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A Buff Gay Dude posted:Tomorrow is gonna be so awesome, man I might actually take off work to play Destiny 2 endgame (which is making GBS threads on the evolving disaster that is Destiny 2) What's tomorrow? TWAB?
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What game design that embraces avenues for casual play actually is: bite sized challenges, difficulty that can be customized and scaled, a solidly conceived learning curve What Bungie thinks it is: the video games version of baby food, zero customizability, strictly enforced playstyles, strictly enforced map access/invisible walls/kill volumes
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cvnvcnv posted:What's tomorrow? TWAB? 
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Jan 10, 2018 19:15
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is that code word for "lube up for the Eververse-fuelled loving we're got planned for you"
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Jan 10, 2018 19:25
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we need a we're listening emote but where the word listening deflates and somehow the sound of a wet fart is embedded in it
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Jan 10, 2018 19:30
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legit shocked there wasn't a F2P avenue for getting the winter event armor outside of burning more bright dust than I've ever actually received to this point.Bobby Deluxe posted:we need a we're listening emote but where the word listening deflates and somehow the sound of a wet fart is embedded in it 
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Jan 10, 2018 19:32
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Chilichimp posted:legit shocked there wasn't a F2P avenue for getting the winter event armor outside of burning more bright dust than I've ever actually received to this point. Why did this shock you
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Jan 10, 2018 19:37
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Chilichimp posted:legit shocked there wasn't a F2P avenue for getting the winter event armor outside of burning more bright dust than I've ever actually received to this point. That is the point, frustrate people into spending real money to get what they want.
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Jan 10, 2018 19:45
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Why can't you just buy fuckin bright dust gently caress the middle man
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Jan 10, 2018 19:49
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why not just pay real money for the loving poo poo, who cares,
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Jan 10, 2018 19:53
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Who here remembers Microsoft FunBucks
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Jan 10, 2018 20:03
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A Buff Gay Dude posted:Remember they cast out Jesus for speaking the truth. Actually Jesus threw his controller against the wall and rage quit the temple to “make a point” Similarities are spooky, really
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Jan 10, 2018 20:19
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Emron posted:Why did this shock you because I'm used to F2P players getting trickles of holiday poo poo from Blizzard games like HOTS and Overwatch. I've got many, many overwatch skins from just getting free loot boxes during the holiday event. In Destiny, though, the usual free eververse engrams didn't contain any holiday poo poo and the free stuff we got from the presents couldn't roll the event armor (or even be broken down into bright dust to convert into the armor). Apprentice Dick posted:That is the point, frustrate people into spending real money to get what they want. Then they're morons. I'm way more likely to throw 10 bucks to get that last piece of armor than I am to spend 50-100 dollars for the whole set. Chilichimp fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Jan 10, 2018 |
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Jan 10, 2018 20:28
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I just wish I could by the seasonal stuff whenever I wanted because I fall in and out of overwatch like a wave
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Jan 10, 2018 20:30
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It's all because the AAA games industry decided that instead of making a good product and have people give you money in order to buy/play it, they would make bad products and allow you to pay regular fees to make them less bad. It unfortunately seems to have worked but stuff like the Battlefront fiasco and everyone abandoning D2 give me hope that maybe just maybe people have figured out this poo poo is unacceptable.
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Jan 10, 2018 21:20
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moist turtleneck posted:It's curse of osiris themed live cam from the Luxor balcony https://i.imgur.com/WVQRxfQ.gifv
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Jan 10, 2018 21:23
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Lotta people itt not understanding the way to make money isn’t to sell it directly to 100 people for 2 dollars, it’s to get 10 people to spend 30 each gambling to try and get the set
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Jan 10, 2018 21:34
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Lemme just hit this vape just once more, I think as I smugly question Bungie’s desire to get in on the addiction market
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Jan 10, 2018 21:35
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Chilichimp posted:I'm way more likely to throw 10 bucks to get that last piece of armor than I am to spend 50-100 dollars for the whole set. Me too, but loot box systems make money off of whales and addicts, not the general population.
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Jan 10, 2018 21:39
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I have no doubt that the gambling style microtransaction system is bad, but I question that the entire game is funneled towards it. D2 has some serious issues, but I feel like most of them stem from the fact that it was made in a very short amount of time with zero institutional memory. It feels like an overcorrection from year 1 that ignores significant improvements made to the game in the following two years. Coupled with the fact that nothing new is on the table, and the crucible being completely oblivious to what people enjoyed about crucible, and you get a bland game that can hopefully be saved by the Live team. Again. And yes, I do agree that so far the 'events' have been pretty bland and mtx focused. I don't know why they wouldn't have brought back sparrow racing or something with the dawning, it just seems like a no brainer. But I don't think ABGD would spend nearly as much time complaining in this thread (and the other one) if crucible was still good.
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Jan 10, 2018 21:46
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OdinsBeard posted:I have no doubt that the gambling style microtransaction system is bad, but I question that the entire game is funneled towards it. Whats it like living in October 2017?
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Jan 10, 2018 21:55
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how is the entire game funneled toward it, I ask as the latest event has me report directly to Tess Everis again
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Jan 10, 2018 22:08
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There's a price hike of a few pennies for the $19.99 bundle?
