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Edited by TwoKicks:
6/10/2020 6:29:40 PM
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Sunsetting overshadows your live stream
I watched the live stream this morning and got extremely excited about all the new content coming this Fall. So after the long wait for the download to finish and the many warnings about my connection to the Destiny server I was finally able to log on.
The wait didn't end my hype, the new video and story missions were really cool. After I finished the and acquired my new grenade launcher and did one of the boring new public events from this season I was still excited.
Then I looked at my weapons and armor and saw Bungie is already implementing sunsetting. We aren't affected by it, but it's there and looking and ready to destroy our inventory and vaults as soon as the new expansion comes this Fall.
I immediately lost any motivation I had to play this season. Every strike, crucible match, Gambit match, seemed utterly pointless. What is my goal? To receive armor with a time limit? What if I get busy with work/school/life for a few months? It doesn't matter to Bungie if you enjoy playing the game as long as you are buying new content and that is clearly apparent.
Sunsetting weapons I get, Bungie is too lazy to find a viable solution for balancing so just hit the refresh button. Sunsetting armor after the grind you made to masterwork it? After you made it the only decent reward from the season passes? It saddens me to see people support a company which has fallen so far out of touch with its player base. Bungie has been my favorite developer since the first Halo but they just can't seem to get out of their own way since D2 launched. I was expecting good things after the Activision split but it's just more of the same.
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Edited by Lahgtah: 6/11/2020 5:01:06 AMYeah I'm a bit sad about it. Every time I want to come back to the game now, I remember that all the things I love to use(not including exotics) have a time limit and I will eventually be forced to discard them. Some weapons I've become rather attached to, and not necessarily because they're meta, but because of how good they feel to use or for legacy reasons. For example, I've been using the same solar Crown Splitter since Y1. Masterworked with well over 30k kills on it(I took a pretty big break following the mercury expansion up until the end of black armory.) It's pretty much always been my "signature weapon", because there's never been anything out there that feels as good to use, and even if there was, it's unlikely I'd replace it because of how long I've used that specific weapon. I know there is throne cleaver, but I don't have 5 other people to play with, so it may as well not exist as far as I'm concerned. Part of the reason I gave up playing WoW is because they also have this problem. A new patch comes(their equivalent to seasons), and suddenly all your hard-earned gear is rendered irrelevant as easily obtainable catchup gear replaces it. New expansion launches and the same thing happenes; what I like about Destiny was that it [i]doesn't[/i] do this, that if you have a favorite weapon, you can keep it forever and it will never be irrelevant. Edit: I may not participate in raids, but I do enjoy nightfalls and difficult solo challenge endgame content.
