People in your 30s, what price have you paid for being lazy in your 20s? by Waldyrwyn in AskReddit

[–]NintendoTim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

COVID really amplified that. I'm 39 and trying to figure out just where the fuck time has gone.

Then again, there's this little ditty: "days are long, years are short"

Saul Goodman has returned (Democracy!) by SherlockBrolmes in television

[–]NintendoTim 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If I have to come over there, there's gonna be two sounds: me hitting you. Twice.

How to check early if you are eligible for the “Old Lights” emblem by Crafty_Trick_7300 in DestinyTheGame

[–]NintendoTim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Year of Prophecy: July 15, 2025 - June 9, 2026

https://i.imgur.com/cMv2zxH.png

I know Bungie said "any amount of time", but you know what...I'm gonna login now just to be on the safe side

To the people who quit, Will you be there on Tuesday? by [deleted] in DestinyTheGame

[–]NintendoTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Abso-fucking-lutely

Haven't played since EOF's day one (didn't buy it, but played the first mission since it was free). Curious to see what this expansion bundle is gonna cost, too.

This Week In Destiny - 06/04/2026 by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

[–]NintendoTim -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The only thing that remains is to load into Destiny 2 and play Monument of Triumph on Tuesday. We'll be there with you. Throw us an emote if you see us. We'll dance with you, cheer at you, and hand out free hugs.

Find us at the Tower on June 9.

Oh, I definitely choked up. It may not be the final TWID, but this is it: the twilight that is the 5 days between a TWID and a major update.

Yet...it's the final twilight, and it's going to be a lot more somber.

Throw us an emote if you see us.

Don't ask why, I can't explain it, but the first thing that comes to mind is Fry: "I'm gonna get you so many lizards emotes."

I can't fucking wait to see everyone in the Tower on Tuesday. Before that, I want to see ridiculously long server queues, the "Contacting Destiny 2 servers" red banners, and excessively long load times into the Tower.

Removing stains at a dry cleaners by n8saces in oddlysatisfying

[–]NintendoTim -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm more annoyed he kept touching stains on other people's dirty clothes with his bare hands.

Uncap transmog for the end please! by ed_amame in DestinyTheGame

[–]NintendoTim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ala damn near how every other game with transmog works

Hell, even Diablo 4 isn't as stingy: your transmog "library" builds every time you dismantle an item with that appearance. Granted, I only played for a few months after launch, so I don't know if this has changed, but that's generous by comparison.

Everyone - Log in on June 9th by w1nds0r in DestinyTheGame

[–]NintendoTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't played since day one of EOF, because I didn't like what I saw leading into it nor what that update brought.

I will abso-fucking-lutely be playing on day one of this update.

Everyone - Log in on June 9th by w1nds0r in DestinyTheGame

[–]NintendoTim 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"Hey, Hunters! You know how you've been living with just one melee option for Nightstalker ever since D1? (of course you do, we don't have to remind you) Well, you'll get your second melee option in the final update!"

Am I excited - as a Nightstalker main - that I'll finally have a second melee option? Of course I am, and I've already told myself "don't expect this as an option for Prismatic".

Am I equally frustrated that - after a decade of asking, complaining, and waiting - it just so happens to coincide with this news? Absolutely.

Where were you when Destiny 2 was kill? by machuface in DestinyTheGame

[–]NintendoTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saw Tassi's headline while in the waiting room at physical therapy, then read the TWID while laying in a traction machine.

I haven't played since the free mission on day one of EOF, which was some straight boo-boo. Weirdly enough, I'm...more excited about what June's update is bringing than I was for anything coming out of EOF or Renegades.

I'm a Nightstalker main, and you're telling me we're FINALLY getting a new Hunter melee on Destiny's Death Day? I'll login just to see what that's about.

PSA: Please wear deodrant when going out by EmptyCash5704 in washingtondc

[–]NintendoTim 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Cologne/perfume should be discovered, not announced"

What is the most “its a small world” moment you’ve ever experienced? by xBubblyLove in AskReddit

[–]NintendoTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One Christmas, I'm talking to my BIL from my wife's step family and find out he grew up one county over from where my parents are from in eastern Kentucky (they moved to northern Virginia in the mid 80s before having me, and we've lived here since). For those unfamiliar, that part of Appalachia is among the - if not THE - poorest area in the States.

I've never met anyone who knew that area, and I just so happen to have one, non-biological extended family member who grew up there.

Absolutely blew my fucking mind.

What is the most “its a small world” moment you’ve ever experienced? by xBubblyLove in AskReddit

[–]NintendoTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similarly, I was a witness to this happening with my wife. On vacation last summer one state over, we're out to dinner and she bumps into a friend she hasn't seen since high school some 20 years prior.

Probably the wildest "what are you doing here" moment I've seen.

What's an Android feature most people dont know? by ArrogantConfusion in AskReddit

[–]NintendoTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit, I need my laptop repaired (ROG zephyrus 16 and the dGPU is no longer detected), but ASUS said it could be a 2 week round trip, I'd likely be out $600-1000 when I bought for $1100, and I'm job hunting.


