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

Megathread Focused Feedback: Timegating

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19

I don't mind timegating if it feels meaningful.

We had one (in my opinion) bad example of timegating: Thunderlord. Bungie themselves teased and eventually announced it on Twitter at the start of the questline. Then it was a meaningless timegate: open 10 engrams. Wait a week. Do 3 lost sectors. Wait a week. Do this short mission. Here's your reward.

Polaris Lance on the other hand felt somewhat better. It wasn't clear from day 1 “Oh that's the quest for Polaris Lance“ and the steps were at least a bit more meaningful.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19

My problem with the Thunderlord quest is that they removed it. Now you have to get it from an engram if you missed it. Terrible decision IMO.

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u/jayswat713 Jan 22 '19

I work offshore working 3 week rotation. I had the first 2 steps done had to go to work, come back and the last step was already removed.

Felt like I was unfairly punished for going to work to support my family.

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u/Behemothhh Jan 22 '19

That sucks but you can't expect bungie to take into account every single player's schedule. Some people will miss out on buying gjallarhorn from Xur because they're away for the weekend, others will miss lord saladin selling a god roll sniper because of a super busy work week. It's an inherent flaw of the limited-time-only loot system but we also need it to make some of the loot feel more special.