[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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Oh look, the most cliche statement of them all "slap in the face". I'd rather have a clear aquisition path and wait a week to get an exotic instead of grinding for hundreds of hours hoping for a weapon to drop. You crybabies just love to cry.
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Nah man, I love it.
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Is it the fact that certain quests were not available when TTK first released or the fact that certain quests have steps in them that require you to wait a certain period of time? I'm a little confused by your posts and the replies I've read. If by time-gating you are talking about the fact that new content is being made available every week or two, I must disagree. Its not like we didn't have a ton of things to do when TTK first dropped. And just when things start to settle into routine again, we get a new exotic quest dropped on us that spices up the week for us. I don't see the problem. The whole "wait a week for your reward" thing is kinda frustrating, though.
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I don't see the problem mate
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I'm fine with it... It means new surprises and keeps me from getting bored
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That's part of the same team they do New currency makeup Matchmaking settings Rng settings And apparently they still do the shot gun Pvp nerfs Oh and they also design the hunter supers as well I hear
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Yea it sucks I got the cult ghost just before reset last night and went to fwc to start quest but it still has not appeared for me. I guess it was just for that day and I was too late. Thats lame some people have jobs.
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Oh Hai mark!
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Continue. Timegating. Exotics.
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I dont get it.... Did bungie think we are gonna non stop play until the time comes for the next step....... I just play when it turns up...
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To all the people who like the whole idea behind timegating, please reconsider. I wouldn't mind at all [b][i][u]IF[/u][/i][/b] they put some actual story behind it. It makes no sense as to why I can just one day and wake up to see a new random mission to get an exotic?! The missions themselves aren't the real issue or the fact we have to wait. It's the story behind getting them. I know they are trying to go for a whole Non linear story approach but it needs more. I know there won't be but I wish we could get a cut scene after beating oryx HM. That's End Game Content with no real story after we kill him. I know things can only get so good for destiny as of now. Hopefully they won't do this again come destiny 2
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Edited by ZombieHippo: 10/21/2015 9:04:37 PM10. Year. Game.
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STFU you whiny little slut.
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Stop.Complaining.Ok
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Edited by djusmarshall: 10/21/2015 6:30:09 PMDidn't get a Sleeper Stimulant yet(just the quest), just got the Black Spindle the last time it was available, My Chaperone was delivered yesterday, I got a No Time To Explain last night(along with 5 other buddies) and I get my Curse delivered today...... pretty good week for this guy, not sure what your complaining about but try focusing on the fact you don't have to cross your fingers and sacrifice a live chicken everytime you run a night fall hoping for a Gally.
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I agree, time gating ruined the hunt for me. I spent tons of time hunting and researching for the sleeper, just to have it time gated the whole time. Well the rest of the community can figure out that stuff out now. rather than pouring hours in a game... which ive done, I'll just spend 10 minutes completing there time released content and log right back off. Seems like a bad business plan if your trying to keep traffic in game, compared to having actual in game secrets to figure out which keep people in game while they search.
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Outlook not so good
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It's awesome, and I'm so glad you're not in charge and live in mommas basement..
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Give me a week wait anytime over the old original RNG system. Assuming you want it, you know how to get it and when you will get it instead of blind luck from grinding week after week.
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Edited by shredder604: 10/21/2015 6:41:43 PMI personally dislike it. Takes some of the fun out of the quest. Oh you just completed the first part of the quest? Wait a week for no reason. Or sorry, "ordering materials"
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http://youtu.be/dVbzQ6QoleA
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I just don't like how they said that we can now earn exotics, when all of the 'earning' quests have steps like- wait 1 week bitch.
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Yep its very annoying.
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Probably the same kid who hated the exotic rng system
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I agree. I missed out on the sleeper stimulant and the no time to explain because I had to work those days.
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Edited by alvin2503: 10/21/2015 8:33:01 PMIm okay with time gating, the wait part is worst