JavaScript is required to use Bungie.net

Destiny

Discuss all things Destiny.
Edited by The Town Drunk: 10/29/2014 2:20:42 PM
310

New DLC, The Dark Below, Worth $20?

Hell Na!

1877

Oh Baby, Yes!

1547

1. $20/£19.99 Standalone $34.99/£34.99 Season Pass 2. Light Cap: Lvl 32 3. New Armor and Weapons 4. 5 New Bounty Slots 5. Follow new character Eris in story mode, with 3 new missions 6. New Strike: The Will of Crota 7. New Raid: Crota's End 8. New PvP Maps: Pantheon, Skyshock, The Cauldron 9*. Exclusive Strike for Playstation: The Undying Mind All releasing December 9, 2014 Whats your thoughts and answer. Let Bungie know what you think. Good Day [b]Edit[/b]: Here is the whole paragraph about Eris. The expanded story will apparently focus on new character Eris, who has spent years hiding among the Hive only to come forward bearing a warning. The Hive are apparently trying to summon a god, Crota, to destroy Earth. Eris will be found in the Tower where she'll offer you special quests including three new missions where you can increase your Light and get new rewards.
English
#Destiny

Posting in language:

 

Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

  • [quote]Absolutely yes. They're putting out a lot more for $20 then most games. Everybody saying no bought every damn map pack for cod.[/quote] Just think for a second about what you're really paying for here. How many times have you replayed any story mission in the game for reasons other than a bounty or a daily challenge? Even then, was it fun? Was the story mission even fun the first time around? They're adding a whole three of them, all of which will most likely take around 20 minutes each to complete, after which you'll barely even touch them again. Then we have one new strike (ignoring PS exclusivity), which you will also only play three or so times before getting bored of it. Sure, it adds about 20% more variety to the strike playlist, but let's face it, we all stopped striking when the need for Vanguard marks became obsolete once we acquired a full set of legendary gear. So, the story missions and the strike are about 2 hours of (on disk) content with little to no replayability. Hardly worth a dime. Now let's talk about the new gear. You're barely going to notice it's even there. Unless you've been playing this game 24//7 for the past month, you've likely not even acquired a third of the game's library of exotics, and there's still dozens of legendaries you probably haven't even seen. The majority of this new gear is likely going to be raid gear, so you may as well simply group it in the same category as "New Raid." Next, we have a level cap increase, presumably from the new raid gear which coincidentally falls under the aforementioned categories of "New Raid," and "New Armor and Weapons." The increase is two. The only scenarios in which this will make the game at all easier for you is the Iron Banner* and Hard Mode raids. To me, this seems like something so insignificant that it should be free. In fact, assuming that the Iron Banner allows people with the DLC to play with those without it, it basically turns the DLC into an Iron Banner "pay to win" pack. New Bounty Slots? Why is this paid content? Why is this new content at all? It's not even needed, with only five bounties of a type per day. As for new PvP maps, this simply adds variety as does the new strike. For those of us that don't enjoy PvP in the first place, this obviously doesn't seem worth buying. For those of us that do enjoy PvP, it's barely worth $5. Lastly, we talk about the Raid. Arguably the only thing in the DLC that makes it worth buying. The only reason to play the Vault at this point is to get raid gear and the Mythoclast. It's certainly more replayable than any of the strikes - hell, it's one of the few things in the game that's worth coming back to at all - but honestly that replayability lies solely in the rewards it provides. Assuming the only way to get to level 32 is via Crota gear, then its replayability is equal to the amount of times it takes for random number generation to gift you a set of 32 armor. It will be fun for a handful of attempts, but after that you'll be left wondering if your Andrew Jackson could have been spent on something better, like an entire other game, instead of a poor excuse for a DLC pack. Raid is worth $5 in my opinion. I simply don't see a point in buying this. At the end of the day it's your money, but you're not getting what you pay for.

