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Edited by SpaceMarine8584: 9/2/2015 3:03:24 PM
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Burnout and disappointment, why the player base is leaving

Everytime a player puts 1-3 hours into a game, they expect something for their time. But to get nothing after completion (skolas hard mode, lvl 35 poe) or the same weapons they already have, it is such a let down. We've spent hours grinding the same raids, over and over, hoping for that one weapon to drop, only to be disappointed by RNG again. Example : paetorian foil, odds of dropping based on user data : 2-6%. 50+ completions of vault of glass, and still no drop. No one should have to do the same thing more than 20 times to get a reward. Especially when it takes 1-2 hours of their precious, limited free time. We have jobs, kids, responsibilities. Eventually we get fed up and say "Destiny? Nah, not worth it. There's more rewarding ways to spend my free time. There are other games that respect our time. " Bungie heavily relies on the same principles that keep gamblers gambling : you never know when you'll win, but if you keep putting in money, keep pulling that lever on the slot machine, you'll get something cool eventually... right? Bungie should know that every time a player gets nothing, they're a little less likely to want to put in the time and try again. Especially on top of all this, Bungie now says we can't bring our year 1 weapons, that we've ground so hard for, into year 2 and beyond. Why bother grinding for the year 2 weapons? They're not going to let us use them in year 3. It's at this point clear why Destiny is designed this way. Bungie doesn't care about your time. Bungie has built an endless treadmill so you keep buying the same product over and over again. Sure, the special effects and noises of the guns change slightly, as do the targets, but is there a story? Do you feel any connection to your character? Nope. That's why players are leaving. When we realize our time isn't respected, we simply say "Destiny? Nah, not worth the grind. "
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  • The amount of hate going on in these forums. Do you not think Bungie would take a hint and fix their shit?

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    • Expansion = expanding. Keep your old POS I'm moving ahead!

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      • Bungie: We don't want you to grind so much so we're fixing RNG and making guns quicker to level up. Players: Yay! Bungie: And we're making all Year 1 gear obsolete forever so you have to grind all new gear. Players: Mother -blam- er!

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        • I was the last of my friends to give up. But I did stop playing. I'll stop by the forums every now and again to see what everyone is bitching about but I haven't played in weeks. After a long time you just run out of things to do .

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        • What's telling you that players are leaving? And don't say forum posts. People have been declaring people are leaving Destiny since the beta on the feedback forums.

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          • Players have been leaving since Day 1. I am going to stick around for awhile with my retextred weapon that makes a new sound and animation thank you very much! Good times... I must say, I was relieved to find you weren't a total whiner; you had nice evidence, theories, and an overall compelling argument.

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          • Edited by pacificdune: 9/4/2015 4:57:19 AM
            I play a lot less than I used to... And only casual PvP. Why try to get new gear or help others do it when it will all be obsolete very soon? I should be excited for TTK, but somehow I'm not. Mostly pissed off about legendary gear ascension. I helped a brand new L27 through his first VOG a couple days ago. The guy was excited about his new gear! Excited about the game... Didn't have the heat to tell him not to level up his new gun because it will be obsolete in a week. Now the guy is posting in our clan forum asking about raid night.... Crickets... Sad and unfortunate fail.

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            • Edited by SpaceMarine8584: 9/8/2015 2:11:48 AM
              Thanks for all the feedback. It'll be interesting to see the numbers grow our decline in the following weeks.

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            • Damn man, I am glad I bothered to come read before I got back into the game! Thank you and every other gamer who has posted the truths behind the hype here. I sold both my copies (360 and ps3) back in December for almost full price due to Bungie BLEEPING over the PVE'rs and it looks like they are still -blam!- players left and right. Losing content/making it irrelevant and the bs of the new Nightfall, plus the loss of daily heroics? Yeah, nah. Nah bruh. I'll take my $60 and get a few hundred rounds of ammo, so I can actually go shoot at the range in reality, not play this chopped up lie that was sold to us.

