So first of all I understand that I am preaching to a crowd of people that will most likely disagree with my opinion. Can I ask that you just give it a thought with an open mind?
I really enjoy destiny. However, the crucible just.. well, frustrates me to no end. And it's not just the lag that does it for me.. it's the game mechanics.
I'm quite a competitive person when it comes to gaming. Now, it really, really shits me off that destiny is such a 'button mash to win' game. The game can't attract a competitive scene simply because it's very hard to scale players on legitimate skill - but rather how often they popped bladedance, how quickly someone managed to swipe-snipe headshot. How accurate someone was with a nova bomb (range = ridiculous)
I would like to propose destiny offer a crucible game type for the more skill-focused players rather than the constant action, boom, blaze KD = 1, 'whats that you're on a 9:0 kill streak.. oh wait some noob on the bottom of the leaderboard just killed you with a titan slam" attitude.
I propose a game type that offers the following: - No supers. Seriously. GTFO - OR supers that are rewarded on a killstreak - COD like system - Drastically reduce the head 'hit box' (which is currently so forgiving I dont even get a sense of achievement from headshots) - Weapon balance - Shotguns.. wtf? Thorn.. wtf? Machine guns.. wtf? - Remove the heavy ammo drop, or limit it to one drop a game (randomly timed, randomly located), or limit the ammo from the ammo drop)
The minimap! for christs sake hide us from the minimap when we are not firing/sprinting!
I would much rather play crucible under these conditions.
Now I know the typical answer is going to be, "just play COD, Just play CS" but I see so much potential in Destiny. A quote I saw on reddit earlier this morning - It's the worst game I love.
TLDR: Quit with the vanilla mode crucible and give us a challenge that rewards skill
Notable points:
- supers should not be removed but each player should have 1 per game only
-custom game types are a must
-support via sponsorship, general marketing is required
-seems to be a consensus that shotguns, blink, thorn are OP
-a game mode that only supports legendary gear, exotics banned
-ToO a step in the right direction but still misses the mark
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I wouldn't mind trying a no-supers mode. And I'd most certainly love to see a mode where stealth actually means something, so taking the mini-map away would be a start. Actually, there are a lot of modes I'd like to see them add, but for some reason, the same old ones keep popping up.