now i love the feel of destiny's gun play and combat, its really fun, unfortunately it has no equal, so over the past few years its slowly descended into a very nasty place, it is now at a point where it actively preys upon certain psychological issues
if you dont happen to own the season pass for the season you will constantly have alerts telling you someone want to talk to you, with no way to get rid of said alert because you cant interact with that NPC, that takes advantage of people OCD
and i know people are sick of hearing FOMO mentioned when destiny is involved, but its truly the #1 preyed on issue, because it preys on the #1 most prevalent psychological issue in the world, Anxiety Disorders, which gets triggered near constantly by destinies incessant need to make people buy the current season or DLC or risk being locked out of massive parts of the game and unable to play with friends that would have access to that content
and probably the worst part of all is even though Destiny 2 is a free to play game... its not, after witch queen drops you'll only be able to access the EDZ, Nessus and maybe the dreaming city.... thats it, and its a Paris Hilton [i](the "just stop being poor" issue for all you youngins)[/i] situation with Bungie, they seemingly prefer it tis way, they haven't given any proof of the opposite, just "we will try and cut down on the FOMO" then proceeding to double down on it
honestly for those of us that cant afford to keep paying anywhere from $60-$100 a year to keep up to date, or those of us that took a break and now would have to pay $165 (not including tax) to even be able to play when witch queen drops, its horrible and disgusting
thats not even talking about the absolutely disgusting effects of what happens to players who love the game but cant play, it cause Severe Depression, Anxiety issues, and even Manic episodes in rare cases its almost as bad as Warcraft Addiction, seriously its as if Bungie hired a team of Psychologists to teach them how to prey on the human mind so they could milk players for their money then toss aside the ones who were to poor to play anymore
this needs to stop, at this point is a Psychological hazard to the gaming community and the Devs seem to either not know, not understand, or not care and maybe even revel in it
this is probably going to be my last ever interaction with destiny and its community, mostly being that because of their screw up with game pass im locked out of 80% of the game and im not paying nearly $200 to fix it, i have to save that money for the damn therapy to reverse the issues the game and its Developers gave me and my friends
so good luck on your adventures im out of here
~PEACE~
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Edited by PashWagon501: 2/6/2022 4:59:04 PMWith the money thing, for me if you enjoy it then its vfm, if you don't then it's not. Quite simple. The rest though I do get, because for people affected by this stuff then it's not as simple as saying 'get over it' or other glib remarks because for those people it's, sadly, not as simple as that. I quit D2 for a while mainly because of this (edit - by this I mean how it affected people I was running with). A person I played regular with it transpired clearly was affected by this type of issue with Destiny. They got real angry with me just because I did the oracles for Whisper catalyst on my own (even though I'd said i would still take them through it next time they were on). I'm not playing games or helping out for grief in return, nor am I being told what I can and cant do by people I don't know irl, so decided I was too old for this -blam!- and bailed. Now I'm back I'm just soloing what I can and not being dictated to, either by the game or by other people, and it's great! I'll get WQ because there's enough for a 2 to 3 hour a day player to do and stay entertained, even if I don't hit all endgame. If I decide I really want the endgame then, when I'm ready, I'll search it out. There are more than enough good guardians out there who will be the same ethos as me, same time-bound etc you just have to put yourself out there when you're ready and find them. Or don't, and just be happy with what you have.