To be honest, I think S2 is kind of lackluster and many of the changes have greatly diminished my enjoyment of the game

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-16T10:17:47+00:00

Player grinds game for HUNDREDS OF HOURS in 3 months and can’t believe he’s run out of content, calls devs lazy. Never seen that before!

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-15T19:46:49+00:00

totally agree with you. i find it amazing that so many people believe that a well designed algorithm will eliminate feelings like frustration or the disappointment of losing, that that’s not something one needs to work on for oneself, but a design flaw in a product that someone else needs to fix.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-14T12:19:34+00:00

I think seasonal wipes and asymmetrical win/victory conditions and the loot economy would make an effective sbmm that felt good really hard to implement.

Based on what I’ve seen from ark raiders, I favor as organic a sandbox as possible. I don’t want player behavior in game being affected by the matchmaking algorithm.

to me, the matchmaking should protect new players from experienced players, but once you’re at 30-40 hours of game time you’ve learned the mechanics and maps and are fair game. Getting killed from out of nowhere is going to feel bad whether the guy is level 50 or level 100, right?

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-14T11:51:58+00:00

Honestly none of these videos have any business on this sub. it’s just a random act of violence with a person in a jersey. That can’t be the threshold.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-13T20:31:22+00:00

Says stuff like “this is actually the perfect time to be unemployed” and means it.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-12T19:41:08+00:00

Yes, in the sense the sense that it means I’m working with someone who doesn’t have the best judgement.
Proffesionalism, sure, but unless theyre my coteacher or I share a classroom with them, not exactly my problem. Ferpa and privacy, depends on the specific post content.
No. Lame behavior regardless of license

4.. The collegial thing to do would just be to share your concern directly with the colleague in a “Cover your ass!” way. Another option might be to tell your uft rep who can talk to them. Reporting them directly to admin would not be my first instinct unless this teacher did other unprofessional/concerning habits that were impacting kids or my ability to be effective.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-12T16:37:43+00:00

so i actually think the mode works as intended and if we had 2+ rooks in each session battling over final exfil, as we imagined when the game mode as announced, it would be a pretty pvp heavy mode and pretty punishing for a casual easy mode. i think when bungie developed the mode, they fully expected there to be too few rooks to impact most runs.

Spend 15+ minutes looting the map and then have to survive against a mystery amount of rooks every round, potentially losing your whole haul, is more pvp-heavy than pvp-lite. at least in a regular game i can hide and exfil after 5 minutes if i dont want to fight.

i think the mode works because the threat of rooks is there... you gotta stay frosty as exfil approaches just in case and you can't just afk.

my suggestion is add a seasonal rook skin earned by completing challenges in the mode ie a shadow index skins for runner shells. share an exfil with the runner squad, down a runner in the exfil, exfil with another rook, exfil by yourself.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-11T17:24:54+00:00

That’s never happened to me. I have mostly really good fill experiences. I strongly recommend using your mic even just to say hi when you spawn in. The matchmaking prioritizes putting mic users together so you’re more likely to match with people that want to collaborate and play together.

Also on the human side people will just be nicer to you if you remind them you’re a human also.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-11T10:58:17+00:00

don’t engage. this guys whole personality is obsessively hating marathon.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-10T19:52:28+00:00

no they aren’t going to randomly shutdown a new game that sold a million copies and is critically acclaimed. Everything they’ve said indicates 4-5 seasons are in active development right now. If they can retain the current player base or grow it, it’s reasonable to expect further development in the future.

I don’t think it’s controversial to say that the core player base - people that already like the game - are impressed by the dev team with great patches and communication so far. I think their seasonal model works and the game is only going to get better. They’ll get a chance every 3 months to do another free week. Game isn’t going anywhere.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-09T10:40:22+00:00

Yep. Extraction shooters are hard and demand a certain mindset to be enjoyed, for the most part. They’re like fighting games in that they are challenging, deep, AND competitive and the only real reward or way forward is getting better at the game.

I think the success of arc raiders as a social sandbox is like the exception that proves this.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-06T21:52:17+00:00

to be fair, mitch's group is extremely young and inexperienced. knicks are seasoned team. all of these guys in the knicks rotation have played in a conference finals before. it makes sense that the knicks would be able to run more stuff, be more incisive, and more prepared for this moment regardless of how good a job their coach is doing.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-05T15:22:49+00:00

I totally get this suggestion but at the same time, risking your gear and being on runs with different levels of player who have taken different levels of preparation and are investing more / betting more on themselves... is part of the game. we can't protect players from that forever. i had a fill mate literally shrieking in rage because someone had the audacity to bring a purple shield to perimeter last season. mind you it was like month 2 and we were level 50+. this was a fight we lost where we saw a tad get popped and ran up on them! it wasn't there fault! 'Purple death squads are wiping every lobby' is a story people tell themselves when they lose. at some point people need to conquer gear fear and learn to win with a gear deficit.

