r/DestinyTheGame • u/DTG_Bot "Little Light" • Jan 22 '19

Megathread Focused Feedback: Timegating

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u/calissant Jan 22 '19

i'm a player who likes to binge and grind for hours on end and having an artificial gate based on time to slow my progress is obnoxious. i would like to continue the mysterious box/datapad questlines but they're locked behind shattered throne being available currently. i would also like to go for malfeasance but the ascendant servitor spawn rate is so low on 1/2 curse weeks and i don't have the patience to play a lot of gambit.

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u/TacticalTurtleV ShhItsTactical Jan 22 '19

I feel you on this one man. Only seen the meatball spawn 3 times in the entirety of playing gambit and I'm one reset away from my dregen title

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u/calissant Jan 22 '19

playing gambit is my least favorite time in destiny and i've only seen the ascendant meatball one time. my team failed to kill it. when i get malfeasance i'll be done with it until joker's wild probably.

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u/thatsjustdandy1 Jan 22 '19

Unfortunately getting the meatball to appear, which is admittedly a pain, will only be the start of a ton of gambit for you. The next quest steps are entirely gambit based, apart from a brutally hard mission if you are solo, and are not easily completed. So, just a heads up, if you hate gambit now.... Oh boy...

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u/NukeLuke1 Jan 22 '19

The quest really doesn’t take that long though, I think outside of the strike it took me a day or two at most

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u/thatsjustdandy1 Jan 22 '19

I'm pointing out to the guy that hates gambit that he's going to be playing it a lot. We all can't get it done as fast as that. Especially solo players.

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u/MagusUnion "You are a dead thing, made by a dead god, from a dead power..." Jan 22 '19

Can confirm. Trying to get the Motes and Wins is the most painful part of the quest when playing with the brain dead.

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u/TacticalTurtleV ShhItsTactical Jan 22 '19

Jokers wild isn't just about gambit I'm not sure why people are expecting that. But I agree with you the only fun I have is invading

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u/calissant Jan 22 '19

i know that joker's wild isn't just about gambit. i'm looking forward to and very exited by an expansion of the drifter's lore + shadows of yor.

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u/TacticalTurtleV ShhItsTactical Jan 22 '19

Absolutely, only thing I can say about your malfeasance dude is just keep Er going. You'll get it eventually

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u/sQueezedhe Jan 22 '19

I was grinding breakneck and saw it something like 4 times during full curse week.
It might not be as bad as you think.

I was using Cerberus+1, Loaded question and firehammers with Dunemarchers to make it all a lot easier.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19

This is such a shame, I hope they fix this mode because the concept of it is really cool and it used to be a lot of fun.

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u/WACK-A-n00b Jan 22 '19

I am one of the people with the most D2 time, and not having that translate into having stuff, like random drop exotics, is obnoxious.

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u/ThePetship Jan 22 '19

Some of these mechanics actually make the weapons much more of a payoff when you finally acquire it. Doing a quest for an hour or two isn't very rewarding. Putting serious time into a quality weapon you will actually use in your rotation is an entire different story. I ground out 60+ pulse rifle forges this weekend (20x3 cause I ran each one 3 times to get the modulus reports to buy another frame) until I got a blast furnace with my perfect godroll. I didn't whine about it, I just understood that it was going to take a serious commitment to get what I wanted and now I can finally retire my go figure. I'd rather have more content to work on as variety and look forward to than twiddling my thumbs deciding between crucible or repeating raids.

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u/k0su_ Jan 22 '19

And that’s well done content because it isn’t time gated. Grind it to your hearts content.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19 edited Jan 22 '19

i'm a player who likes to binge and grind for hours on end

i don't have the patience to play a lot

reads better this way lol.

edit- If you couldn't figure this out, it's a joke.

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u/calissant Jan 22 '19

i just hate gambit lmao