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Edited by Goose.exe: 8/11/2015 8:38:18 PM
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Why Destiny isn't a social game. Suggestions and Feedback (Please read to fix Destiny).

I'm here to tell you why Destiny is not a social game at all. It's only social when you "meet" people outside of the game via website, friends, etc. LFG for examble: You look up a mode that you want to play such as trials, raids, crucible and you invitte them from the website solely for the purpose of just completing the task or for that bounty or strange coins. You're not doing it solely for meeting people. You do at times meet people that interest you, but later only add and forget about them. There's absolutely no sociable things in destiny. sure you can invite people to your "fireteam", but that's only because you have no one to play with or don't want to get your ass kicked. let me make a list: - No chat box option anywhere in destiny (solely for tower/ social space) - No optional matchmaking for raids, trials, PoE, etc. - No communication in-game (nobody uses mics) [Ban the use of being in parties for certain game modes] ~ MW2 did it for search and destroy. - No need of social connection in raids meaning no variety, variation or change in raids, all the same nonsense point and shoot and the enemies spawn in the same locations. - No strategy ( hence the no social interaction nonsense). Like I said in the first paragraph, you only meet people to get the task done and that's it. You leave it at that, do the task and say your goodbyes. Sometimes people just leave without even speaking. So yeah, you tell me Destiny is a " social game", and then I'll believe you. and no talking about crucible call outs. that's not being social, just helpful. Maybe Bungie could change up the strikes, raids, missions and have some variations to change up strategies, similar to PoE how they have different burns each week *hint hint* but have more variation with enemy types and spawn locations of enemies. Thanks for reading and please give a Bump and favorite to show Bungie we want a "social" game. Edit 1: I can not emphasize enough that you really need to bump and favorite this post. I'm not doing it to become "popular" or anything of the sort. I'm doing to show Bungie that we care and want simple changes in the game to make it better. Thank you to everyone who bumps and favorites this post. Seriously. Edit 2: 25 Favorites! Alright, let's keep them coming! Cozmo or Deej if you're reading this, please consider adding in a chatbox feature (with the ability to turn off the chatbox). It'll really help the community to get a fireteam together! Also check out the other suggestions i listed. Again, thank you everyone who's bumped and favorited this post. It really does help!

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  • You bring up some good points. I present some possible solutions to the problems presented in this topic. Let me know what you think: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/148836317/0/0/1

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  • bump. have another suggestion to at least make bring destiny's various systems more into order https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/146781218

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  • I would say it is more social than eso. Ive switched to playing that for the last few weeks and apart from the first day ive played i have not been able to group up or meet anyone. Ive joined 2 guilds and no one talks or interacts. It might as well be a single player game. Sure destiny isnt the perfect social experience it could be but its probably better than alot of other games out there.

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    • I do totally agree with you but matchmaking on raids would be a problem unless they made so you could only join at the start of the raid so you can't checkpoint grab and if to play though to that checkpoint and they need a vote to kick the afks who wait for you to drag them though while they do nothing.

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      • Simple Queue and search function. Example 1: Console in the tower. Input Level: 34 Search: Nightfall Parameter 1: Looking For Group Parameter 2: Microphone Parameter 3: Fun Searching Queues....... 3 Games found......analyzing connection......Joining session. Example 2: Console in the tower. Input Level: 32 Search: Crucible Subset: Control Parameter 1: Looking For Group Parameter 2: No Microphone Parameter 3: Competitive Searching Queues....... 5 Games found......analyzing connection......Joining session. Shoot there isnt even an ingame clan function unless they are on your friends list. Even CoD has that.

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        • I will pay the glimmer cap to anyone who has ever found people playing destiny who cared about anything more than just completing a task and leaving the second its over

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          • Edited by Thaliss: 8/10/2015 6:47:11 AM
            If they at least made CLANS useful. - IN GAME see all connected clan members without being "friends" - Add a limited chat or a wall IN GAME, on which you could post for searching people interested for some activity. And to avoid spam you could only post every 5 minutes.

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            • I'd say it's a stretch to call Destiny a "game" to begin with. It's more of a slot machine that involves guns, lots of pre teens who know how your mother is in the sack, and no social aspect whatsoever. I'm sorry, but having to go to websites in order to [i][b] try to get a group together in order to actually play a match[/b][/i] is no video game.

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                Nice post. it's funny how an always online 'social' game like destiny is the only modern multiplayer game that launched with no in game chat.

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              • Edited by II Stargazer x: 8/10/2015 8:31:00 AM
                I agree that Destiny is not a social game and if people say that it is social then where is it in the game? forgot to bump, sorry

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                • This game has lots more wrong with than this, but this is a big one too.

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                  • Its as social as you make it,, maybe you should try eHarmony

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                  • Or you could try making friends with the people you play with.

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                  • I disagree, my trials team I meet on lfg on week one and still play. However I do hate ransoms that screw me up

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                  • Edited by Goose.exe: 8/11/2015 8:29:23 PM
                    25 Favorites! And a lot of bumps! That's awesome guys, keep em' coming!

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                  • 0
                    eat a penis

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                  • Liked and bumped. Very nice post. It's sad that we even have to go to people's gamercards to message them in-game. How is there not a "message" option when inspecting people?

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                    • BUMP thank you

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                    • Edited by Patrick: 8/10/2015 5:28:00 PM
                      They're addressing some of this with TTK. At least, if some of their interviews are to be believed. Some strikes are getting remixed versions and they've gone on record in saying that they're becoming more comfortable with letting people do endgame activities with randoms since it's seemed to have worked out. The LFG threads and existence of sites like that have pointed to the fact that they're trying to find ways to address matchmaking problems while still keeping some of the content exclusive to dedicated parties. Granted, that doesn't point to matchmaking finding it's way to VoG or Crota, but they're going to figure out something for it at some point. You have to realize, this content wasn't originally intended to be beaten into the ground the way it has been by the community. Vault of Glass made sense at the time to be taken out by a dedicated group because of how epic the encounter was. Based on the interest though in these types of activities and the speed at which the community has consumed it, Bungie is basically retrofitting the existing game to be bigger and have more depth in these big moments. They're turning an 80+ hour game into something the community has basically made into something that can last 500+ hours. It's going to take time, especially with how the existing design works and how old platforms are restricting certain features.

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                      • Bumpfortruth, this game has no social aspects what so ever

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                        • Bumpity fücking bump

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                          • Agreed.

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                          • Edited by gallp13: 8/10/2015 10:20:15 AM
                            Agree we create the "social" because there are no in game tools to help. This is precisely what the devs mean when they same "we (Bungie) will provide provide the enemies your provide the friends". Damned Bungie philosophy - still it has driven me to put in the effort to make friends...... Bugger......sneaky Bungie Devils ;) EDIT : loving 100.io

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                          • I agree with this post!

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                            • Yep. Let's get this heard! I think it is a joke that they refer to the Tower and Reef as Social Spaces. There is nothing social there at all...

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                              • Bump.

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