[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 ).
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[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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Eh, timegating exotics is understandable. Now, limiting the trigger to a daily mission? On weekdays? Some of us do other things that must be done. Still don't have the black swindle...
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Edited by HyperVigiIant: 10/21/2015 2:45:58 PMIt was a good idea for the simple fact that many people will still wait the week and go back to the game despite complaining. It gives people more of an incentive to come back after a week.
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The grind is real. Any means to extend the grind will be taken.
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Makes the weapons more special because of how elusive they are. I have a busy life with work and family but still managed to get Spindle, Sleeper and NTTE and very proud of my filthy casual try hard self. :)
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What's the big problem. It's not like you are running out of things to do. You have a single char whos low level.
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Those damn vex and their time gates
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Typical MMO. Suck it up. It's a nice change.
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I hope they keep doing things like the SS quest, the Spindle and the No Time. I like logging on and checking to see if there's some new secret. I'm not a big fan of people placing a period after every word for emphasis.
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I really feel like timegating is ridiculous. "We want the game to feel less grindy" Bungie literally said this. Here are some great examples of less grindy: Hey everyone here's a new weapon! Oops...sorry. You didn't do the quest BEFORE, sorry kiddo, you gotta wait until who knows when to get it again. Thanks pumpkin! Now go out and farm resource nodes by running around in circles for two hours for the sword quest. Finished that? Okay, now wait a week for your sword. Farm for hours to get four RNG parts for Sleeper Simulant. Oops...you couldn't log in the day it was available. Sorry kiddo, you gotta wait an indeterminate amount of time to get it again.
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Eye lyk it.
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The generation of instant gratification.......
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I don't mind the access upon a mission being a daily, but not a fan of the randomly accessible 2nd part of quests.
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I kind of like the quests but i wish all of them were available all the time for anyone
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It's so people don't get every exotic in the first month
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Timegated exotics are awesome! Your just pissed cause we have the cool stuff and you don't. Man-up
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Edited by Evilman520: 10/21/2015 12:55:13 PMHey dipshit, ask yourself this question: how did we find out about the ghosts in the first place? Because someone found them! How did we find out the code for the SS fusion core? Because someone figured it out! Don't you get it? We DID figure out these missions. Those people didnt "waste" their time. If it wasn't for them, you never would have found those ghosts, and never would have received your NTTE and Sleeper (assuming you have them). You say that those people wasted their time? They're the reason that so many of us were so prepared for these timegated missions! If nobody had ever bothered to do all of that exploring, none of us would even know that NTTE existed, yet. So stop bitching, just because you didnt have everything in the game in just 1 week. Grow the fuk up and get over it. God forbid, Bungie left a couple of surprises for us that we couldnt get straight out the gate. Boo hoo. Quit your bitching!
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To maintain the illusion that TTK has an extensive lifespan, some quests may take 3+ weeks to complete depending on how much you can accomplish in a reasonable timeframe. The reward will be something borderline useful and mostly just suckage.
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I have been summoned
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Time gated exotics are the best thing Bungie could have done. It eliminated so many of the "I have _____ already AMA" posts
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Patience is a virtue... Especially in the destiny community when everyone wants everything right -blam!-ing now...
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Why are you upset its actually fair. For the SS I got home at 10 from two jobs and started it just to get it and did it. So there should be no excuse to why someone would miss it especially if they don't work the next day they have till 5 a.m.
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I enjoy it. That way not one person can grind all the guns day one.
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BFD, it provides curiousness and content. Anticipation and a sense of "something cool is right around the corner". All in all NTTE took me maybe an hour and a half between last week and this week...I thought it was fun and kept me logging on. Destiny is strategically doing their job well
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I like that they "time gate" the exotics, it makes the wait for the next dlc fun
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I think time gated exotic are fun, it´s another secret that we all learn. You get to see the forums get together and converse about what the steps are and what we will have to do. It keeps people from complaining about¨not enough content :///¨ I mean, just take your time, their is no rush :) But if it is locked behind RNG (SS) or a daily (NTTE) then you have to think that some people are not going to get it. Besides, what if this (for this year) is something they decided to mess around with, and in later years it´s going to be something better.