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Edited by gefam:
6/8/2015 11:37:21 AM
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Trials of Hate
Because of my age (56) my reaction times are at bit slower than most young people (for thos who will say "git gud", for me would mean "get young again"). But I love all the team activities in Destiny and usually have no problem finding decent teams on LFG sites. Although I prefer matchmaking, why leave a game to do somethinig that should in game anyway.
This weekend finished IB rank 5, PoE 34, NF, weekly and had a go at ToO. That was a huge mistake. LFG site had a ToO casual section, but if these were casuals I was matched with I fear for the attitude of the professionals. It took literally only 10 minutes before I was yelled at and people leaving the game because they died. For all clarity, I DID NOT DIE. But somehow their death was my fault. I was flabbergasted by the hate that goes around in ToO.
I think Bungie made a huge mistake with ToO and not having matchmaking. LFG for ToO sucks hardtime, only the best of the best find teams. I underdtand, in a 3-man team it much more difficult to have a casual player than in a 6-man team. Result is that I am locked out of ToO without matchmaking. I donot understand why it is not their, the professional do not have to play with me. They can stil make their elite teams in LFG and enter ToO. Like baseball, not everybody is MLB level, but many like the game and want to play.
Bungie, you have social gaming high in your list of things we as a community need to do. But you are promoting the opposite: you are promoting ultimate competition leading to hate, discrimination and elitism. By the way, th elitists get rewarded with endless etheric light. take one character and you can do as many ToO games as you like and every time get awarded with etheric light. I can only do NF and PoE34 ONCE a week.
Good luck with this Bungie, I am sure that 1% of the players is extremely happy, you can find them all in the lighthouse. Go there to and togeteher you can look from your ivory tower to the grinders of the Destiny world struggling for a liitle reward but RNG usually denies that But nobody probably cares.
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Bump ToO is not fun at all. It is gruelling and lame. My team got annihilated by final round and ToO weapons. We won TWO games the whole weekend and that was because we actually faced a team of 32s and 33s. Then the rest of the games we battled nothing but teams that had already gone to the lighthouse. Without tiers I fear i'll never get to see the social space and gear that I already paid for.
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Yeah dude, people are just going to be tryhard assholes.
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As a fellow "elder" in gaming, I agree completely with what you have written here.
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I bet if bungie made a chart of players from week one to week four playing ToO, it would look like a ski slope of decline.
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My ToO experience was similar to yours. I didn't try until week 2 as I am a pve player against anything pvp, but the chance of reward was too good to pass up. After Skolas we jumped into ToO (after warning these guys that I don't play pvp and in fact hadnt really since the first Black Ops), and after 5 wins got wiped out. Both players rage quit because it was my fault, and I have yet to try again since. ToO feels too much like work. I completely understand ToO is for the elite, to be the top level for pvp, but as you say it caters to a very small minority. I fear I will never see the Lighthouse, but I have come to terms with that. Oh well, back into the prison.
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2 RepliesEdited by ParasiticFilth: 6/8/2015 12:37:23 PMThe first week of House of Wolves, the Trials of Osiris seen a lot of tourism. "Oh look something new, let's try it." Big mistake. Still though, some mediocre teams were able to see the Lighthouse that week, because they were pooling from an extensive amount of players whose skills weren't at the same level, or they cheated. The second week, those mediocre teams meet some heavier resistance because they didn't have a large pool of tourist to beat up on. Still though, some mediocre teams weeded out other mediocre teams and were able to advance by the skin of their teeth. Those players who didn't see the Lighthouse the 2nd go around were disillusioned. The third week, there's nothing but advanced teams punishing tourist and mediocre teams. Bungie has effectively created a instance that is a pariah to most of their players by only allowing the elite reward, that were once reserved for successful raiders. In order to advance, players must impede others from advancing, were as before it was us versus the game world. This is creating a massive exodus away from Destiny altogether. In order to keep players, Bungie must revamp the POE, introduce a raid, and give players something other to do than push each other down. It won't happen anytime soon.
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1 ReplyI agree, bungie will change things soon..I'm sure they realize not many people enjoy trials, they also know that keeping the top 3% of people happy will not keep this game afloat..we as consumers need to speak with our wallet.
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1 ReplyThis weeks trials was horrid because of the thorn sniper, so don't beat yourself up too much about it lol. Just wait for a smaller map to be selected and.make up where you lack in one map an advantage in another, mao awareness and the radar alone can win games to prevent flanks
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