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Jan 10, 2018 22:11
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:There's a price hike of a few pennies for the $19.99 bundle? lol, you're right, you have to spend 40 dollars to realize any bundle bonus, might as well just by the 4.99 one 4 times if 20 bucks is all you're willing to spend.
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Jan 10, 2018 22:31
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My favorite F2P gacha gimmick (which destiny hasn’t incorporated yet) is that a person is far more likely to spend money to prevent a loss than to gain something new. In other words, if you say “give me a dollar and I’ll give you this thing,” they won’t be as likely to spend as they would if you (during a game) say “congrats! You got a thing! Complete the level to own it,” then later, oh no! They’re going to fail the level and lose the thing! Spend a dollar to extend the level!
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Jan 10, 2018 22:46
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Emron posted:My favorite F2P gacha gimmick (which destiny hasn’t incorporated yet) is that a person is far more likely to spend money to prevent a loss than to gain something new. In other words, if you say “give me a dollar and I’ll give you this thing,” they won’t be as likely to spend as they would if you (during a game) say “congrats! You got a thing! Complete the level to own it,” then later, oh no! They’re going to fail the level and lose the thing! Spend a dollar to extend the level! Is that related to why Team Fortress 2 would always give me locked crates and ask me to buy keys? EDIT: bungie post about crimson days: "While Crimson Days is confirmed, we'll have more details on how it's changing based on community feedback collected throughout the Dawning. Looking to have some info for you soon - Thursday in particular. Stay tuned." GoGoGadgetChris fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Jan 10, 2018 |
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Jan 10, 2018 22:52
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Is that related to why Team Fortress 2 would always give me locked crates and ask me to buy keys? Crates are full on gacha. Some people like uncertainty in what they’re getting, and would rather spent ten bucks chasing an item than buying it for 3 dollars. Bright engrams are literally this.
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Jan 10, 2018 23:01
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https://i.imgur.com/UYE0PcM.gifv the good days
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Jan 10, 2018 23:02
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It's too bad that rasheed went full benedict arnold, now I have to update all my gifs https://i.imgur.com/qcUnQHH.gifv
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Jan 10, 2018 23:04
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One thing I think is funny and that I love a lot is that my fiance and I both split time on this game and she doesn't get to play that often right now and she's not a useless piece of poo poo like all of us so she doesn't spend time on forums. She plays a brisk three or so hours during the week after work to wind down, still has planetary adventures left to do, doesn't usually come close to finishing a week's milestones, etc. It's all so pure. She just rolls around in Crucible quickplay with her Nightstalker/Atalanta/Uriel's/Hawthorne's and does a couple strikes or public events, makes jokes about our hunter/warlock rivalry, and then does other things like a fully functional adult. Unlike me, she doesn't hate-play this game out of psychotic neuroses. She's my superior in every conceivable way. I sometimes wonder if this is what all the non-forum, non-reddit, non-12 year old people are like who play this game and have no idea how screwed up it is are like.
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wintrrmute posted:https://i.imgur.com/UYE0PcM.gifv I'm frankly surprised that you guys haven't taken the Bone Krew brand worldwide. It just prints so nicely in any font.
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Jan 10, 2018 23:22
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SlimGoodbody posted:One thing I think is funny and that I love a lot is that my fiance and I both split time on this game and she doesn't get to play that often right now and she's not a useless piece of poo poo like all of us so she doesn't spend time on forums. She plays a brisk three or so hours during the week after work to wind down, still has planetary adventures left to do, doesn't usually come close to finishing a week's milestones, etc. When you invest a ton of energy into idolizing and loving something, and then realize that thing doesn’t care about you in return, the love turns to hate reeeeeeeal quick.
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Coldforge posted:When you invest a ton of energy into idolizing and loving something, and then realize that thing doesn’t care about you in return, the love turns to hate reeeeeeeal quick. Bungie never goes for the Nice Gamers  it only likes those jock whales
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Jan 10, 2018 23:29
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Coldforge posted:When you invest a ton of energy into idolizing and loving something, and then realize that thing doesn’t care about you in return, the love turns to hate reeeeeeeal quick. Lol this is exactly it Bungie took the goodwill of all us idiots who stuck with their flawed but earnest social shooter and thanked us with the double gently caress you of a game that wasn’t targeted at us and was full of mtx bs
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Jan 10, 2018 23:37
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wintrrmute posted:Benedict Arnold Lol wut
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A Buff Gay Dude posted:how is the entire game funneled toward it, I ask as the latest event has me report directly to Tess Everis again I’m not being funneled toward eververse if it’s trash I don’t want/need. Anyway, I agree that the dawning was pointless. Thanks for giving us a pvp mode we had regular access to for several years. Exciting.
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Jan 10, 2018 23:58
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The only way you aren't being funneled in an event where Step 1 is Go To The Place is if you literally don't participate in the event at all Which isn't really something that you can say In Favor of the event
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:The only way you aren't being funneled in an event where Step 1 is Go To The Place is if you literally don't participate in the event at all Fair enough. I have problems with randomized loot crates but also the stuff in them is so underwhelming I have a hard time caring.
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Imagine if the stuff in them was underwhelming and the whole game appeared to funnel you towards them (through events and levels ups and what not). Boy that sounds like a trash game.
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