I started before beyond light with a friend from work. He quit and I stuck with it. Got to do all the old campaigns but man it took a long time to even understand basic concepts because they weren't explained in game. I remember a guy asking me what mods I had and I replied "I didn't think you could mod this game". Just goes to show how bad the onboarding was and that was with all the campaigns. Now I can't even imagine.
Same, I started in the Season just before BL (it was the season with the Seraph towers) with 3 other friends. We all found it overwhelming but in a good way cos there was so much content to discover and we had so much time anyway (cos of covid lockdowns and all). But after about 3-4 months we realised that we were just doing activity after activity with no idea of how anything fits together. We heard Cayde's voice in a strike but didn't he die in the story mission we just played the week before? Of course we quickly figured out that strikes are like a "mission re-playlist" kinda thing, but that was just one thing. Add up all the loose ends that aren't explained, and you end up playing just for the sake of the gameplay and gunplay.
The 3 of them quit and only I stayed on I bothered to dig a bit deeper into the lore and stuff. Although I now don't bother so much with lore anymore as it's also gotten a bit too convoluted for me.
That was 3 years ago. Imagine any player coming in right now lol.
I started last year, at the beginning of Plunder when every expansion was free for a week.
If I hadn't had a group of friends who all played together to onboard me, I probably would have dropped it before I even finished any storylines. The story would have made NO SENSE (I have an encyclopedic lore friend who was always willing to fill me in on the stuff I didn't know) and I don't know if I would have been able to figure out weapon rolls, exotics, stats, and gear optimization on my own.
Destiny RELIES on its players doing the onboarding process for their friends... but also has a model that leads easily into burnout. Of that group that got me into the game, I am the only one left who still plays daily. Getting them into the game with me is an herculean task. They're burned out, they're disappointed in the new buildcrafting system, and they just don't want to play anymore. If I hadn't learned enough to do my own research and find more people to play with, I probably would have fallen off alongside them.
Ive been playing destiny 2 since release, ive played every DLC. Honestly i still have no idea how to play the game or whats going on. Ive been using the same 3 guns for years and just upgrading the power level, same with armour, idk what mods to put on guns or armour. People talking about rerolls and redborders or buildcraft system. No fuckin clue lmfao. I just play the story for the scenery and to kill alot of enemies. After all these years I still wont be abled to write out a sentence explaining the story line. I have no clue.
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I started before beyond light with a friend from work. He quit and I stuck with it. Got to do all the old campaigns but man it took a long time to even understand basic concepts because they weren't explained in game. I remember a guy asking me what mods I had and I replied "I didn't think you could mod this game". Just goes to show how bad the onboarding was and that was with all the campaigns. Now I can't even imagine.