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Edited by Kasack: 10/22/2014 3:44:03 PM
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Help improve Destiny

If you think Destiny is lacking, or there is something horribly wrong, or you feel you were lied to, or simply just have an idea to make things interesting, drop a line or two. No flaming plz. I like Destiny, I play whenever my job allows me time. I think its a decent enough game, that has some issues, and like most launch MMOs, it is a bit light on content. We all know Bungie is CONSTANTLY looking for feedback, the 1.0.2 patch proves that. So STOP WHINING and help come up with solutions. I'll start. *deep breath* [u][b]A proper black market dealer.[/b][/u] Xur is nice, but his inventory is... lacking. And the requirements behind strange coin and mote acquisition is a bit grindy. Add'l dealer should appear at RANDOM real-world times lasting for a 24-hour period at a random spot in the tower. Arrival and location should preferably not be scheduled. And as Ben Parker said: "with random appearances, comes random inventory." Give this dealer a wide variety of items; guns, armor, guns, ammo, guns, crafting materials, guns, engrams. Did I mention guns? No? well Guns. Lots of Guns. MOAR GUN. Random inventory should request ALL currency types. Glimmer, Vanguard Marks, Crucible Marks, Motes, Coins. Drop in a trade system--the Vanguard Quartermaster gives rep for crafting materials. How bout Crafting materials for a gun? ONLY ONE CURRENCY TYPE PER ITEM. I.E.: this rare gun is 15K glimmer, but this legendary helm is 5 strange coins. How bout these boots? Sure, hand over 200 spinmetal leaves. U want this shader? Pass them Crucible marks over. Sir/Ma'am wants a sweet engram? Gimme dem Motes of light. [u][b]Vendors in general[/b][/u] I dunno, I feel there needs to be more. As in, there needs to be more than one social/market place. The Tower is cool, but it sucks that it is the only place I can buy stuff. How bout a vendor in the Reef? Similar to the Queen's Emissary, but with more gun. And armor. Keep the current Queen's gear unique to the Queen's Wrath event. <Insert amazing idea here> [u][b]Areas/Maps/Zones/etc[/b][/u] OK first proper gripe: too often have I gone to areas that are blocked off. WTF, mate? I figure the Jovian Complex opens up when we can go to Jupiter, but come on. There is no reason we can't explore it before then. Why is the area you are first resurrected blocked off? It was open in the Alpha. It looked AMAZING. I. LOVE the sheer size of some environments. The Moon? YES. More of that please. Venus is amazing, but Mars? I wanna marry that map. I wanna have its babies. Red dust babies. Its the attention to detail. Give your artists a raise, they've outdone themselves. [u][b]The Cryptarch[/b][/u] I know. He was "fixed" with 1.0.2, but I think there is more to be said/done here. It is a step in the right direction with 1.0.2, but it is a short-term setup to placate the whiners who keep getting Basic and Common gear for Rare and Legendary engrams (I am one of them). A better solution would have engrams of each type have a significant chance to be an item of the matching rarity, I.E.: Rare engram has 80% chance at a Rare item, but still has a chance for a lesser or greater item. The Cryptarch's level adds modifiers to the % chances. -----> Cryptarch level of 0 = NO modifiers. Level 1-2 adds higher chance of item being of same rarity, at the expense of the % chance for a lesser item. Levels 3-5 increase the % chance for the item being of the same rarity, and the next tier at the expense of lower tier % chance. Higher levels keep the % chance of same rarity, and increase the chance of better rarity at the expense of lower. %chance for lower rarity can never be a 0 value, but get damn close. I feel this is a more positive experience for all, except for the soulless beings that have to code for it. This way, there is still a chance of getting screwed by the Cryptarch, but there is still a chance, and a better one of getting rewarded as well. Something tells me this is how decryption is [i]supposed[/i] to work. My math is simply for example purposes only, and should be tweaked (heavily) before implementation. [u][b]Story[/b][/u] Nice job with "Show, don't tell." Unfortunately, you have shown us a lot with little to no context within the game. Yes, I can always hit up the Grimoire online or on the Companion (which is delightful, btw. great job there.), but to have to leave the game to do so breaks gameplay flow. Don't go the Mass Effect route and have some ridiculous codex in-game, that is...too much, and a bit of text overload, though narrated video, or video like the opening cutscene could do WONDERS for this problem. (This is more likely an idea for future expansions/games). Bungie: Destiny is NOT a bad game. It is a game with some pretty Brave concepts that needed a bit more time in the cooker. To compare this game to Halo leads down the path to darkness. Halo is the roots, but this tree is borne of greater fruit. Send more content (little things, like guns, are appreciated) and keep up the good work.

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  • Edited by Kasack: 10/22/2014 7:46:44 PM
    [u][b]Loot[/b][/u] Gear, loot, guns, whatever you want to call it, RNGesus needs a revamp. Yes. It is fair, in the same sense that a hungry bear is "fair," it doesn't care if it eats you or your friend, its hungry and you both qualify as sacks of meat. *Disclosure: YES. I spend a bit of time on Destinydb.com and DestinyTracker. Also I have watched [i]that[/i] video going around noting design changes and removals in the final product.* That said, there actually is quite a LOT of content, gear, accessories, etc. in the game, contrary to an earlier post. The problem is the structures surrounding obtaining and using them. -The level system renders most equipment utterly useless while at certain levels. I'm not talking about level restrictions. I really mean gear quality/rarity. Getting a blue or green engram while at lv. 20+ is almost an entirely pointless endeavor due to equipment ratity/quality being tied to level restrictions. Green engrams/weapons are completely useless for my Light 28 Hunter. Blues are also useless unless they happen to decrypt into one of the many currencies. What use is a lv18 Sultan when i have a nearly fully upgraded Cure? -IDEA: [i]That[/i] video points out an interesting concept behind weapon level. While I'd like to see some development on that idea, it is highly possible that method did not balance gameplay properly, so keep it on the back-burner until a solution can be made. -IDEA: Remove the correlation of gear quality/rarity from level requirement. allow basic, common, rare, legendary and Exotic gear of ALL levels. Quality/rarity simply giving something "minor." Like: this common shotgun has a larger magazine than this basic one, or this legendary hand cannon has a chance to make enemies explode when killed (no upgrade necessary). This lv8 Exotic machine gun has lower stats than this lv15 rare, but that exotic has bullets that can track a target (no upgrade necessary). Or this basic level 20 helmet has mad defense, but dat lv14 rare has a high chance to auto-res me when I die, and has a skill to decrease the time I have to wait to respawn.

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