs to get a grip. Frankly to write a quote such as "Bungie has punished everyone who trusted them or invested time into progressing a Guardian with Destiny: The Dark Below, and vindicated everyone who agreed with the original 6-out-of-10 review scores." Is over the top, reactionary bullshit. Somebody needs to sit this princess down, and tell her that it's all going to be ok, the world will not end just because she didn't reach max rank within 1 week.

That was a good article. I read it yesterday. Agree with everything he was saying.

I think the author of the piece really did himself, and everyone else a disservice. There are some valid points to be sifted from the piece, but the delivery was just pathetic. Instead of constructing a professional piece of journalism, the guy let his vitriol and emotion come into the piece far beyond what was at the heart of the matter. The fact is, you couldn't hear the reason over the whiny tone of it all. Good points, poor delivery. Overall, a big swing and a miss trying to get the point across.

Bump. Signed. Agreed. Couldn't have said it better

I don't think so it's jus the way these games trend.

Thank you for the post

They rummaged the forums looking for complaints and copy and pasted an article together. Millions still play the game and millions are enjoying the game.

Or just enjoy the very fun game and quit crying.