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Edited by eeriearcade:
7/10/2022 8:59:52 AM
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Vote: Seasons or Content Drought
Personally, I really dislike the seasonal model. I would much prefer an annual release that was more ambitious and more exciting to dive into. I’ll deal with the content droughts just fine.
I know many others enjoy the seasons and prefer a steady drip feed of story, activities and loot, so I’m curious to see how the voting goes.
EDIT: 10th July 22
Seasons: 302 votes
Content Drought: 510 votes
Pretty decent sample size of Bungie.net users shows seasons are less popular than I thought they’d be. I had assumed Bungie.net users as more likely to be engaged with the game between major releases, therefore more likely to be engaged with seasons. Lots of interesting comments below (people who enjoy seasons, people who want seasons to be adjusted and people who want seasons to disappear).
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2 RepliesI would much, much rather have bigger, longer, yearly or twice-yearly content drops than a bunch of low-quality, pointless, boring, mediocre garbage content (like nightmare containment) that only exists because "something" has to fill-in-the-blank to somehow justify each season. Less FOMO and less of repeatedly having to raise light level would be great as well.
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10 RepliesI bet everyone who prefers content drought has no clue what they're talking about
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2 RepliesDon’t care how good it is. Never buying a seasonal modeled game again.
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15 RepliesWe literally have both. Why are you asking?
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2 RepliesSeasons are literally disguised content droughts. The activities are boring and vapid, the weapons rarely feel worth using, 1/10 times the season exotics are good and the missions put me to sleep. Honestly, I just want content I enjoy but play over a long time rather than content I get every 3 months that I abandon immediately after Tuesday reset because it puts me to sleep.
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Edited by Length Wit Some Girth: 7/8/2022 6:56:58 AMHonestly feels like a drought for me any season, passed the yearly expansion. Only time I actually feel engaged with this game is during a new expansion. Anything pass that is just me hitting light levels for GMs.
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4 RepliesSeasons give players the opportunity to get new exotics every few months and continuous activity. People that play until their eyes bleed will never be happy with the yearly or seasonal activities.
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3 RepliesIdk why people like the content drought method. It’s obvious how few people don’t remember the spring and summer after Taken King well. The community was a ghost town for months Fix the seasons, don’t get rid of them.
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2 RepliesIsn’t this really more about how bad seasons have become and that the game is on autopilot at best
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I would like an annual content drop with raids and dungeons released in between (obviously this is not taking away the raid for the new expansion, just another one in between). Also, maybe some creepy stories or lore too, like the Glykon, with the whole " Spaceship adrift" thing (maybe they should do that with the Awoken space station from the lore).
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10 RepliesWe already have both. Seasons that have content drought.
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How else could they milk players of their money with virtually no effort?
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I'd prefer maybe 2 decent size seasons, and a big expansion.
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[quote]Personally, I really dislike the seasonal model. I would much prefer an annual release that was more ambitious and more exciting to dive into. I’ll deal with the content droughts just fine. I know many others enjoy the seasons and prefer a steady drip feed of story, activities and loot, so I’m curious to see how the voting goes.[/quote] I would prefer content be released when it is [i]EXCEPTIONAL[/i]! If it isn't, don't waste our time. Problem is, Bungie is greedy af, and willing to waste all their players time just for the [i]chance[/i] of selling some additional bs 'content' to us. Games should either end (have a point where you are finished with that released content), or be so full of content that you never run out. Destiny does neither. They have enough content, but its all set up so you need a 'buddy group' to actually do the rewarding stuff. AND they sunset 4 frakkin worlds of content, plus the OLD leviathan (10x as kool as the new trash), and Oryx Dreadnaught, and and and... If they left ALL that in at least we would have stuff worth doing. Hey BUNGLE, you are being stupid! 70% of your players have [i]never[/i] done a raid! NONE of those players will [i]EVER[/i] buy your extra pay-to-win dungeons! Maybe instead of wasting time with content like that, you should... [i]FINISH DEVELOPING THE ACTUAL DESTINY GAME![/i] [i]By "Finish" I mean complete the development process. Either make RAID mechanics so intuitive they don't need instruction, or make the game teach people how to do them (like every other game developer ever). Then add matchmaking for every activity. Oh, and add in game comms that actually work.[/i] The initial Game Development concept for Destiny was awesome. You just let greedy, stupid people ruin what could have been.
