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6/14/2015 11:53:58 PM
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Does PoE need save checkpoints??
After playing level 35 prison of elders for approximately 3 hours into the dirty AM time zone I was forced to conceit defeat when one of my team mates had to call it quits. Sadly we where in the final round teasingly close to defeating Skolas. Now I am so emotionally abused that I will not want to attempt playing again for weeks when hopefully some of the disgust has left my immediate memory bank.
The question really becomes; Should there rightfully be a save checkpoint as with VoG or similar raids?
Considering the time and effort it takes to reach Skolas it seems ludicrous that there is no ability to save the game and return as you could in the raids.
I formally request a vote from the community. Surely I can't be the only person burned by this travesty!!
Bungie - the game takes so much of a players time to progress, please don't try and ruin my life with poor design choices that can be avoided. I don't mind a grind, but this was just plain cruel.
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It really does need checkpoints. Last week I made it to round 4 on 35 but my teammates bailed and I couldn't find any replacements.
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1 ReplyHandle checkpoints in a similar manner to how Trials of Osiris handles progress. Pick up a Prison 'permit' and it gets a stamp according to which checkpoint you reach. Players who haven't reached that checkpoint can't take part until they are within one checkpoint of the host. So players who are at the Pilot Servitor can run Skolas but not players who are lazy and want a freebie.
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Edited by RichGhost77: 6/15/2015 11:13:27 AMYes, but a player cannot join a certain checkpoint unless they have that checkpoint too. Ie, you cant get to skolas one night with 2 players, then leave (for whatever reason), then next day invite 2 different friends/players to the checkpoint to finish the job.
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Yes, period
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either checkpoints or some smaller rewards after each completed round!!! So you get something for it, even if you don't make it.. E.g. same as losing a normal crucible match, still being rewarded, but spending 3+ hours and not get a damn thing if you fail sucks. Raids etc. got checkpoints + chests along the way... Sure Bungie didn't think these runs would take so long, so they claim. but the fact they do, just gotta make them reconsider checkpoints.
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It's crazy to NOT have checkpoints. I find a way to spend a fair amount of time on destiny each week. This includes NF, Weekly, Poe 28,32,34,35 and the petra bounties. Pvp? NO. never. Wouldn't have near the time for that. I have 2 characters, 3 would be unmanageable IMO. but, to each his own. Then proably some other bounties as well, randomly if i need to level up a gun/armor. But i don't believe i'll have much to level up besides by queenbreak bow and lord of wolves exotics. Just not many new good guns to acquire unless i "git gud" and start playing ToO Anyway, here's the deal: This is the first week i did skolas. Last week? Yea, i was set. 365 longbow void, 365 void hmg......bad team This week i got it. I DID NOT play rounds 1 through 5. I jumped on at a skolas CP each time. I can't possibly do 5 rounds plus skolas in one sitting. Just can't happen in my life. I'm older and have the family, kids, wife, honey-do lists, demanding and high stress career but i still find time for games. If there were checkpoints i could find a couple guys that are good and we would run it from the beginning. Running with these teams i find on recruitment can be a massive fail, we get it done but it takes literally 2.5 hours(not continuous, at ALL. Def took several breaks) between the 2 teams i jumped in on, or i find a group that we wipe a total of 5 times and we're done. Just like that. Can't be picky when i don't have the option to save and invite who i want from my friends list. Just gotta get what i can. lvl 35 and possibly 34 should be have CPs. While they're at it might as well put in CPs for the others as well. I see how it can be abused and i see that it IS being abused already so what the fuk? Just give us CPs and we'll all be happy. Let me know how this hurts YOU. If it's "well I put in 5 hours. Why should you get to take breaks or join in for a 15 minute skolas fight and get the rewards?" No, that's not a reason. I'm not hurtin gyou by playing in any way i can. That's like seeing someone get a .2 KD in crucible and getting a good gun. Did the gun/prize/loot that someone else got somehow magically remove it from your loot table? hmmm It won't break the gaem lmao, i think Bungie has the pups trained to think that basic shit can't be done by devs........ It's funny
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1 ReplyThey should only give the checkpoint to those that have gone through the full 4 prior rounds. Not to someone the comes in and wipes like they do with the raids. Even then the problem with that is that then the checkpoint can be shared. Say 3 people reach skolas legit. That's 3 saved checkpoints. 2 people switch characters. Kill skolas. Then one of the others switch back and boom another skolas kill rinse and repeat. I doubt bungie would implement checkpoints in PoE.
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1 ReplyCheckpoints are definitely needed. However; to keep people from just getting the boss cp and getting rewards there should also be a system requiring each player to pass each level up to the boss in order to gain the rewards.
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1st 35 run this week was done in like 65mins,2nd and 3rd ran about 90mins each since we had a sub 3rd player. And the last 2 runs we did not use gally,only 365 black hammers.Not hard or time consuming at all with solar,will be a lot harder next week with no burns and a lot longer.
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Honestly I mainly against checkpoints for PoE but if they did add it only on 35 and only at the beginning of lvl 4 or 5 for example. You still have to go through that level then get to skolas.
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No because people will just get checkpoints for skolas nd other bosses
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Option C: No it doesn't need checkpoints, but it is garbage and should/could have been much better than the same enemies with 3 "challenges" over and over again.
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No because people are just going to be handing out Skolas checkpoints
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2 RepliesNo because its not even hard
