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Bungie releases statment about the XP in Destiny 2
- Thread starter jbug617
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It's a shame we only hear so swiftly about community feedback when it ties into something microtransaction related.
"We designed a system that would reward players less, the more time they spent playing. This was meant to encourage loot box purchases. We got caught and we're removing it from the game."
That's my take. It's really hard not to be this skeptical in gaming these days. You can't trust a single one of these developers or publishers when it comes to this stuff.
The dishonesty inherent to the system they created is what really gets me here. There's no indicator outside of the test that players did to show players that they are being penalized in terms of XP gains. The game makes it seem like XP gain is consistent despite XP throttling pretty substantially behind the scenes.
To me, this isn't a game balance issue with the game like predatory lootboxes tend to be. The fact that it was knowingly designed and implemented in a deceitful way really bothers me.
To me, this isn't a game balance issue with the game like predatory lootboxes tend to be. The fact that it was knowingly designed and implemented in a deceitful way really bothers me.
Didn't really care for the XP rewards after you hit the level cap, but it's nice to know when you're gonna hit a new level to get those bright engrams.
Yeah it sure sounds like there sorry they got caught...not sorry they did it.
Holy shit I can't believe this was a thing. This year has been filled with as many scummy AAA developer/distributor decisions as it's been amazing games.
Lame, but eh, whatever. I'm willing to bet every single game with MTs has something like this, we just haven't found others. I don't buy any of it, so I don't really care.
Improving the rate at which one earns Bright Engrams (entirely cosmetic gift boxes) does not even begin to address the myriad of problems this game is plagued with, and Bungie has, in the past, demonstrated that they're very much a "one step forward, two steps back" sort of developer. This fix is effectively just blowing hot air.
Man I almost want to believe it wasn't intentional, only because the idea that no one would catch on is so comically absurd. Almost.
What the fuck happened to you gaming? Yo ass used to be beautiful.
What the fuck happened to you gaming? Yo ass used to be beautiful.
I've lost count of the terrible decisions bungie has made regarding this game. It's almost like they ignored all the criticisms of D1
Do these guys even realise that their target market are the biggest nerds on the planet? Surely it was only a matter of time before some smart ass caught them out.
The fact that it was an actual system that was capping the XP goes to show it was intentional...
Funny how they can turn the system off for getting caught capping XP on players, but an emote took them weeks to fix and even had to delay Trials for 2 weeks. It's honestly laughable at this point.
Funny how they can turn the system off for getting caught capping XP on players, but an emote took them weeks to fix and even had to delay Trials for 2 weeks. It's honestly laughable at this point.
Uh huh. Well, that's something.
For real. Would have never known about this.
So the xp you get will be displayed accurately, but now you are rewarded less for completing the same tasks as before.
Well I guess Bungie is joining EA, UBI, and Activision on my boycott list.
Well I guess Bungie is joining EA, UBI, and Activision on my boycott list.
It would have been somewhat better to say...sorry...we're turning it off than to try and pretend they agree that they didn't like it.
I may not have had much of an issue with XP in D2, but to basically lie about it instead of owning the issue is worse than the practice itself to me.
Now I'm upset.
No, that's what is happening now. They are turning that off.
I may not have had much of an issue with XP in D2, but to basically lie about it instead of owning the issue is worse than the practice itself to me.
Now I'm upset.
No, that's what is happening now. They are turning that off.
After what happened to EA, I doubt bungie wants to risk not listening to the community with bullshit
