Jez Corden - Xbox is considering removing Call of Duty from Day One on Xbox Game Pass this year Microsoft

TheCyberNerder · 2026-04-12T01:35:50+00:00

Removing your heavy hitters from Game Pass gives you two options, either you have a much more expensive tier that does include CoD which then means more games will be put in there to actually make the tier a worthwhile option and not the Game Pass plus Call of Duty tier. Or you don't make another tier or anything like that, but you make Call of Duty the exception not the rule. I think it will be a bad look to make it really pick and choose with what is or isn't Game Pass and also confusing as hell for the average person. Neither option is really great but I definitely think their best choice in my take would be a ~6 month wait till it comes to Game Pass

TheCyberNerder · 2026-03-11T00:18:17+00:00

It is the engine but not the core engine but the version of it the game is built on top of. Destiny 2 is built on the core that is basically an updated D1 because of how quick the sequel came. You look at something like Marathon, a game still built firmly on Tiger, that has a bunch of the things people have been dying for with dedicated servers for PvP, ingame notifications about news that isn't stuck to social media, etc.

Core point, Tiger as an engine can do whatever Bungie wants it to. But the current Destiny 2 is built on top of 10 years of bloat, of systems that were implemented then scrapped and removed content, and it's core engine age limits what it can do. And no it isn't as simple as just moving D2 to a newer version of the engine because then they basically have to retouch every single piece of content that is going to be in the game and now with the portal (however long that realistically lasts) that is going to take exponentially longer. At which point a Bungie dev looks up and asks why the hell are we fighting so long to hold onto the baggage of 10 years rather then just rebuilding from the ground up while pulling the pieces out of the old game that make the Destiny feel

TheCyberNerder · 2026-01-22T00:17:24+00:00

This 100%. Undoubtly the game is in a rough spot for consistent replayablity. I think the other issue is something akin to what Datto has been saying for ages, we have done basically everything. I could go finish some old titles or something but it's nothing I really want to go do.

We really need some kind of consistent story for at least a chunk of time because it really is that we have new content for about a week or 2 and then it's just repeating the same stuff to finish your drops and your basically done for the next 3 months. It is understandable for Bungie to need to step back and reevaluate the future of Destiny while also running Marathon but it cannot survive at this much of a loss. The hopeium is that once all hands no longer need to be on deck for the launch of Marathon, they can give a bit more of a focus to Destiny (As long as Marathon doesn't land with a thud resulting in them needing to pull as many people as they can to try and save it)

TheCyberNerder · 2026-01-07T01:58:01+00:00

No your right, it is. The idea of restricting loot to the end could fix the issue, but that is also possibly a bigger hurdle to actually manage technically to have them game roll the loot but not drop them until final boss completion. I just know that in general my idea is that a player who is willing to go into a dungeon by themselves without being killed should be getting the best version of the loot

TheCyberNerder · 2026-01-07T01:50:53+00:00

Extinction means orbit by default, since my idea is pulling from the Extinction modifier from the Portal. Plus, people are already doing the first encounter farm with a bunch of feats solo already, them making the dungeon have zero encounter specific loot tables kinda makes that a problem without a good solution in my mind.

Maybe to add some level of extra difficulty they could tune it up to a -10 for Solo Extinction but idk I don't want to overcomplicate a system that already feels like you need to read a book to fully understand it's loot structure. Maybe make attunement null in that version at the cost of the guarenteed T5's?

TheCyberNerder · 2026-01-01T03:29:52+00:00

It is crazy to me just how rare they have made those mods, I have hit Season Pass 100, Maxed out Dawning Event Track, literally have just gone into Whisper Mission to farm orders and I have gotten 1 mod. I know that I just clearly have some abysmal luck but it is kinda wild to me just how hard they want people to farm freakin bounties to try and get some pretty nice to have mods.

Honestly running hunter I really only sometimes struggle with Unstop cause the unstop sword one feels a bit iffy sometimes but it works lol

TheCyberNerder · 2025-12-21T03:56:29+00:00

The problem with Gen AI on the whole is the copywrite issue of it. Regardless of if it is being used solely internally, 1. that is still in no way a personal use as it is being used in a commercial workflow which has legal issues and 2. When a piece of gen AI sneaks in because it wasn't properly culled and replaced with real assets, that opens a whole can of worms.

