This is not surprising. The game is awful. Story is bland, content is mostly recycled from Destiny 1, PvP is boring and still not on par with with MM games (30fps, no dedicated servers, etc..
Game should have launched at $29.99 and worth no more than $9.99 at the moment.
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Destiny 2 PS4, XBox One, PC $22.99 / $18.39 (GCU) at Best Buy
By YoshiFan1, Dec 23 2017 06:03 AM
#32
Posted 23 December 2017 - 05:38 PM
Huh did not expect this to fall that fast. I played quite a bit of the first one but all the ruckus in the press has kept me away from 2. At this rate, I might as well wait until it is $10 or they release an updated version with the hollow DLC bundled it.
#36
Lemurian Cult Leader
Posted 23 December 2017 - 07:40 PM
With good reason after all the controversies.
https://youtu.be/2SsJ9s6KB5c
I don’t get this guys crying about not being able to earn every free item for a special event. Isn’t it like this for most games that have special unlocks? Aren’t most of these unlocks cosmetic?
#37
CAG Veteran
Posted 23 December 2017 - 08:20 PM
I don’t get this guys crying about not being able to earn every free item for a special event. Isn’t it like this for most games that have special unlocks? Aren’t most of these unlocks cosmetic?
It's just the latest in a long line of controversies and problems plaguing Destiny 2.
During most "Special Events" the diligent can earn most, if not all the bonus items. Destiny 2 however is account bound, and limited to a weekly cap unlike something like WoW or Overwatch, and etc.
It's specifically set up so that if you want to earn all the items... you'll need to open your wallet
Even if it is "Just Cosmetic" it still affects the game, since it affects yours and many other player's enjoyments and creates a player base of haves and have-nots.
The other controversies include secretly throttling your XP, while telling you you're still earning the full rate to try and get you to buy more Microtransactions.
Once the XP controversy was exposed, they took out the throttling.. only to secretly double the XP required to level and progress.
Selling DLC/MT items to increase the drop rate of rare and epic items, only to find out the item was broken/doesn't work... then saying they'll look into and fix the issue AFTER the Holidays.
Blocking old content behind a Expansion Pay-wall. The content you used to be able to play, along with a handful of achievements were gated behind a pay wall when the expansion was recently released (2months after the game), and the only to get access to this content/achievements was to buy the expansion... once again people kicked up a fuss and they are looking into fixing it (I am not sure if they have fixed it yet or not)
Every time they are caught, the community cause an uproar and Bungie releases an almost verbatum apology letter saying it's not what they planned to do, they're sorry, they'll fix it, won't happen again.. then another controversy crops up.
#38
Banned
Posted 23 December 2017 - 08:29 PM
It's just the latest in a long line of controversies and problems plaguing Destiny 2.
During most "Special Events" the diligent can earn most, if not all the bonus items. Destiny 2 however is account bound, and limited to a weekly cap unlike something like WoW or Overwatch, and etc.
It's specifically set up so that if you want to earn all the items... you'll need to open your wallet
Even if it is "Just Cosmetic" it still affects the game, since it affects yours and many other player's enjoyments and creates a player base of haves and have-nots.
The other controversies include secretly throttling your XP, while telling you you're still earning the full rate to try and get you to buy more Microtransactions.
Once the XP controversy was exposed, they took out the throttling.. only to secretly double the XP required to level and progress.
Selling DLC/MT items to increase the drop rate of rare and epic items, only to find out the item was broken/doesn't work... then saying they'll look into and fix the issue AFTER the Holidays.
Blocking old content behind a Expansion Pay-wall. The content you used to be able to play, along with a handful of achievements were gated behind a pay wall when the expansion was recently released (2months after the game), and the only to get access to this content/achievements was to buy the expansion... once again people kicked up a fuss and they are looking into fixing it (I am not sure if they have fixed it yet or not)
Every time they are caught, the community cause an uproar and Bungie releases an almost verbatum apology letter saying it's not what they planned to do, they're sorry, they'll fix it, won't happen again.. then another controversy crops up.
They charge you MMO prices (with the expansions) without giving you MMO features.
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#41
Banned
Posted 23 December 2017 - 08:43 PM
I am curious as to what you mean by MMO Features?
(This coming from a long, long time MMO player.... god I wasted to much of my life on MMOs)
Social features that are standard in MMO games such as lack of clan features (besides sharing rewards) - clan chat, text chat, and not knowing where your party members are on the map. Also not a big fan of being locked out of Trials, Raid/Strikes on heroic if you didn't buy an expansion. I know that they did this for Destiny 1, but MMOs usually don't do this. Expansions without any substance that are basically reused maps with bosses that look a lot like bosses from Destiny 1. I'm also aware that Bungie has said that Destiny is not a MMO, but by the way they are making these expansions available for purchase during pre-order and release date, they sure do charge it like one.