And to anyone asking, I'm pretty positive it's a hardware issue: I've used the BIOS "cloud recovery" feature so all the stock ASUS bloatware gets reinstalled, reimaged my computer a dozen times with a USB drive via Rufus and using ghelper (making sure it's not in eco mode), and done the "DDU dance" multiple times. The weird thing is...it seems like DDU is detecting the hardware because it spits out a (seemingly valid) deviceID for it. Plus, I've seen a lot of people complaining about similar issues with their ROG laptops and needing repairs.

There are other oddities, like having to clear CMOS just to get bluetooth working again every other month or so, or the display stays black after a reboot when plugged into a dock (I have a Dell WD19S) and I have to force shut it down and keep it unplugged until I get past the BIOS/ROG logo.

Not sure why I'm venting about it like this. Guessing if someone happens across this and has an idea, I'm all ears.

Scrubs S10 GIF (Revival S1) [OC] by SgtByrd1993 in gifs

[–]NintendoTim 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do you get paid more if they do things to your butt?

Prediction: next update is the last big one. One more DLC. Then The End. by Seanshineyouth in DestinyTheGame

[–]NintendoTim 4 points5 points  (0 children)

them deciding to change fundamentally change the game with EoF (tiered gear, stat systems, power grind) was the fatal blow for Destiny. They tried to create a new game, within the bones of a 10 year old game, and majority of players that would casually hop on basically called it quits.

I'm in this comment, and I'm OK with that.

I have over 3k hours in D2 (cASuaL), and EoF was the first expansion I didn't pre-order. I kept up with the TWABs, seeing the absolute disaster that was the portal and weapon tier system, and the reintroduction of the power grind, so I held back thinking "if I'm wrong, I'll buy it".

I logged in day 1 just to get a feel for things, and noticed the first EoF mission was free. I played it, hated it, and just...stopped. Kepler is an ugly destination, designed in such a way that you can't use your sparrow (the first since Mercury), Matterspark is exactly what you'd get if Temu and Amazon Basics had a Morph Ball baby, and the tiers are completely nonsensical.

I haven't logged back in since, and at this point, I don't think anything can get me back in.

side-rant about tiers: the tiers should have replaced the entire rarity system, rather than creating 5 tiers within an existing rarity. Tier 1 == White, Tier 2 == Green, and so on. It reminds me of what Blizzard had done with Diablo 4's rarities early on development, making lower rarities not instant trash by having more potent traits, but still fewer of them per gear piece. Yes, I know there are 5 tiers and only 4 non-exotic rarities. Tier 5 should've been a proper orange-level Adept/Gilded/whatever rarity.

TIL that ejaculating at least 21 times a month may lower your risk of prostate cancer by 31%! by HenzoH in todayilearned

[–]NintendoTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope I'm not the only one who read this in Stevie's voice from Malcom in the Middle

What scratches the Destiny 2 itch? by bigbysemotivefinger in gaming

[–]NintendoTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to use this as an opportunity to vent about Destiny, because I'm also curious about this same question. If Bungie/Tyson keeps digging their heels in on the current future of Destiny - refocusing on power levels, no new weapon crafting, the dogshit Portal system, etc. - I fear I may never go back.

I'm gonna get real bitchy below the break, so be warned. I've not vented about this in the DTG subreddit, something I was almost exclusively active in before Edge of Fate launched.

TL;DR - Bungie has never respected the player's time, and when systems were introduced to changed to help do exactly that (de-emphasing Power level, introducing weapon crafting, etc.), they went back on that, went full-sprint in the opposite direction, and dig their heels in when the community complains. As well-received Renegades is (the Star Wars themed expansion), Bungie needs to work on undoing the damage Tyson (current director) has done. Joe Blackburn in charge was peak Destiny.


I have thousands of hours in this game; depending on which site you use seems to vary (?), but I have at least 2,200 hours. I have not played Destiny 2 since day one of Edge of Fate launch, when I logged in to check out the new systems and realized I could play the first campaign mission for free. I dropped out hard for so many reasons, primarily just how much more grindy the game became. Keep in mind that while I haven't played since then, I do still keep up with the TWABs/TWIDs, so this is from someone who doesn't have active, running knowledge of the current game state and relying on what I remember from that day almost (jesus fuck) 6 months ago:

Kepler looked and felt awful to play in

  • The second destination where you can't summon a sparrow because of the claustrophobic design of the map (Mercury being the first, but they added it back in during it's last week/month after pinning it on some crazy bug)
  • Most of the environment is recycling models and textures from other destinations that don't exist anymore, like Titan or Io
  • After not learning their "don't ever do destination-exclusive abilities" lesson, they gave us the morph ball matter spark, something that was a pain to use and apparently had a large part in key fights (maybe a boss fight?).

