To all the people that work at Bungie and especially those involved in Iron Banner I want to say thank you (This is very long and ment for feedback to Bungie specifically, so buckle in if you want to read this)
I wanted to give you feedback on the 2,500 iron burden kills triumph and my journey to get it done. I've often seen Deej and Cosmo and the others say the best feedback that we can give to dev’s is the ‘feeling’ we had the emotions it triggered so I will approach with that in mind.
First some back story to me. I’m a ‘mature’ gamer, I have a wife and two lovely daughters and a very demanding job… for me there is nothing better than coming home to a loving family after a long day and logging in to shoot aliens in the face! I got Destiny at launch after a co-worker showed me the alpha and convinced me to play it with him at launch and I’ve been a fan ever since. We played PVE for the first year almost exclusively and even joined an active clan to do raids and such. The clan was also into pvp but I frankly sucked at pvp so I never joined them, tbh I was embarrassed how bad I was at pvp.
Every few month they would say “lets play Iron Banner” and at the time I was like ‘PVP..no thanks…and what a stupid name, iron banana..please…why would I play that’. Then one day I decided I wanted to see what this Iron Banner was all about…I loaded into a match and I got destroyed…badly. But there was something about this game mode. I played more...it was pvp, which I hate, but for me it wasn’t stressful at all, it was..dare I say..kind of fun. Even loosing wasn’t all that bad so I played and had fun. Having new confidence when my clan said “lets play IB” and I was like “sure lets do it!” ……and I got maybe 2 kills that first game..total…I got destroyed. They laughed and I did too but we played on, they are good friends and knew I wasn’t good but that wasn’t the point we had fun laughing together.
That started me on a journey to get good as one would say. I would watch MTash vidios and others on how to play and I would practice and every IB I would play to try to see how to improve. Back in D1 I could select Control in regular pvp so I could practice and it was similar but not the same feelings I had when playing Iron Banner. I played mostly alone, I didnt want people to see how bad i was in those days. I was always comparing myself to the best players in my clan and people I have meet over the years of playing Destiny. These are players that go flawless in trials and carry people so of course I could never live up to them. Then a few months later I played with my friends again in Iron Banner…and it all clicked…I went off…I think I got the second highest k/d and it was amazing…game after that I got the lowest but it showed me I could be good.
I have played every Iron Banner except one since that time. I know allot of people complain about the meta and the state of crucible or rewards and guns etc. For me IB has always been a relaxing experience, a time to tune out the world and enjoy pvp. Im not sure why its different but those are the feelings ive always have when playing. I could care less about IB rewards cause I know I play IB enough that I will get everything, usually the first few days and it will be fairly easy for me cause I enjoy it so much.
Then you added the “Now You're Just Showing Off” triumph…and when I first saw it I was like “SWEET!! Finally something to show off how much I actually enjoy IB”. Tuesday night came around and I thought ok, lets get this started. And my journey began. I quickly realized that with my schedule and with Avengers coming out on the Friday and with it being a heavy work week and family and all this might be more than difficult to do. But I got it done…and I can honestly say now that its done, for me personally, it was a joy doing this triumph.
The fact there was no RNG involved, I didn’t need to rely on team mates to win, it was just on me to get 2500 kills was perfect, and a perfect expression for how much I enjoy Iron Banner and always have. I did it solo and tuned out the world and just played. I won, I lost, I got killed and I killed and all of it didn’t matter cause it was just me playing the game mode I have grown to love. So thank you to all the bungie employees that made this mode and this triumph, I will wear it proudly.
The only feedback I can give is popping the iron burden every 30 min was kind of a hassle. You loose 10 min to load times and load screens so really you only have it active for 2 games at most. I think having it on an armor piece that you equip might work better in this case. I know you are getting rid of it, but just for future reference.
I also would like you to bring a similar achievement to other game modes, my friend who I mentioned got me into Destiny, loves strikes. He will play strikes 24/7 if given the chance. If you had a triumph, say complete 10,000 strikes he would be all over that. Or something like that, I want everyone to find the joy in gaming that I have had with this triumph.
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Also if they could include actual weapons that people want to grind for.... 180/140 hc, aggressive shotguns, machine guns...and some armor with enhanced perks would be nice since it is technically endgame... lastly if we could get a new or remastered map that would bring people back for sure just sayin...