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#Nightfall

Edited by Beyond Evolution: 11/29/2014 8:04:57 AM
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A solo player's Nightfall experience

1st let me say that I understand nightfall strikes are intended to be a highly difficult 3 man event. That being said, I think this last round of strike balancing was a bit of an overkill. As a person who only runs solo, I used to enjoy attempting nightfalls when they had a burn modifier. I wouldn't always make it to the end, but I found the slow crawl through the strike to be allot of fun. Unfortunately, after this last patch I can hardly takedown a single shielded elite heavy. Pumping every round I have in all of my weapons to take down 1 guy is ridiculous. The rate at which they absorb rounds is OBSCENE. Your patch notes said you rebalanced the strike so that running with a team would be more of a benefit instead if a burden. I completely respect that. It also said that running solo would be more challenging, which is completely understandable. I don't mind a challenge. I don't even mind failing because I got overwhelmed, but this... this is crazy! This isn't a challenge, this is a cruel joke. I accept that I'll never get to run a raid. I also accept that I won't be able to participate in 90% of your "special events". I even accept that I have to get used to abandoning exotic bounties and forgo their rewards. But relegating solo players to only dailies and patrols is just plain mean. I really was enjoying myself for awhile. Even with the LIMITED amount of content I had access to, I had hope that you would open up more at some point. Instead, I have even less content to participate in now than I did when the game launched. *(imo) The Nightfall was the solo player's equivalent of a Raid. Because it was the only "end game" content we had with decent rewards.* With so much empty space and underutilized areas already in the game, I would have expected you add more things to do before you started gateing even more content behind a wall of griefers and asshats. I'm very disappointed with this turn of events. I can only hope this isn't indicative of your future plans, because for a little while I was really enjoying myself. *[i]I would like to thank DeeJ for taking the time to [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/80717560/0/0/1][u][b]reply[/b][/u][/url] to my feedback. I can only hope you also viewed the [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/80725858/0/0][b][u]suggestions[/u][/b][/url] you requested.[/i]* * [edits] *

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    We don't do this to be mean. I'm sorry you feel that way... Sincerely. I see a lot of these threads, and I'm never quite certain of what to say. Bungie didn't create Destiny to punish solo gamers. We set out to create an experience that would bring gamers together. Many of the challenges you'll find in the Director are invitations to parties. Like many activities you encounter in your real life, there are engagements in Destiny that are designed for teams. I'm a highly social gamer. It's why I play games. I'd love to tell you that finding the right group of people and working with them to take down the fiercest enemies in the game is a total rush. We slope the floor to those experiences because we think they're amazing. What can I do to help you enjoy more of Destiny? You seem like a reasonable guy. I'd bring you on a Raid myself, but I can't see your linked profile to determine if you're ready. I think the best I can tell you is that I am aware of your pain as a person who does not want to play with other people. I will keep making suggestions on your behalf.

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