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#43
CAG in Training
Posted 23 December 2017 - 09:10 PM
I bought the pro on sale recently and it came with Destiny 2 + all DLC. I wanted to sell it but no one wants it. Tried selling it online for the same price as the base game has been for sale and still no one wants it. I think at this point id have a hard time giving it away. I may as well give it to my son (10) and maybe he'll get something out of it.
What do you want for it?
#45
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Posted 23 December 2017 - 09:38 PM
I don’t get this guys crying about not being able to earn every free item for a special event. Isn’t it like this for most games that have special unlocks? Aren’t most of these unlocks cosmetic?
People are weird that way, as it seems to me if people CAN'T get every free item for a special event, it makes the special event items more rare and more special. Granted, this will rub the completionist type of gamer the wrong way.... which I expect also has a very high overlap with the poopsocker sort of player, which is a type of player Destiny 2 already ran into trouble with.
#46
CAGiversary!
Posted 23 December 2017 - 10:15 PM
anyone else buy destiny 2 last month and having trouble w/ price adjustment? I bought it for 22.99 after GCU last month and now is 18.39. They said I have to go the store to do return/rebuy because they can't price adjust a GCU price. Annoying. I have Elite plus but price will probably change after xmas. Not wanting to go to the store for this.
Edit: got the price adjustment via chat.
#48
CAG Veteran
Posted 23 December 2017 - 11:01 PM
Social features that are standard in MMO games such as lack of clan features (besides sharing rewards) - clan chat, text chat, and not knowing where your party members are on the map. Also not a big fan of being locked out of Trials, Raid/Strikes on heroic if you didn't buy an expansion. I know that they did this for Destiny 1, but MMOs usually don't do this. Expansions without any substance that are basically reused maps with bosses that look a lot like bosses from Destiny 1. I'm also aware that Bungie has said that Destiny is not a MMO, but by the way they are making these expansions available for purchase during pre-order and release date, they sure do charge it like one.
So very true, they push the "Shared World" and "Social" aspect of the game, but never allow you to be social.
All you really can do is look like an ass and do emotes infront of everyone, with lack of communication.
I remember how much of a bitch it was getting raids together in the original Destiny. As for D2, rented it, played through the original released content.. took it back.
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#49
The wall just got 10 feet higher
Posted 23 December 2017 - 11:07 PM
it's like buying a printer for cheap, but then they get you with the ink prices (microtransactions)
I heard the latest expansion DLC was a complete turd, and there was a mass exodus after that
they must be scramblin' to keep people from jumping ship
From what I’ve gathered is they put a level cap at 20 and removed stuff that was accessible before and people left in droves
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#51
CAG Veteran
Posted 24 December 2017 - 12:22 AM
They fixed the locked out of Trials, etc.Social features that are standard in MMO games such as lack of clan features (besides sharing rewards) - clan chat, text chat, and not knowing where your party members are on the map. Also not a big fan of being locked out of Trials, Raid/Strikes on heroic if you didn't buy an expansion. I know that they did this for Destiny 1, but MMOs usually don't do this. Expansions without any substance that are basically reused maps with bosses that look a lot like bosses from Destiny 1. I'm also aware that Bungie has said that Destiny is not a MMO, but by the way they are making these expansions available for purchase during pre-order and release date, they sure do charge it like one.
But sadly that was like a couple exoduses (exodi?) ago by now.
They've managed to piss of a record amount of players a record amount of times in less than 100 days
#56
CAG in Training
Posted 24 December 2017 - 02:38 AM
This all sounds like people taking a videogame way too seriously.
The base game is probably worth the $15 post GCU/$5 reward certificate I'm paying for it. That's more than enough for what this is. And I payed launch price for the original.
#57
Banned
Posted 24 December 2017 - 04:54 AM
If you don't mind me asking, how much are you selling it for?I bought the pro on sale recently and it came with Destiny 2 + all DLC. I wanted to sell it but no one wants it. Tried selling it online for the same price as the base game has been for sale and still no one wants it. I think at this point id have a hard time giving it away. I may as well give it to my son (10) and maybe he'll get something out of it.
#59
Lemurian Cult Leader
Posted 24 December 2017 - 06:06 AM
So, are all these people complaining about lootboxes actually playing the game because they enjoy it, or are they playing in the hope that they get some random, rare item that only other people who even care about the game will be impressed with? Not possible to get every special item in a short period of time? That’s too bad. I can’t imagine getting so worked up about something like this that I would create, edit and post a video about it...
#60
CAGiversary!
Posted 24 December 2017 - 06:06 AM
This plus the expansion pass for 53.38 total seems like deal of year to me. While I agree with the poor reception of the end game, I also think you'll get so many hours of enjoyment out of it, especially if you're just coming into this franchise. I've put a lot of time into this game on Xbox and PC and plan on putting many more into it.
Luke Smith is that you?
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