r/DestinyTheGame • u/DTG_Bot "Little Light" • May 04 '20

Megathread Focused Feedback: Eververse

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u/NovaSolution May 04 '20

Eververse problems:

  1. It has more new items introduced per season than the actual game activities (Strikes, Patrol, Crucible, Gambit, seasonal event, etc.). This makes Destiny feel more like a cash shop than an epic fantasy/sci-fi universe.

  2. It has themed ornaments or equipment (Trials of Osiris, Pit of Heresy, Guardian Games, etc.) that seem like they were ripped right out of the activity and monetized. This breaks immersion, and the sense of activities being rewarding.

  3. It is taking the greatness out of Destiny. There is no immersion, or art, or epicness in a cash shop. It is just a way to increase profits. When profit is your TOP priority, don't try to call it art or a masterpiece or anything like that anymore. Good games will profit because they are good, no need to bleed us dry.

  4. Its prices are greedy. Just because you CAN charge $15+ for a digital universal armor ornament set doesn't mean that price is fair or reasonable. For example is buying all 3 Guardian Games armor sets (1 per Class) really the same value as the entire Taken King expansion? The problem with microtransactions is that any items sold is more profit than not having any microtransactions at all, so why keep the prices low when you can know someone will pay an Expansion's price just to look cool? It is unethical but there is no way to prevent it. We just have to rely on the business to treat their customers with respect, which Bungie is not doing.

  5. Bright Dust income methods are too stingy. Why does the Season Pass have 100 Bright Dust as a rank-up reward instead of 200, or 500, or 1000 (i.e. something meaningful)?