You can't do challenges and objectives without paying for this book? (don't know much about this book)
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You can't do challenges and objectives without paying for this book? (don't know much about this book)
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Hixxy we know you hate the game now.
But some of us have spent around £80 for everything up til now. I bought the game using my US account with the season pass etc.
I know others that have spent £200.
I spent £450 on a xb1 elite plus halo 5 and apart from playing for 2 hours once a month on a Sunday it gathers dust. I'd probably be better off selling it but I enjoy swat mode so I'll keep it.
Since I buy from usa and I'm not paying for additional crap I reckon that I've done quite well with Destiny.
I don't like the fact you need to do PvE to be competitive in pvp. Both should be separated imo.
That's my only gripe with the game because PvE is boring due to a serious lack of content and challenges. It's also a grind fest. I don't want to be forced into doing stuff to stay competitive in pvp. Therefore imo pvp should be a separate entity
But some of us have spent around £80 for everything up til now. I bought the game using my US account with the season pass etc.
I know others that have spent £200.
I spent £450 on a xb1 elite plus halo 5 and apart from playing for 2 hours once a month on a Sunday it gathers dust. I'd probably be better off selling it but I enjoy swat mode so I'll keep it.
Since I buy from usa and I'm not paying for additional crap I reckon that I've done quite well with Destiny.
I don't like the fact you need to do PvE to be competitive in pvp. Both should be separated imo.
That's my only gripe with the game because PvE is boring due to a serious lack of content and challenges. It's also a grind fest. I don't want to be forced into doing stuff to stay competitive in pvp. Therefore imo pvp should be a separate entity
The book gives you a bunch of objectives....like hit 500 gates on mars, come 1st on venus 10 times, complete 100 tricks on mars, stuff like that.
The rewards you get for completing them are the Momentum armour set, a shader, and the Momentum sparrow. All this gear is functionally identical to stuff you can get from drops or the vendor, it just looks different.
I just found it quite nice to have some extra bits and pieces to do on the way to SRL rank 3 when the 320 gear starts to drop.
For me taken king the worst DLC destiny created.
i enjoyed Prison of Elders and Original Destiny ( For Vault of Glass Raid)
Less grinding, easy to hit max light on any item in game (weapons and amor) . reroll weapons, easy to have nice collection of weapons at max attack.
In the short term there is no issue but when enough people buy it they will think... hmm. Hang on a second, if we up the grind and reduce the reward a bit lets see if we can tempt a few more people into paying for a short cut.
I'd honestly put nothing past a company that has the audacity to take away a load of content from a game that I've already sunk £75 into because I won't shell out another £40.
The worst thing that happened to the game is all the pre release hype, after that it was a case of "this is going to sell whatever, now how can we milk it". I'm just annoyed I was one of the mugs to fall for it. The people that got Destiny, both expansions and TTK for £40 are the only ones who can sit down without it stinging, the rest of us have been royally shafted.
Psycho Sonny, what you just said is destiny is ripping off UK player base and the game should be cheaper ....
Good deal going atm with complete edition only £25 i think
My view on Destiny micro transactions, i don't really care what people spend money on.
i just hope no other company follow this method, rocket league a great example of a game giving out free content each month without any stupid micro transactions (cars only)
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This is pretty much hitting the nail on the head to be honest. Sparrow racing seemed cool, i logged on and saw there was a challenge book with extra rewards... cool. Okay, it needs 1000 silver, how much is that? Oh **** that and then i took the destiny disc out again.
The DLC's were truly terrible. Anyone who's played with a level editor in a sandbox before will know that what they added for the year one dlc's, can be done in an afternoon by a single person. I built a longer level than the crotas end raid in the far cry 4 editor using a controller within the space of a week. A team of people should have been able to make a better DLC than that, especially if it's their job!
There just isn't anything happening in destiny anymore. It's gone stale and the micro-transactions are starting to take over. My friends list is HUGE and there's only 2-3 people on destiny at peak times now. It used to be in the 30's/40's for destiny players online at once. As soon as you step away and the gambling addiction wears off there's literally no incentive to go back.
