I played a D1 mission. Big deal right?
Let me tell you how it went down.
I opened D1. The menu music gave me chills once again. I remembered the first time I heard it, D1 beta. I still can't get over that music. Logging into the character selection, I once again go with my tried and true Warlock, decked out in regal gear that I stole from a hive god! Those were the good old days.
Coming into orbit, I wonder what activity I should select. Ah! Heroic story missions! It's got void burn, and it will give me a treasure of ages! I launch the activity, and go to my menu to rectify my loadout. Palindrome, good solid primary. Praedyths Revenge, the best sniper ever (fight me)! And, DARK DRINKER!!! Everyone loves an exotic sword!
The mission starts, I notice subtle differences in the hud compared to D2. Not anything huge. But then I throw my axion bolt at some enemies, they're dead. But what's this? My grenade is charged again! A low ripple of laughter leaves my lips as I suddenly remember why everyone TRULY loves destiny. Not the grind, nor the raids, nor the god rolls, not even trials. But the pure and unbridled power of the SPACE MAGIC!!
I become the fearsome space vampire once again. I toss my grenade, I blink, melee. Group of enemies, Nova bomb, Obsidian Mind. My super is already halfway charged again. I weave through the battleground, a master of lethal movement.
When I'm finished with the mission, I decide to open my treasure of ages. What do I get? The robes of triumph!! Something I still hadn't managed to acquire. I throw it on, along with the boots and helmet, the only other pieces I have. Dang! I think to myself, this armor looks 5x better than D2! I suddenly feel the call of other D1 activities. "But I play D2 now!" I think, but I'm sad, cause I miss all the D1 activities already.
And D2... D2 is slowing down. Three weeks in, and I don't have anything left to do. And I didn't even "grind like crazy!" The hype train hit a brick wall. I don't want this game to fail, I want it to far surpass D1! But we need to face it, if Bungie doesn't do something soon, there's going to be a massive falling away.
Bungie, I want the game you promised four years ago. I'm still waiting.
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#destiny2
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Like you, I don't really have anything to do and I haven't been spending every waking moment grinding it out. I'll play an hour or two in the morning and a few hours on the weekend days.
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Edited by Zarq: 9/26/2017 1:21:39 AMKick the -blam!-ing chair out rand
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1 ReplyMake PvE great again
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D2 is just weaker and more narrow in every way. Such a disappointment.
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2 RepliesI don't have D2, but I have watched videos, looked at armor in the app, and looked at my son's armor (he decided to buy it himself) and I can say that the legendary armor in D2 is boring, plain , and basic. Some of the exotic armor is cool looking, but nothing I have seen in D2 comes close to looking like D1 legendary armor.
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Oh, the memories.
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6 RepliesThe signs were all there that D2 would be a weaker watered down version of the original. The beta offered a glimpse. Now that most have completed the new content in D2 there's little else to keep players engaged. Going back to D1 to rekindle the space magic is probably not a bad idea.
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Amen!
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1 ReplyEdited by Saxifraga: 9/25/2017 10:33:54 PMThey will never deliver. I also played D1 for the three ToA packages and felt quite at home again. D2 is not even 20% of D1. D1 greatly improved with the Triumph of Ages update. I even want to play the raids again, because I have only 4 pieces of the special raid armour yet. I also love the undying mind strike in its current form with arc burn! I always take my striker Titan into the field and smash and burn thru the Vex and Taken doing melee attacks. lol