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            • The real reason players are leaving by the thousands is because they are not allowing us to upgrade our year 1 legendary and exotic gear. By doing this they are making all of the year 1 gear and content obsolete. We are getting a much smaller game (a few missions and one raid while losing 2 raids, PoE, and all of the current missions and strikes). It wouldn't be a problem if they haven't always been failing at weapon progression. Every expansion they add a ton of new weapons that are all worse than stuff already in the game. The best weapons come from Vault of Glass and Iron Banner - both of which have been in the game since day 1. So, far every legendary we've seen for TTK has been junk with terrible stats and perks and there has only been one exotic worth getting - Sleeper Simulant. They should just allow us to infuse our year 1 weapons so that we can decide what weapons we want to use. https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/148284067

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              • I just turned off my machine halfway through a heroic story I was soloing because it dawned on me properly this time that everything we've earned is gone or going. That's that for me. Bungee won't ever know the hell I went through as a solo player with no friends to get these weapons

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              • I'm "leaving" (or playing what I bought for the moment, but not investing any further) due to the poor quality and maintenance of the game, and lack of technical improvement given the price tag...not because of RNG. RNG is the least of my worries. Well, and the false PR on occasion; haven't been a fan of that either. I actually like the game itself, though--the "little" errors around it that make the playing experience frustrating.

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                • they just butt-fvcked everyone who bought the first two expansions. fvck bungie and fvck Activision. I saw the writing on the wall long ago.

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                • Oh yes it has nothing to do with Bungie's continuous lies/false advertisement.

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                • Edited by TaggerungRW: 9/4/2015 5:02:43 PM
                  Agreed. Additionally, this game should be epic and "expanding" with each expansion. Instead, they're keeping you inside a small box of the same proportions and they're just moving you around. fiddleminger says Expansion = expanding. I agree with that concept but not the logic. All of these expansions should be working together and growing the Destiny universe, not making the original stuff obsolete and worthless. I've played other games with expansions and they always work with the original content, not against it. I don't even understand the logic of the Legendary Edition if a new player can't enjoy the trail and growth up through the levels of the expansions. For example; how do they fill some of the Eris or any of the Queen's bounties? I get they're tweaking bounties; but not abandoning them. Seems like Eris should just hop in her ship and leave . . .

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                • Not worth your time to play, but clearly worth you time in general. You're giving it time in your thoughts, spending time on the internet talking/ posting about it. If you're done, then be done and leave the game and forums. Otherwise you're here to piss on others good times. And that is truly sad. But if it makes you feel better..,

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                  • Is the player base leaving? I mean has that been confirmed? Is there a source for that info or are you personally just leaving the game and assume that you must be in the majority?

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                    • Why should bungie care that one player leaves? Well in 2nd year university marketing I was taught that 1 lost customer translates into an actual loss of about 7. So theres a reason they should care. Will they though? Probably not. Their arrogance and distain for their player base astounds me. It astounds me even more that people defend them.

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                      • Concise argument...Destiny is old news now. I'm glad people are finally opening their eyes and realizing that there's better shit to spend your money on lol. Hell these guys aren't even [i]planning[/i] on implementing an in-game grimoire. It may be because of memory issues but still, your game sucks.

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                        • It's sad people are willing to keep playing this game knowing it will be the same next year. I guess some people like playing the same thing every year. It's like being on auto pilto to. Sheeps! Lol

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                        • You guys should stop generalizing by saying "The player base." Just because you and a lot of other people are leaving, it doesn't make you the player base. If that were the case, then I'd expect TTK to be the last DLC Bungie releases due to an insufficient player base. Don't get me wrong, I feel you. I've already given up on gear collection. I just enjoy the game for the gameplay. Having all the gear in the game no longer concerns me. But that's just me. Just stop with the generalizations, guys.

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                          • Two possible reasons for leaving. I can think of dozens of reasons why people would leave any game in any genre though. Keep digging OP.

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                          • Ok bye.

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                          • Some people leaving does not qualify as the player base I'm a day one player and will be sticking around long after ttk

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                          • Edited by Ascent_Cobra: 9/3/2015 2:05:24 PM
                            "50+ completions of vault of glass, and still no drop. No one should have to do the same thing more than 20 times to get a reward. Especially when it takes 1-2 hours of their precious, limited free time. " 50 completions to get an item; some people would congratulate you on beating the odds. If you think 20 or 50 is a high number of completions to get a drop, never play WoW or similar games...lmfao "Especially on top of all this, Bungie now says we can't bring our year 1 weapons, that we've ground so hard for, into year 2 and beyond. " For the majority of video game history, when a new game or expansion is released, old stuff is left behind. "Why bother grinding for the year 2 weapons? They're not going to let us use them in year 3." Confirmed already! You heard it here first folks. Remember this thread, first and foremost, among all others of its type. Additionally, Y1 weapons cannot be used in crucible starting on September 15 <<<<also sarcastically heard here first!

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                            • Lots of hamsters going to stick around.....and around and around and around.

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