I don't hate the game. I hate the way bungie are conducting business. Where in my last few posts did I say the game was rubbish? This kind off business strategy bungie are doing with Destiny will become the norm for all AAA titles in the future if people don't wake up to the prices bungie are charging. Saying if you don't like it don't buy it or it's up to the individual to say if the microtransactions are a good price is balls, bungie are charging crazy prices for dance moves, and now £25.00 for a level boost! £ 1.00 a LEVEL!!! How crazy is that! And you buying the game from the USA store is irrelevant. In fact if anything it shows that you think Destiny is not worth the asking price so you got it at a price you thought it was worth. And what your dusty Xbox one has got to with this discussion is beyond me?? You bought an Xbox one to play it for 2 hours a week? Hmmm ok with all due respect that's a bit stupid.
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Nobody is being forced to pay £25 for the level boost though. You can easily hit level 25 within a week by getting to level 5 then doing pvp bounties in the crucible here and there.
Your arguing about nothing. Yes it's a ridiculous price but so what it isn't necessary to pay it to enjoy the game in fact imo unless you have already completed the game you would be stupid to take the shortcut as those initial missions introduce you to how the game works.
I mentioned that I paid £450 for halo 5 as a relative point. Someone might pay £25 as a shortcut just like I paid £450 just to pay halo. But I'll be getting crackdown 3 too as well as other exclusives in the future. So it's not a waste.
I haven't bought a single emote, dance move, level boost or sparrow racing card.
Why? Because they don't give you any advantage what so ever unless you want to go into conspiracy theories about people who have all the dance moves get better rng.
None of the micro transactions are necessary is my point. The only thing that is necessary has been the DLC content. Has that been overpriced? Definitely for the UK but for me no as I paid US prices it's definitely been worth the £80 I have paid for over a year's worth of use so far.
That is the thing you should be talking about not dance moves or level boosts that aren't needed.
I won't be buying a level boost in fact I doubt many would so I don't know why this is even being debated.
What should be the focus is weapon balancing. I'm hoping they don't buff autos too much and nerf pulse rifles so much that I now need to shard my pulses and grind for auto rifles.
If it becomes pay to win that's when they have crossed the line. If someone wants to spend £1000 on dance moves then go for it. Up to them to spend their money how they see fit. So long as they don't get any advantage over those that didn't buy dance moves I'm cool with them charging even £50 per dance move because I intend on buying zero of them.
If dance moves were cheaper I'd probably buy a few. I think they should really be free though. I won't buy them as I think they are a bit of a rip off. Makes no difference to me or the game.
The microtransactions aren't necessary therefore personally I don't care if they are £25 or £100. I agree they are overpriced but I can guarantee that you have bought stuff which has been overpriced. Be it a fancy watch, item of clothing, car or even a meal.
It isn't being forced upon anyone to enjoy the game. So it's not worth all this debate.
If you are so worked up about this then you should go look in the fifa thread some people on here spend £500+ every year on fifa points. The funniest thing is that everyone knows they are a rip off including the ones buying them and they say that they will never buy them again yet they do it again the following year.
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Do the strikes for drops use 3 of coins and stick any exotic armour you have on
End of discussion.
No one is forcing you to buy the emotes or the £25 boost. Yes they are too expensive, ideally people would vote with their wallets and not bite.
Subjective and you could say that about a lot of games, Battlefront springs to mind here. I've had a lot of game time from the money I've spent on Destiny. All of the paid for DLC content was fully detailed in advance, with Twitch and tons of website/Youtube coverage etc. It's not like it was direct debited from everyone who played Destiny. If you were still playing Destiny, then you could check out the content and make a decision.
Bungie releases optional paid for DLC (albeit priced too high IMO) and they get shot down. Bungie releases free events (SRL) and optional paid for cosmetic items and they get shot down
You can't do that on the internets!
Lol!!
