I never see anyone from Bungie ever acknowledge the IB bounties, so obviously I assume they don't mind keeping them the same way year after year, with the same annoying mechanics for the only other PVP activity where power matters.
This has always seemed like a punishment. IB comes around every few weeks. It's a PVP activity where power matters. Meaning, if you enjoy putting in the work and playing the game, this should benefit you. So why do all the bounties always ask you to drop your power to make decent progress? I don't understand why they're always the same bounties over and over and they always want you to handicap yourself in a power enabled activity to progress quickly, which is generally more difficult for obvious reasons.
Obviously this is subjective as some players are much better than others and can get through them much quicker, and thus likely don't care about the bounties; but for many (including myself) who don't play a lot of PVP, it's just more tedious than necessary. Not to mention the fact that often times once you pop your 4 pinnacle bounties, they're all dupes of one slot. Great times.
The way it is now, there is no reason I want to play IB after I'm pinnacle capped. I'd really like to enjoy it and I'd still like to see some different criteria for the bounties so they're worth doing even when you're pinnacle capped. I realize it's unlikely since it hasn't changed for years, but I'd still like to bring it up from time to time.
Thanks
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2 RepliesWhat do you mean handicapping your power? Which bounties force you to lower your light to complete them? Genuine question, i've been away from the game for a bit and am curious.
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1 ReplyIt’s a metaphor for life nowadays. Excellence is punished and having no drive to better yourself is rewarded.
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And speaking of dupes, 2 were kinetic and 2 were energy. Yay. Glad to spend all that time in IB on more tedious than necessary bounties to get two dupes.
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4 Replies100% agree. I'm the kind of player that actually enjoy grinding power/pinnacle levels. This usually puts me at a higher power than most when first IB comes out. It's really annoying to be punished for this when it comes to finishing the bounties. A change here would be most welcome.