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Edited by Waybreaker: 10/22/2015 10:52:18 AM
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Stop. Timegating. Exotics.

[i]For fark sakes.[/i] Who thought this was a good idea? Was it the same guy that sat in on a meeting and thought "lawl, now wait a week" was a great idea for a quest step? Was he drunk? Are you sure? Did you check? You should probably go check. He could be passed out with his hand stuck in the vending machine and require emergency assistance. Seriously though, its irritating and a real slap in the face after the amount of effort people put into finding and completing these exotics quests. Its like getting grounded for a week after coming home with a straight A report card. ( No really though, go check the vending machines just to be safe ). [b]Edit:[/b] [i]For fark sakes 2.0[/i] I'm not sure why people are talking about RNGesus or vanilla Destiny. This isn't a binary problem with only two solutions. Exotic quest lines aren't going to vanish because the requirement to sit on your ass for a week or wait for a certain quest on a certain day were removed. I'm not not sure why people think being drip fed existing content makes the game better or more "fair" or whatever. It would be a different story if we were talking about new content being created and added on a semi regular basis. But I'm referring to existing content we already knew about weeks in advance. Which was not available at release and/or which Bungie allowed us to run around trying to find without telling us it was impossible. Bungie does have the ability to keep things out of the database away from our prying eyes as well as the ability to not hype something a month before release without mentioning the little problem that it wouldn't be available at release. [b]Let me bullet point this:[/b] 1. Showing players things they can't have without telling them they can't have it = BAD. 2. Forcing players to wait and watch for a specific day / time window ( people have lives you know ) to obtain something or miss out = BAD. 3. Forcing players to wait for a week or two at random in the middle of a quest line for no reason whatsoever = BAD. At no point did I suggest we should all go back to chasing the White Whale, er, Gally as the ideal exotic solution. ( and you guys do remember there were exotic quests before TTK, right? ) The ideal exotic solution would be for exotics to be a balanced mixture of engrams, quest lines and challenges ( such as Black Spindle. ) without the pointlessly arbitrary stop gaps of forced waiting periods or limited time windows. Those serve no purpose at all to the players. They may serve a purpose to Bungie or Activision ( Stretching limited available content, trying to finish content that they should have had ready at release, etc ) but that is not in [b]our[/b] interest. That's in [b]their [/b]interest. The game should be in the player's interest. We're the ones who play it, support it and paid for it. ( Really though, did you check the vending machines yet? I'm getting worried. )

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  • More whiny bullshit

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  • I just got level 5 gunsmith today. Yay! Get kills with handcannon and primary telementary. Done. Yay! Wait for Armsday. It is! Yay! Oh wait, gotta wait for next Armsday. W T F SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FCUK IS WRONG WITH YOU BUNGACT????

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  • No

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  • I like it.

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    • I don't mind time locking them. But once it's open let it be open for good.

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    • They timegatted the exotics this time because with HoW and TDB people had almost all of the exotics (non-POE, Non hard raid) within the first 1-2 weeks then started complaining about having nothing to do. That proved how limited the content was, so they fixed it by releasing timegatted exotics. This way no one gets all the exotics within the first 2 weeks and you can't complain about having nothing to do because just as the game gets boring and you think you have everything...BOOM time gate opens and another Quest exotic happens.

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      • I like it. Some sort of incentive to play the dailies and a break from the mindless cycle of PvE events.

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        • I hate it too. It just ruins the whole mystery thing.

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        • It makes the game more interesting I think but don't listen to me :3

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          • It isn't just Paradox or Sleeper Simulant. It is also the exotic sword quest. Go pull resource nodes and get elemental ability kills. Totally not a gigantic time sink. Then wait for Arms Day. Why? To limit your ability to advance too quickly. This stretches a limited amount of content.

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            • Disagree. I like the timegating, quest line structure and waiting. Makes the game last longer. There's already so much content

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            • But remember the hype over sleeper before the time gate? [i]Bungie be trollin'[/i]

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              • I agree with you man. It's a little dumbfounding that you would make these exotics only accessible through the daily missions, and drop said mission on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Then to the people that couldn't get on to do said daily for whatever reason have to wait a 1-3 weeks for that daily to pop up again. Then after that wait, they will be met with another week long wait on top of that. It is pretty funny to read the comments of some of these knobslobbing players though, talking shit that you couldn't play the daily like its a requirement to play 7 days a week.

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              • Didnt read. Get güd

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              • [quote]Seriously though, its irritating and a real slap in the face after the amount of [b]effort[/b] people put into finding and completing these exotics quests[/quote] What effort tho? Bungie didn't tell you to stay up all night scanning shit did they? Not one of these quests require any type of 'effort'.

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              • We'd be seeing you complain that there's nothing to do by week 2 if they didn't

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                • Bump

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                • Next "DLC" is fall 2016 until then we get a slow trickle of new content i.e. These time gated quest lines. They have us hooked and are using this year and the help of High Moon Studios to make the next portion of the game amazing. This is because after the rewrite of a 3 year story, which they tried to rewrite in 1, the game lacked so much content people were pissed. This year is all about making year 3 the most immersive story line yet.

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                • By time anyone gets their hands on these exotics, the content will be irrelevant on the next dlc.. So why not just release them.. not for the "time being" so pple can actually enjoy them?

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                • Edited by Gorby: 10/21/2015 2:58:26 PM
                  I agree. I have crap loads of homework every day, and my parents always use the t.v. that my xbox is hooked up to. No black spindle for me.

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                • WHO THE FUÇK IS READY FOR HALO 5///////////#-+#+282+;$-#-# HYPEHYPEHTPEHYPEHYPE

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                  • Agreed it's stupid

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                  • This is partly what made me stop playing. Just release the whole quest at one time! I don't really care if it's sooner or later. It's just annoying to have to wait who knows how long for the next part of the quest to show up.

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                  • [u]Cause and Effect[/u] 1. Release [b]d[/b]lc/expansi[b]o[/b]n with everythi[b]n[/b]g = People obtain every[b]t[/b]hin[b]g[/b] [b]iv[/b]n about a w[b]e[/b]ek = People compl[b]a[/b]in about lack of content, etc. 2. Release [b]d[/b]lc/exp[b]a[/b]nsion with ti[b]m[/b]egates, additio[b]n[/b]al content through later patches, etc = People complain about waiting or missing their window of opportunity. 3. Temporarily remove content to fix issues = People complain for not being able to [b]play[/b] [b]the[/b]m. 4. Do not remove in [b]game[/b] issues (soon or at all) = People complain about excessive exploits, etc. 5. Exotic weapons/gear = People complain how over/under powered it is (mostly op) There could be more. Meh There will always be someone to complain and whine about something. No matter where you are, there will be a butthurt player.

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