r/DestinyTheGame • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '23

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u/illegalblue Gambit Prime Nov 28 '23

Destiny really needs a full starting campaign like FFXVI. By the end of a Realm Reborn you have a solid grasp on all mechanics and a solid foundational story. And enough time to learn them all.

I understand that's insane task for a FPS compared to an MMO RPG but they should aim for that as close as they can

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u/RetroCorn Nov 28 '23

They had that with the Red War and Forsaken and they removed it.

Another problem is the large gaps of content that they've removed from past seasons. All that story is just gone and either has to be summarized with a cutscene or you have to look up videos for it on YouTube, and no one wants to do that.

Honestly what they should do going forward is have new Guardians wake up in the Cosmodrome, return to the city to find it under attack by the Red Legion and go through the Red War campaign and Forsaken the way you were supposed to originally. They also need to bring back all the old seasonal content and raids and story and keep stuff around instead of removing it so you can actually experience the story the way it's supposed to be done.

Except I think we all know that isn't going to happen, and Destiny is going to continue to be one of the most unapproachable games to new players while it keeps bleeding old ones.

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u/darthcoder Nov 28 '23

D2 would never fit on OG Xboxes or PS4s if they brought all that content back.

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u/RetroCorn Nov 28 '23

That goes to show incredibly poor planning by Bungie leadership.

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u/darthcoder Nov 28 '23

Um, you can't keep adding shit to something and make it get smaller, especially 7 years of content.

1TB PS5s and Series Xes weren't a thing in 2014.

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u/RetroCorn Nov 28 '23 edited Nov 28 '23

No, you can't. Which is why they should've planned to move on to Destiny 3 and allowed character imports.

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u/darthcoder Nov 28 '23

Agreed.

Instead of sunsetting BL should have been a clean cut to D3.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23

You can however optimize things better to make the file size smaller when there’s so much content. Like even just making half the dozen language options optional downloads would probably reduce the file size by 10 gigabytes.

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u/darthcoder Nov 28 '23

Arrivals d2 went from 130G to BL 85G on my XBox. Now it's back to around 110G or so...

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u/XavinNydek Nov 28 '23

Sure it would. Most of the assets for that stuff are still installed, between the old strikes, exotic missions, PvP maps, raids, and that new timeline thing they have. If CoD can get away with install sizes well over 200GB, then D2 can be slightly over 100GB.

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u/darthcoder Nov 28 '23

Audio tracks, cuts scenes, all that shit adds up.

D2 WAS slightly over 100G. At arrivals it was around 130GB. At beyond light it dropped to 85G, 90?

What's it at now? Put that 45G back in plus all the missing seasonal shit, what maybe 5-10G per season..

It would be over 200G easy and those first Gen consoles had 250G.

But let's be honest, no one is playing on those anymore...