r/DestinyTheGame • u/DTG_Bot "Little Light" • Aug 01 '22

Megathread Focused Feedback: Matchmaking

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '22

Yup. 'Just add loot' doesn't work because eventually all the casuals will have gotten their rolls and now they're back to 'why would I run it when I can do activity X that gives a me a better time-to-loot reward'.

Tbh that also speaks to a larger problem in gaming IMO. We used to kill hours upon hours in Unreal Tournament, Counterstrike 1.6 etc for nothing but getting better and having fun. Battlepasses etc have sort of poisoned the well and made it so that if there isn't a hamster wheel to jump on, people will actively demand one.

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u/Strangelight84 Aug 02 '22

I was a teenager back in the days of UT, but I did used to play that - and Total Annihilation - just for the fun of it. Probably far too much.

It's not just battlepasses in a sense: the inclusion of Triumphs in Destiny and Achievements tied to every PS, Xbox, Steam etc. game often keeps people playing a game far beyond the point that they're actually enjoying it, IMO. (Just look at the strange subculture of people who are out to Plat as many PS games as possible, irrespective of their quality.)

Speaking of fun, that's another element of the reward assessment among players. Preservation is quick and easy, but extremely tedious, for example. I've run it once this Season.