Now a lot of things have been said lately about TTK and it's pricing not being in alignment with the amount of Content offered. Looking at this objectively, I have to disagree.
First off, let's look at what came in Vanilla Destiny to begin with shall we:
20 Story missions
11 crucible arenas (including exclusives)
6 Subclasses
6 strikes (including exclusives)
4 Patrol Areas
4 Crucible game modes (the originals being clash, control, salvage, and skirmish)
1 Raid
Now, let's take all of that and look at what is being offered in TTK (that we know of):
10 new story missions
8 new crucible arenas
3 new subclasses
4 new strikes (including exclusives)
1 new patrol area (This is probably where it hurts content the most, but I am getting to that)
3 new crucible game modes (at least)
1 new raid.
You may ask "Well why does it matter? It's still less content", and this is my point. Taking all the above and putting them into fractions we can find the percentage of what each one was to the original.
So, this is what it would look like:
10/20=0.50
8/11=0.72
3/6=0.50
4/6=0.67
1/4=0.25
3/4=0.75
1/1=1.0
Now, if we take all of these combine them and find the average, it comes out to about 0.62(or 62%), just barely missing the 66% mark or 2/3rd of the original content(and price), but the thing within this is that there is more than just the above being added. We are also get new weapon types, ghost shells, Iron Banner is actually getting it's own set, and much more.
The Taken king is a huge leap for Destiny, we are getting so much new stuff (and yes I know that some people will have access some of the new features, but that is how expansions work most of the time) and it honestly seems like people are judging it way too harshly for the amount of content they are receiving for the price they are paying.
Let's step back about 15 years ago. Getting an expansion in this time for any type of RPG cost about the same amount as The Taken King, you might be lucky if you got one new area to play in and maybe 1-2 new characters to play with again with a $40 price tag accompanying it and sometimes it was even REQUIRED to be able to play with your friends.
Even worse there are actual fans of this game that are being ignored entirely. In foreign countries people are having to PAY EXTRA for their digital copies because Activision refuses to change it. When people bring it up, others in the community tell them just to not pay for it or get a job. This is actually unfair to these players and it should be fixed. Someone should not have to pay more just because a company doesn't understand exchange rates.
With that however, I bid you all farewell. I hope that you all enjoy TTK and for those that still think it's a waste....I hope that you enjoy your other games as well.
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How the hell do you put [b]ACTUALLY[/b] in front of an opinion? How does that work?