So, let's check the list for how Destiny has been handled so far;

• Key staff original to the studio left, or was fired over power games in steering the game versus the publisher's demands
• Game faces serious changes and cuts a year before release (thus breaking a game that was on development at least since late 2010)
• Gets rid of old fans that did not move onto the new IP, and revokes their access from the forums unless they accept and move on with them
• Exaggerated advertising and hype generation showed a distorted picture of what the game would be. People in stores nowadays are doubtful when they look at the cover of Destiny and its pricing versus the price of other AAA games.
• Game is released with lack of content, and content comes as DLC and then microtransactions. Also trading isn't enabled in the game, thus forcing a lack of a player-driven economy (where in the first place Bungie wanted to create a player economy in Destiny) and the only economy is based on endless grinding and RNG.
• Cosmetic micro-transactions added, especially emotes that were lacking in the base game. The revenue from these will be used to probably encourage further support for the game down the line. There is no "free" updates in Destiny, it's just updates fueled by the micro-transactions.

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Our plan is to use these new items to bolster the service provided by our live team for another full year, as they grow and create more robust and engaging events that we’ll announce later this year. It has been, and continues to be, our goal to deliver updates to the game. Going forward, our live team is also looking to grow beyond vital updates and improvements to focus on world events, experiences, and feature requests.

Oh, yeah, the service that in the first place decided that text chat was useless in an online game, and the voice chat is a mess in most situations? Also, people throw a good amount of money to the game. Destiny currently has a high retail price, like other Activision titles. So, why do people need to pay even more for a game that's really, beyond any recovery besides the extra revenue from impulse buying and curiosity?

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If you’re still skeptical, you can log in next week and take a look for yourself. We’ll be dropping some free Silver into your account so you can purchase an emote or two and become legend through the power of dance.

Skeptical of what, microtransactions? I am not. I've bought things on microtransactions, especially cosmetic ones, from the flute in Guild Wars 2 to CS:GO skins. I am skeptical that the team at Bungie can really deliver to the big, fat promise that the game will improve over time unless I shill out 50 Euros every couple months between DLC and microtransactions. It's probably this way because it's a console release. Subscriptions are too hard to implement due to the publisher and either Microsoft or Sony having a problem with monthly or recurring subscriptions on top of theirs.

I also think that throwing cash won't really fix the main story of the game that feels rushed, has sudden turns, spasms and poor character development.

Quote from: Chaos Metal Dragon on October 10, 2015, 03:59:44 PM

Quote from: Citrus Snake on October 10, 2015, 03:30:00 PM

None of the Covenant races were enemies of the Forerunners

I never said they were (although if you want to get technical the San-Shayum did fight with Humanity against the forerunners)

You did

Quote from: Chaos Metal Dragon on October 09, 2015, 06:16:14 PM

>welds army of former enemies forcefully converted to his side

Non of the current Covenant races were enemies of the Forerunners.

None of the Covenant races were enemies of the Forerunners

Irish from BF4. Fuck that faggot

Quote from: Chaos Metal Dragon on October 09, 2015, 04:55:18 PM

Muh F-14s

Those fatasses deserved to be retired.

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- The voices for Vader and Luke are absolute shit. They make me NOT want to play as them. "Nothing can stop my lightsaber" or something like it is an actual line Vader says. Really?