    Posting in language:

     

    Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

    20 Replies
    • ITS NOT AN EXPANSION PACK ITS A PATCH UPDATE FOR 20 DOLLARS LOL

      Posting in language:

       

      Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

      2 Replies
      • People who think this isn't a good deal are just outrageous idiots. They will spend 15 or 20 on COD or BF dlc and get just 4 multi maps but won't spend 20 on this?!? How can you say this is a bad deal!? Let's see 1) New Loot ... Over 20 pieces for each class ( go to bungies page and see for yourself) 2) 3 new story missions ... Sure maybe we don't care to much but it's content and it's part of the deal. (Stop bitching about it) 3) 3 new multi player maps ... I'm pretty sure Black Ops 2 sold dlc for 15 and gave us 3 of these and 2 guns with camo. I'm sure people were excited for that and satisfied! 4) A new strike ( 2 for PS owners ) ... Sounds good to me, gives me more variety for Tiger Playlist runs plus NF and I have a PS4 ... We all have spent at least 10 hours on Strikes so your pretty much an overprivileged stupid ass if your upset about this ... Seriously 5) Another Raid ... Something all of us who enjoy the game look forward to playing weather it's our 1st time or 5th time, every week. To me it's an awesome experience and I loved playing through and figuring out the VOG and the rewards aren't bad all the time, people just need shit to bitch about ( RNG ). 6) Bounty Slots ... For all those who complain and sob over not having exotic bounties, nows your chance. Honestly how is this not worth 20??? Dam people will play Halo and pay for just multi maps but when the same company offers dlc containing more content for a different game, you all cramp up and bitch about it like it's gunna make a -blam!-ing difference.? No one but your family cares if you don't like something so please from one gamer to a community, stop being brain-dead dopes and get over whatever it is that gives you the urge to complain about the same shit 5000 other people have said that day and the day before. Criticize, not complain, it will do gaming good. Don't reply I won't read it

        Posting in language:

         

        Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

        1 Reply
        • Edited by P2HF D2STREET: 10/29/2014 4:07:42 PM
          My problem with it is that the amount of dlc we are getting isnt enough for a release in December. The cost is fine, but the problem is that it wont keep people playing over the other games coming out this Fall/Winter. This dlc should have been available in mid to late October, it would have made more sense.

          Posting in language:

           

          Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          3 Replies
          • Edited by TDMarsh87: 11/1/2014 2:17:28 AM
            Im torn between yes and no. Yes its worth it because i enjoy raiding with my current fireteam and they're all getting the xpan so I will too. However I would of liked to see a bit more content to justify the price. Hopefully the additional weapons and armor will make up for it. Edit: I'd also like to see them roll out more new content(DLC's) faster. 3 months between DLC's seems like eternity.

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          • The 20$ DLC would be more attractive if they would also give everyone some small free DLC from time to time

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          • 1
            Do you enjoy playing Destiny, do you want to play more Destiny and do you have money/income source. If you answered yes to all of those it's a no brainer. If you answered no to any of those you probably shouldn't buy it. Pretty simple.

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          • I think they should lower it to $15. Since it's giving us things that are already in the game. New weapons, missions and lvl cap, for $20 bucks. Borderlands already does that and it's a fair price. The recent Dark Souls 2 dlc were $10. The content was already in the game and it had new weapons and missions. Like they are really greedy with money even though the had a $500 million budget, but I don't see the work for it.

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          • I don't think its worth it, I think I will pass on this.

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          • ATT: ALL GAMERS MAKE A STAND, BE HEARD! equallity no more console warfare it ends today go vote on this page please find it vote the future of destiny depends on it. I like the game have over 300hours in it but i wont continue to pay and play a game that keep fueling console warfare in this day n' age. I want the warfare to end I want equallity and i think the first expansion should be free because of the lack of content to begin with.