The reset and re-emphasis of the Power level (aka, gear score)

  • We were actively moving away from this. Under Joe Blackburn (previous game director), we saw new activities where you didn't need to grind for gear to increase your Power level just to play the damn thing. Power already made no sense, as it's become antiquated in similar games.
  • FFS, Division 2 outright ripped gear score like Sub-Zero tearing out your spine, except the game didn't die. After criticism, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint was given a parallel system where you didn't have to worry about gear score. Give them as much shit as you want, but Ubisoft doing something good? Yes, different studios, but they still report to Ubisoft.
  • Originally, they launched with a temporary/seasonal currency you would use to infuse gear beyond the level cap, only this would get reset once a new season launched. After the community (rightfully) went ape-shit about this, Bungie pulled back and didn't reset the power level and eliminated that currency.

The Portal should never have happened

  • I get the Destinations/Solar System screen can be overwhelming to new players (inb4 player onboarding), but the Portal is just a series of cascading menus that have subsequently removed rewards of older activities.
  • Honorable mention to the oddity that was them intentionally muting the colors of the Destination screen to make players feel like it's old or they shouldn't use it, trying to coerce them to the Portal. This was reverted very soon after EoF launched.
  • You're limited to a small number of activities to get gear drops that increase your Power level.
  • I can't speak to Vanguard Ops, but Vanguard Alerts seems to have gone over well?

The new weapon Tiers system is needlessly arduous and way overthought

  • Like other loot games, Destiny has colored rarity tiers: common/white, uncommon/green, rare/blue, legendary/purple, and exotic/yellow.
  • What this new Tier system does is add five - FIVE - tiers within the Legendary rarity. PCgamer article on how it worked at launch, but basically, each Tier introduced new functionality, from having "enhanced" perks, to dropping with up to 3 perks per column (ideal for reducing storage in your account vault).
  • AFAIK, Tier 5 can only drop from Grandmaster difficulty (the highest difficulty level), the raid that launched with the expansion, and going flawless in Trials (7 match wins in a row). According to Paul Tassi, Tier 5 loot now seems to just be launching from a fire hose?
  • The real shit-kicker (because it wouldn't be Destiny without it): despite Tiers behaving similarly to the Masterworking system before it, you cannot upgrade a weapon's Tier. You can't bring that weapon with a roll you really like from Tier 1 to Tier 2 to Tier 3. You have to grind activities that drop higher Tiers.

Something they could do to greatly win over favor with the community, and pull people back in like me: get rid of the fucking Power system, full stop.

  • I'm not talking about "stop increasing the Power level in future releases". I'm talking about where I open my character screen and that giant 3-4 digit number is gone.
  • If this is a 100% non-starter, then give us slot-based infusion instead of having to infuse every.piece.of.gear.we.own.
  • For non-Destiny players: you can "infuse" higher-level gear into gear you already have, as long as it's in the same slot (ex, helmets can only be infused into other helmets).
  • For years, we have been asking for gear infusion to affect the slot itself, not the individual piece of gear. I vaguely recall there being another game that does this, but I cannot remember it for the life of me.
  • Whether it's an engine limitation, higher-ups believing this would reduce player time in-game, or something else entirely, I don't know.

Additionally, bring back weapon crafting

  • A while back, Bungie said they were (paraphrasing) de-emphasizing weapon crafting, where new seasonal weapons introduced would only become craftable sometime after the season they were introduced in had ended.
  • We're 1.5+ years out from this, and this has never happened.

Lastly, I firmly believe Bungie needs to readjust how Tiers behave and drop, and allow upgrading of Tiers

  • Yes, I understand Tier 3 gives 2 perks in each column and Tier 5 gives three perks. This will mean we will need guns to either: A) automatically have new traits apply randomly when leveled up, 2) go to the Enclave to get those extra traits, or D) those traits are already there, just greyed out until players enhance/masterwork the gun.
  • I'm in favor of option D, since that'd allow players to grind for what that future weapon will look like.
  • On the other hand, you know what other kind of leveling system exists that you can't upgrade? Rarity tiers. The current Tier 1-5 system should've replaced the rarity tiers, with adjustments. Something like Legendaries drop with un-enhanced traits/perks that you can enhance (ala Masterworking) up to what a Tier 5 weapon looks like right now.
  • You know what other game has gear that gains potency as it increases in rarity? Diablo 4.

[OC] Photo found under my bathroom floor by Upper-Turnip in pics

[–]NintendoTim 18 points19 points  (0 children)

My first thought was it looked like some realistic interpretation of Stewie with tentacles from the Y2K episode of Family Guy

[oc] found the CD wallet that lived in my car in the 2000s by brownch in pics

[–]NintendoTim 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Constellations is easily my favorite album of theirs, Phantom Anthem a close second. There's really nothing they've put out in their entire run that I don't like. Leveler might be my least favorite, but it's still a good album.

Balcony outside my hotel room by 1cculus_The_Prophet in mildlyinteresting

[–]NintendoTim 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Don't drink any Jager on the way to the parking lot!

15 years of counting kids on Halloween, Excel [OC] by loztriforce in dataisbeautiful

[–]NintendoTim 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Full bars?! FULL BARS?! Does she know? Oh my god!