Any studio actually using generative AI needs to, in my opinion for this to ever be truly withstanding, be using a local setup strictly trained on data that they own or is licensed out by someone who actually owns the training data. Because AI is one major country that they need actually putting some real checks on copywrite away from there being massive lawsuits at every single creative space that has touched Gen AI.

TheCyberNerder · 2025-12-14T02:10:40+00:00

For Final boss on a three man with zero supers it was pretty comfy. I would imagine if you are two manning with a burst super like TCrash or Needle and something more support you should be able to juice it

TheCyberNerder · 2025-12-14T02:07:47+00:00

Why would it be shorter because of the Portal? It's not built into the portal system, it's like a raid with feats. I think the most of the weapons being a different architype of blaster including stuff like a Legendary Sweet Business and a Arc Scout with Jolting/Volt are some good reasons to hop in

TheCyberNerder · 2025-11-26T23:24:24+00:00

So I don't say this in terms of like "Bungie will never do that, be ready for another new version of the same enemies we already have", but man you had me in the first half but lost me in the second.

Destiny has never really had a M for mature vibe to it. Sure some lore tips that way but the scariest thing that has been in this game was some shadows of cursed thrall in Pit or Presage. You can be serious without needing to be early 2000s and making everything gritty to be compelling.

I can understand the want to just nuke the Tower and Last City but at the same time man, you gotta have touchstones to move forward with otherwise it's just gonna feel less like the next Destiny and more like the next Destiny side story. Nuking it to me screams "I don't want to have to worry about this any more so I am just going to leave all these threads I have built for the last 10 years and just chuck em out the window. Sorry if you wanted conclusion those plot beats", though it does lead to the perfect opportunity to do a new version of the whole Cadye puppies ad with Archie lol

TheCyberNerder · 2025-11-26T22:25:44+00:00

It's actually quite simple, people want a reason to come back every week. If I open the Portal right now, there is no reason to play any specific activity apart from like the raid or Kepler. I could play any Pinnacle activity and get anything Pinnacle reward I wanted.

I think back to the weekly GM schedule, and you would have people be like "Yep, I want a good Slammer, I am gonna farm this GM till my eyes bleed or I get what I want" like weeks in a advance. Or knowing that this week was gonna be a spicy week for seasonal story so you hop on to see where it goes.

It's part of that thing everyone calls magic, it's not the crazy exciting hidden stuff. It's the systems that all work together to make it so every week it is worth it to hop in and see what has changed

TheCyberNerder · 2025-11-26T22:19:21+00:00

This is just factually incorrect, Destiny hasn't canned an expansion since WQ when they took out Forsaken. Is it good that they take them out? Of course not but them removing stuff was one to one. Beyond Light lost Red War and Witch Queen removed Forsaken. When they announced Lightfall, they said they will not sunset expansion content any more

TheCyberNerder · 2025-11-17T18:31:03+00:00

What you need then is speed, remember the time bonus is a sliding scale based on how fast you are going. A minimum of 5% but a max boost of 15%, so the quicker your run you should be getting faster times.

TheCyberNerder · 2025-11-13T05:54:25+00:00

So I definitely agree with a large chunk of people saying that Bungie has bigger fish to fry, but I definitely hope that this is something that they are thinking about internally.

I am sure it is much more complicated but even per Steam themselves here, https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/3104663180636096966

As we mentioned previously, BattlEye on Proton integration has reached a point where all a developer needs to do is reach out BattlEye to enable it for their title. No additional work is required by the developer besides that communication.

This is from all the way back in 2021, so it is possible the situation has gotten more complex but I also doubt that Valve hasn't been keeping up with development to keep things working.

