[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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Sorry you can't beat the game in one day
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You'd be complaining about the exotics you want not dropping if not this. No one will ever be satisfied lol
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I just hate the fact that they do it on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. With schedule this year for uni, those are like my only two days where I have absolutely no time for anything but school
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-I was originally going to post this as a reply to "xbob lv" but as I've typed so much I felt as if it would get lost and no one would bother reading it. There is a TL;DR at the end for those of you that don't want to read all of this. It builds anticipation because before Bungie started doing it, everyone thought that finding out how to get these exotics was in THEIR power. But it's not. I waited patiently and hoped for weeks while reading the subreddit for Sleeper Simulant that someone someday soon would figure out how to get it. Then one day I get on the computer and see all these stories about "Hey you can now do this quest related to SS!" and then the NEXT DAY something similar: "Hey you can now get the SS!" It's just not a good way of rewarding us for a part of the game we thought was going to be an exciting hunt filled with loads of secrets and clues scattered throughout the lore and game files. It was exciting to get the SS after waiting so long, but it felt too easy to get. It's also really not that great of a weapon. The best use I found for it was in Iron Banner, although even then most people would use a rocket launcher instead. Don't get me wrong, I like that Bungie is trying something new with exotics, and I like that it isn't about random drops anymore. I just don't agree with this way of doing it. The hunt for Sleeper Simulant was a raging HYPETRAIN that ended in a fiery blaze of disappointment due to the use of the timegating. TL;DR: Timegating builds you up and then shuts you down. It's a disappointing way of gaining exotics.
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I want my PERIGRINE Greaves>:(
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I don't mind it at all.
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I understand why they do it. They want to pace out the earning of exotics so it's not like House of Wolves where we earned everything in two weeks and we're bored to tears for the next few months. There is probably a better way to do that besides just putting up time walls but at least the effort is there.
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Bungie will never reply to these posts
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Yeah! I want the world! I want the whole world! I want to lock it all up in my pocket, it's my bar of chocolate! Give it to me now! Just everything at once so I burn out really fast! or better yet, let me buy them with Silver! [spoiler]I personally enjoy the occasional treasure hunts. I have a lot of fun tracking them down with my clan :)[/spoiler]
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You know what would be better then making a good verbal point? [spoiler]DON'T BUY THE GAME[/spoiler]
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I like what they are doing. It's better then waiting months for a Ghorn to drop randomly. Timegating builds anticipation.
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You forgot to mention that they're also holding back half of the new exotics.....
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Lol at that first paragraph
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Oh hi mark
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Instead of them time gating things why don't they just MAKE LONG QUEST LINES. Ive seen more effort be put into one of Skyrim's miscellaneous side quests.
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I myself like Time gated Exotics...
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Edited by Jneu: 10/21/2015 11:05:47 PM[quote] You should probably go check. He could be passed out with his hand stuck in the vending machine and require emergency assistance. [/quote] I laughed at this.
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Yum yum keep crying please
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Time gating is fine by me. We shouldnt have everything just a few short weeks in. That was HoWs issue.
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Hold on. Are people actually [i]defending[/i] this?
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So glad they are going listen to this kind of feedback. Also full disclaimer I don't have black spindle or No Time to Explain.
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I hope they keep on doing it So the scrubs like u can wait until next time
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B8-O-Meter ___ |__| |█| How many fish are you trying to catch? |█| |█| That's a lot of b8 |█| |█| Definitely b8 |█| |█| B8 |█| |█| Probably b8 |█| |█| might be b8 |█| |█| Unlikely b8 |█| |█| Probably not b8 |█| |█| Not b8 conclusion: Op is fgt
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Better than waiting on RNG to smile your way.
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