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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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  • Edited by alvin2503: 10/21/2015 8:33:01 PM
    Im okay with time gating, the wait part is worst

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  • Nah, I think it's a bit better how it is after watching my friend wait nearly a whole year for a ghorn. At least you know you will 100% get that exotic next time.

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  • it is just bungie trying things to get less players to quit after the first 30-60 days of gameplay if you don't raid the taken king has a pretty short life span as you will fade out when you don't have much use for legendary marks any longer. You will hit the wall somewhere between 290 and 300 ilvl and just give up because your progress is too slow and doesn't feel rewarding any longer. HOWEVER.... if there is a time release exotic quest, some of them may stay or come back to do it read the behind the scenes story at bungie, they don't really have that much content coming so they are constantly trying to think of things to prolong player attention to their game.

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    • I was mad at first, but if 3 days of the week can net you one I'm much less salty.

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    • Want Want Want Want Want Want Want!!!!...just give me everything day 1 for petes sake...thank you goodnight. Patience is a virtue....

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    • stop. complaining. and. play. something. else.

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    • It keeps the game fresh. Your impatience is exactly why you'll be bored as hell a month from now complaining about the lack of content.

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    • Yep, bad idea. All the exotics this year, for the most part, are weak compared to year 1.

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        Related: https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/3pngu3/i_am_going_to_be_honest_i_rather_time_gated_than/

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      • It's a good Idea along with the exotic quest lines so yeah your going to have to wait for your no time to explain

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      • Edited by TheWagn: 10/21/2015 4:05:48 PM
        I think it's a cool system Makes stuff more rare while avoiding the rng grind Now the players that are up to date and spend a lot of time in this game can be a little ahead of the curve. It rewards the hardcore, which is something this game severely lacks. And everyone can get them eventually. And if you're really butthurt from missing a daily quest or something get the hell over it. This game is not your favorite grandma here to spoil you with everything you want right here and now. Paying for the expansion DOES NOT entitle you to every new exotic on a silver platter at your convenience. Maybe you should think about every angle before you go hunting through vending machines.

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        • Time gating in more than one way: [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/165160916[/url]

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        • Stop. Typing. Like. This.

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        • You prefer random rng?? No thanks, keep time gates plz

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          • It is fairly annoying, yes Reminds me of those mobile city/kingdom builder games that make you wait hours, sometimes days, before something is finished being built

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          • i dont have time to play on weekdays :( i keep missing out

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          • Well this mission was both time gates and locked behind completing a special daily heroic it was interesting I personally don't care about time gates, it isn't a big deal

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          • Damn son You're complaining about waiting a week for a exotic. I watched my rng legendaries turn into rares. I waited a year to get a gun that was exclusive to my platform. I still don't have Monte Carlo. Trust me. By comparison, you HAVE to see why I can't even fathom this. Besides, this isn't a local shooter RPG. Waiting for items to come to you isn't anything new. It's done by major games.

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            • Agreed. I remember back when devs actually took the time to create elaborate puzzles with subtle clues about how to obtain things. And they had to because there were no patches being pushed out every week. I'd be okay with a gun only being obtained via overtime work being put in by the truly dedicated, spinmetal hat wearing community members. And technically it's been available since day 1 but it took the community 2 months to crack the code.

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              • Keeps people from blowing through the content and then complaining about not having ANYTHING to do.

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              • Well, if Bungo decided to scale old raids and strikes as well as release everything. TTK would have run out of contents in a month. That's the exact problem with Destiny. Too little content. And artificial difficulties

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              • Shouldn't you have to, oh, I don't know, [u]work[/u] for an exotic instead of getting it handed to you on a silver platter or dealing with rngesus?

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                • Edited by l CIII l: 10/21/2015 5:37:52 PM
                  When will the first firewall be back up so I can get my sleeper? -___-

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                  • I like it because it slows down the flood of exotic weapons being used in PvP

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                  • Time gate or RNG? Both very tough choices, nah just RNG that shit so everyone gets a fair shake on oh I know absolutely freaking nothing. At least with time gated material it gets released and everyone gets a fair chance at obtaining set exotic. While time gates aren't ideal at least we get them in time rather than not at all. Good luck Guardians and good night.

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