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2 RepliesWe do get an annual release, and seasons. Right?
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This IS literally the season of content....drought!! Lol That's why they did things like have Trials every weekend now, instead of a few. Just to fill in for lack of content. Same with changing rank on IB. Just to keep us engaged, and their numbers high. But in truth it looks like they had very little to offer this season. But it's not about the veterans of the game now. It's about the New Lights. They have yet to see re-hashed content. So it's a win-win $$$$$.
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Let's be real. Seasons are content drought
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2 RepliesI prefer seasons. We get the same amount of content, just spread out instead of 1 big drop. Also, we get the chance to take breaks from the game without missing out. Those last couple weeks of a season allow you to take a break and recharge for the next season. I didn't enjoy content droughts in d1. And I wouldn't enjoy them in d2. I'd rather have a steady stream of content instead of 1 big drop, then nothing for 8 months.
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4 RepliesThe problem is that people don't see it for what it is. We don't have a seasonal model for content, we have a seasonal model for [i]engagement[/i]. While I don't believe any one game can (or should) be a "forever game", this isn't done for the playerbase, it's done for revenue. Both direct monetization and feeding "the algorithm" are the intended goals. Destiny isn't a game Bungie wants you to play for 1,000 hours; it's a game they want you to play for 10 hours a week for 100 weeks. Like, has anyone ever wondered why they release content that's neither challenging to engage or complete, yet requires you to take to Google to discover? I'm just saying; it certainly is convenient that doing so causes #destiny to be a thing thousands of people type into search engines every day, isn't it?
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1 ReplyI don't mind either way, but they need to pick one because at the moment we are paying for a release (Witch Queen), then paying for Seasons, then paying for Dungeons.... Just give us one or the other. I understand it's all purchased as one package when you buy deluxe, but 140 bucks for 1 year of content is not right. That's the price of 2 full A+ games. I think value for content, this game has really dropped the ball especially when you consider how much of the current and last season are reused assets either vaulted in D2 or or reprised from D1. I'm no hater, I'm just seeing the value of this game decline gradually.
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3 RepliesPeople complained incessantly about content droughts. On occasion they led to great things (Dark Below, House of Wolves, TTK). Other times they led to crap (Curse of Osiris, Rasputin). Personally I don’t mind the seasons, but maybe that’s because I only play casually now. Since I stopped playing 4-5 hours a day everything seems like less of a big deal. Now I play 4-5 a week max and feel oddly satisfied with the game.
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3 RepliesYeah because most won’t complain all the same. Y’all can’t make it the three month season cycle we have, what make anyone here think they/you can go 6-8+ months for an expansion with nothing in between? Just don’t play the seasons activities if you want a drought. Same thing. People here don’t get the concept of playing something else until there’s something new to do? Break ts up and play a single player game. People just don’t know how to manage their time better each season. You speed run content get mad when there’s nothing left like that chubby kid who eats all his snacks too fast and is mad he has to wait for dinner. Slow down jello.
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4 Replieshow is possible liking 10 months of nothing
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2 RepliesNothing wrong with seasons it works out great u get -blam!- and cosmetics and weapons with some content and it’s only $10 if u can’t afford $10 then don’t play when they have a free option (it could be hey here’s a dlc pay us $60 and then when u get done that’s it now wait until next dlc cough cough Destiny 1. At less you are getting something small every season.
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Yeah... I'd much prefer they release a big, yearly expansion that isn't gated behind "wait for the next weekly reset lol" after 5 minutes of gameplay every time.
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3 RepliesWow, really? I can't believe the people on these forums. Complain more, please. Like petulant children.