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          • Actually its a reasonable amount of content for a dlc but its just overpriced! I dont like dlc´s in general because most of them dont deliver enough or add real new stuff. Id love to see a new planet with all the stuff a destiny planet offers. That would be content id pay 20€ for. The real game cost me 70€ (yeah payed too much, many ppl got it for 60 :/ ) so a third of that price for this little bit of content is just bad. Most of the stuff used is recycled content (enemys, planets, gameplay etc). This game is really fun for 1-2 months and I dont regret to have bought it. I even played it for almost 7 days (real playtime) but 20€ for a few more hours feel so much like a ripoff. BTW: Why is everyone hopping on the "just skip a meal in a restaurant" train these days? You cant really compare these things. Some things are worth more or give you more for your money. To be able to buy Destiny I had to skip 3 or 4 restaurant visits. God damnit I was so hungry while playing, I hardly could bear it but it was worth every damn kilo I lost... If I spend money, I want quality in return. This dlc does not deliver, so I wont buy it (but thats just my opinion, everyone else can do what they want^^)

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          • Edited by Tibbaryllis2: 10/30/2014 5:16:55 PM
            The problem isn't the content of the DLC. It's the price of DLC, but all DLC in general. Since when did 3-4 PvP maps, horse armor, fancy houses, character classes, etc be worth 1/8-1/4 of the cost of the original game? Oh about 10 years now. Which pretty much means there is nothing we can do about it. So hate it, don't buy it, and shut up. Or like it, buy it, and shut up. No developer has ever looked at their forums and been like, "oh random user number 2,975,001, your 72648th post about our DLC being too expensive finally made it all click. All of our DLC will now be free for life."

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          • I would say its a nice addition that will keep me playing for maybe another month at most, just because I love getting new weapons. Probably not worth 20$

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          • Dear Bungie, ....................../´¯/) ....................,/¯../ .................../..../ ............./´¯/'...'/´¯¯`·¸ ........../'/.../..../......./¨¯\ ........('(...´...´.... ¯~/'...') .........\.................'...../ ..........''...\.......... _.·´ ............\..............( ..............\.............\...

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

          • I thought it was like $35?

            Posting in language:

             

            Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

            1 Reply
            • Hell I'd pay 5 more bucks for extra vault space.

              Posting in language:

               

              Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

            • I accidentally voted "Hell Na!" thinking it said "Hell Ya!"

              Posting in language:

               

              Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

              1 Reply
              • Edited by Cyanide: 10/29/2014 3:32:50 PM
                Cod dlc: $15 4 maps + 1 special mode map occasional gun Destiny dlc: $20 new guns new armor new strikes New raid New maps New story mission New npc Oh this forum just gets dumber and dumber by the day.

                Posting in language:

                 

                Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

                86 Replies
                • Really it's just another upgrade to the nonstop gear grind. Work for months to piece your new character together, and 20$ later you rinse and repeat. There has to be more to gaming than this..

                  Posting in language:

                   

                  Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

                  4 Replies
                  • I can't believe people are actually saying no lol

                    Posting in language:

                     

                    Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

                  • It terms of content, this is a huge ripoff. But we can't properly judge it's quality until it comes out. I hope it's good, I really do. But the thing to remember is that Destiny needs more variety in order to justify constantly grinding strikes and the raid, so even if this is top notch DLC, it probably won't fix the repetitiveness of the game due to how little content is being offered.

                    Posting in language:

                     

                    Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

                    3 Replies
                    • http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-29-destinys-first-expansion-the-dark-below-takes-aim-at-story-criticism

                      Posting in language:

                       

                      Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

                      1 Reply
                      • How is it even possible to "hide among the Hive?" Is this Eris a person?

                        Posting in language:

                         

                        Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

                      • If anyone thinks it's NOT worth $20, GTFO!

                        Posting in language:

                         

                        Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

                        9 Replies
                        • Edited by Spooky Black: 10/31/2014 1:57:04 AM
                          I can't help but compare this first Dlc to the first one I bought Dawnguard for skyrim... So much more robust & full of content

                          Posting in language:

                           

                          Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

                        • Hell yeah it is! Looking forward to the extra content and as stated below, $20 is chump change. I'd pay half of that for the extra bounty slots alone lol.

                          Posting in language:

                           

                          Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7
                        You are not allowed to view this content.
                        ;
                        preload icon
                        preload icon
                        preload icon