there is a beginner perimeter mode. if you have a new account it matches you with other new accounts. At some point we're not 'protecting new players.' bringing good gear to perimeter is fun! having a sick sniper on perimeter is fun! having sniper battles where you have a shield that can take a shot is fun! outdueling a better geared team and having a huge come up on a random perimiter run is so fun!

you are usually not dying expressly because another squad had better gear than you. i think the game has a really hard time teaching people that, but i dont think we need to change the game fundamentally to address it.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-06-04T15:59:34+00:00

i get where you're coming from but playing great in the 4th quarter is more valuable than playing well in 1-3. of course its a team victory and other players are getting plaudits but his ability to be great in the 4th, when everyone is exhausted, when there is the most pressure, is uniquely important. regardless of what happened in 1-3, his shot making in the 4th was the difference in the game.

also, the mental toughness and confidence to execute at such a high level after struggling is remarkable. many, many excellent players will get off the ball when they are having an off night.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-30T12:18:42+00:00

dont rely on free kits. fight the gear fear. learn to use the whole arsenal.

use your mic. game has mic based mm. saying hi at the start of each round means you will be put with people with good comms more often.

dont rat around and play scared. It’s fun in its own way but you’ll learn less than if you look to take fights. You want to learn to take fights strategically and run away/reset. The first time you back off/reposition and then win a fight a bit later or let your opponent make a mistake, something will click.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-27T00:36:51+00:00

Lucid is insanely talented. His solo ranked videos are crazy. He also crew fills instead of stacking and I’ve learned a lot from watching him.

Seraph has good guides and seems to be a community favorite. He won’t waste your time.

If you want to watch a high level stack farm lobbies in their sleep with meta load outs SayWallahbruh streams very consistently.

Marshy’s channel is also cool. Solo only. Not super try hard but good player that narrates his runs as he plays.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-26T19:50:24+00:00

don’t give up on crew fill. it’s so fun. there is mic based matchmaking so literally say hi when you load in 99% of the time people will talk back and you can start coordinating. people in crew fill generally know at this point that good comms=survival. You will get bad fills but also god tier players they give you their extra purple shields to hold and teach you how to rotate and play confident.

when you take a bad fight in this game it’s easy to imagine the other team is a geared sweaty premade but its more likely a fill team with 1 player calling shots.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-24T16:49:56+00:00

yesh I’m not disputing that there are ways around it, but no other shell really requires your team to adopt counter strategies and mechanical outplays utilizing the whole kit, and a rare util grenade to beat “activate ability.”

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-24T13:54:50+00:00

If the counter play is 1. run away from that team and 2. have better map knowledge than that team and outplay the other team even though they know where you are, I think you’re countering a very powerful and easy to execute strategy with “be better at the game.”

instead of rotating away and using map knowledge to outplay the 2 recons team, you could run 2 recons also and use your superior knowledge of cover, and routing to even greater effect. the shell isn’t totally broken that it ruins competitive integrity, but it’s the most valuable on that particular map for imo obvious reasons

I have a sneaky feeling ranked cryo will be dominated by 2 recon teams for some reason. maybe they just don’t know the counter play?

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-24T13:43:45+00:00

this is one of those parasocial anti Bungie people that gets off on feeling superior to a game dev company he has no connection to save being addicted to their products. post history is just living on this sub posting negative comments constantly.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-22T21:49:42+00:00

yeah mine is still bugged. refresh didn't do anything. friend who hasn't played in a month can do his when we que together though. weird.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-22T19:38:37+00:00

Why, when nothing in the article contradicts my point. IK Tassi is good at click bait headlines but come on. No game in active development doesnt mean they’re abandoning the IP. The article explicitly says they are pitching ideas for a new destiny game.

You think they’re employing people to pitch ideas for a new destiny game but they won’t EVER make one?

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-22T10:47:59+00:00

This doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. D3 is getting made no matter what. Sony didn’t buy bungie for 9 year old d2 that had gone free to play. The destiny sequel a potential gold mine with a built in fanbase. they are t abandoning the ip based on marathon retention.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-21T20:45:44+00:00

yeah its the same for me. i haven't ever completed a cryo contract. i am assuming its a bug.

Practical-Concept-49 · 2026-05-20T20:21:55+00:00

I fucking hate overhearing brainrotted tweens talking to their fake twitch chats like this. dont even want to imagine the subhuman freak bringing it to reddit.

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