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10/28/2014 6:21:38 PM
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Open letter to Deej and Bungie

I'm prepared for trolls, but your three-year old attitude wont matter to me. I'm getting this off of my chest (on deaf ears I'm sure) and it would seem that quite a few feel the same. I've never been one to take to a game's forums to voice my concern and/or opinions... but this has been such a let down that I thought it would be worth a shot. First, I'd like to say that I was a huge Breaking Bad fan... so when I saw Giancarlo Esposito (Gus from BB) on the trailer for the game, it immediately got my attention. I was like dude, that's awesome I hope he's doing some voice over work! Well, I found out shortly after that he wasn't... but it was still all good. This Destiny game looked SWEET! They'd support it for 10 years? Killer story line! I was sure I could get lost exploring planets for hours! Pre-ordered that B!tch and plopped down 30 more bucks (or was it 35? cant remember exactly) for both DLC! This was gonna rock! Next came the Beta... the opening level was tight. The rest was ok, but it was a BETA... I hopped on for the stress-test and earned my jankity banner and everything. Was diggin it. I pre-ordered to get access... I must admit it was a little irritating to see that they opened it to the public (what was the point of preorder???)... but I went with it. Then came launch... Ok I replayed the identical handful of levels.. was a little surprised nothing much had changed... Then moved forward... the story I played through wasn't phenomenal, but I could live with it. What irked me was that it was over before it even really felt like it had begun. I payed $65 bucks for about $30 worth of game... So I moved to Crucible... it's ok.. nothing too exciting. I've never been a HUGE PVP fan... but I've played quite a bit in there. Anybody who sucks at PVP stands a chance with an AR and a shotty. So, go ahead.. call me a noob or whatever.. I'm the first to admit that I suck at PVP. So? I enjoy single player and strikes/raid concepts better. So now I finally get my character leveled up to start raiding. I work full-time, go full-time to grad school for Nurse Practitioner, and have a family... I don't have enormous amounts of time to drop on a game. So I play through the VoG the right way a couple of times - usually hit a checkpoint one night.. progress the next night.. etc. until we got it. So I've had the endgame experience... meh. Wasn't earth shattering. When I discovered we could knock him off I thought, Hell, why not? It'll save time and I can grab some of my missing gear. Then the impending patch talk starts.. so I run it with my friends as soon as the clock reset last week... still don't have half of what I want or need. Now today, Atheon got his baby bumpers... I'm sure Templar is coming next week. Plus a totally random teleport which I'm not that upset about... you should all know different roles to be useful in a Raid and that's how it was SUPPOSED to be from day 1. I get that. The baby bumpers irked me. I can still fall off the cliff if he hits me just right.. so why can't he? You guys preach - there's no one way to play/beat destiny... so why tell me how the fukc to beat it? If we developed teamwork and strategy and assigned roles based on class... whats wrong with that? Hunter - grab the relic and thin harpies while we shove templar..... Hunter - you stay in the back and go on portal oracle clean-up duty while we dikc punch Atheon over the cliff. Again, I've beaten all bosses the correct way. This was a time saver for people trying to juggle LIFE. Side rants - I'm forced to run grinds to get materials to upgrade my weapons and armor... Why cant they drop from bosses or be rewards in missions? It's not like they're super rare ascendent sharts or something... it's Helium.. you need a ton to even do anything with it. People have begged for this.. yet it was ignored. What about a matchmaking system? Noooo... that's not how we want you to play our game so screw you we've already got your money. So the COMMUNITY took it upon themselves and created destinylfg... works awesome. I'm guessing you guys will nerf or shut it down soon too somehow... lawsuit? Because you didn't mean for us to matchmake with random strangers to run the raid. You tried to improve stability and broke the game. Way to go there, Bungie. I was looking forward to getting off work and going home and squeezing in an hour or two maybe... but the forums are overflowing with MONKEY errors now.. wtf? Should I even try? People have pleaded for a better drop system in PVP AND in PVE... ignored... communication with players near you or randoms in your strike team - back burner to PVP system. Well, by RNGezus you could put up baby bumpers and fix the random teleporter (again, that's not upsetting, but the bumpers are annoying). Priorities? You nerf our weapons b/c people in PVP bitched, so this made the Vex Mytho less effective in PvE which wasn't intended... but still wasn't patched this week. You've promised buffs to other exotics, but still nothing. Buy baby bumpers came. Quickly. So are you going to revoke the "world record" Raid runner's titles too since now everyone has to do it YOUR way? The RIGHT way? Or do they still keep their titles? I bet there wont be any more 20 minute runs out there..... So, am I alone? Does anyone else feel let down at the $65 price tag for $30 (being generous there) worth of game? Anyone else irritated at Bungie's priorities when it comes to what to patch and when? They nerf our guns, too much on accident, then put a priority on baby bumpers instead of fixing what they broke... Anyway... This is my rant. I'm sure hater's gonna hate... Whatever. Let it begin.

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  • I can honestly say that I do feel and agree with about 97% of the things you talk about in this article. However, I do still love this game and can't get enough of playing it. I try not to think to hard about the flaws and changes; if I don't think about them, I won't notice they are there :)

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  • As for materials, I can get 100 helium in an hour... Its not that hard to collect material.

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  • Considering the 100 hours you have put into gameplay, I think less than $1 an hour isn't bad. On the other side, how is pushing atheon off actually playing the game. When you have a fireteam of 6 people(the norm) push him off.. Half the team doesn't have to actually do anything. You don't even have to open portals, what is the point of even having the raid if people are just using it to collect items(not earn because they don't actually do anything). Why should you be able to push him off because you already beat him? If you can beat him, than just beat him. Not cheesing the raid, a team who has beaten it before, can run through easy in 45 minutes, hard in just over an hour. If you have done it, just do it again. You don't deserve everything in the game just because you beat atheon once. And so in conclusion, yes I think your game was pretty fairly priced at $60.

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  • Thoughts?

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