Edit: flop is a strong word. If I hadn’t used it my post wouldn’t be trending, but it’s probably not fair to call it a flop. Catch-22, I suppose.
I played more before this event went live then I do now.
I’m just so turned off by the unimaginative, boring “grind” and the lack of rewards.
EAZ was wasted and this event was a flop because it’s just a cash grab. The armor is okay and I’m glad I’ll have a new armor 2.0 set, but overall this is just a huge disappointment.
I don’t care if people support the cash shop, and frankly I don’t care if Bungie needs this money to stay in business (this is a -blam!-ing joke... no way this is true).
Not putting any of the solstice rewards in the packages is just... greedy and makes D2 feel like a mobile game. Maybe if some unique Solstice weapons were in the packages there would be some balance between integrity and greed here, but that’s not what we got.
I started playing Anthem because their free event is actually fun and rewarding. Let that sink in. Anthem still isn’t even a full game, so I’m not saying it’s better than D2, but Jesus... at least that sinking ship gave its fans a nice event and not a piece of shit Eververse greedfest.
I actually liked the event and grinded all three characters. My initial thoughts were not positive and I still feel some part of the event was not fun and simply boring, especially the 25 patrols. Patrols are just so dull and doing 75 of them is not what I consider fun. But on the other side, I mostly had fun and got lots of materials and armor pieces and even couple of missing guns from gambit prime and 2 catalysts.
I know by reading the forums that I belong likely to minority with this opinion and ot would have more potential to deliver it. On the other hand it was free event, so..