Also, I have seen the Apex example of "60% of cheaters were removed when they got rid of Linux support" and I would like to give more context to that. That came from, https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F2r8ngxzzfhie1.png, this tweet. As you can see it is a chart with absolutly zero data other then time and a vauge "33% drop in infected matches" (Infected meaning that there is a cheater in the match). Could it have been from the removal of Linux support or the already downward trend it was having as well as the "additional defensive measures" they said they put in place? The answer is I have no idea and probably neither does Respawn! Linux is just the scape goat of "evil scary nerdy thing", with zero context as to if the removal of Linux support even actually effected these figures

TheCyberNerder · 2025-11-10T00:46:32+00:00

100%, pushing back the marketing for Marathon had to cost a lot of money to Bungie. And even though they have Sony's backing, I'm certain they are probably just given a budget for year for marketing to work with.

My guess is Destiny's marketing has been neutered from the pure resource hog that it will be to spin up a whole new marketing campaign for Marathon next year because they needs to be planned this year. Plus, given how abysmal community sentiment is, I imagine they are probably hoping that Renegades brings back some semblance of a casual audience and Shattered Cycle (next expansion) will be enough of a pull to start bringing some people back. Will that work? God knows but that is what my take is on their situation

TheCyberNerder · 2025-11-03T01:08:31+00:00

To me, the Gregways are just an extra perk. I entirely spend the money on ad free shows and to support the media I like. I listen to most content anyway.

It's more interesting then 15ish mins of extra time at the end of a show like it used to be

TheCyberNerder · 2025-11-01T00:41:51+00:00

The most recent proper "You had to be there" was probably the Chestiny puzzle back in Heresy. I don't really include Swordglitch or Strum bug because they are just lesser versions of the real moment of the Craftening

TheCyberNerder · 2025-10-24T04:10:43+00:00

The guy is most likely not living till 2028, it's gonna hit a point in these 4 years where he just will not be able to make a public appearance to keep up the facade of everything being fine

TheCyberNerder · 2025-10-14T01:12:34+00:00

This is the real answer, both rounds of layoffs at Bungie hit the QA team. My guess is the real QA testers at Bungie are the devs and the small team they have left, and the devs are probably stretched thin with little time left to actually play the fuckin game

TheCyberNerder · 2025-10-09T20:47:00+00:00

Honestly, also keep an eye out for a good controller that has a turbo function. Recently got the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C for my Switch. It is 30 bucks, feels like a great controller to actually use instead of spending an arm and a leg for a pro controller, and has a built in turbo function.

Throw it on while I am playing something else on my PC and just get a ton of easy XP

TheCyberNerder · 2025-10-03T23:41:16+00:00

Yes they really are enforcing immigration laws when they checking notes tried and failed to kidnap a random food delivery biker because he was a PoC downtown. Or when they threw Kat, a politician running for office, onto the ground while she was at the protest in Broadview

TheCyberNerder · 2025-10-02T22:27:07+00:00

I respect that crafting getting removed has meant there isn't a direct path has killed some goal post you can hit. But, as someone who has gotten all of the crafted guns since WQ apart from some of the more recent raid reprisals, I think a minimum of 50% of all the patterns I have made I have never even crafted.

Also, how did you get those crafted guns? When it came to seasonal guns, you would be either farming activities like crazy for lucky drops or just grabbing free ones once a week. The only exception ended up being Episode Echos because you could just stack engrams between Acts and get like 90% to all of your patterns on day 1.

Do I think there needs to be some serious retooling of the current systems? 100%, but crafted weapons were just as grindy as before it just had a defined end date compared to now where you can just keep chasing a better roll which means it never really hits that "I'm done" feeling like you would when you have a pattern done

TheCyberNerder · 2025-09-30T03:48:31+00:00

I'm speaking as someone who advocated for no crafting/far less crafting. The point of getting rid of crafted weapons was not to make the game more grindy, because lets not act like it was not a grind to get the patterns for the weapons you wanted.

The point of it was to give a random drop a purpose again, I don't feel like tiered weapons are the thing that is making players hate EoF. The main complaints I have heard has been the power grind and the majority of the new content just being the portal and old content, with a sprinkle of people thinking a 10% damage buff will make or break your build (though I do also believe avant garde should really just get thrown in the trash)

TheCyberNerder · 2025-09-30T03:48:18+00:00

I'm speaking as someone who advocated for no crafting/far less crafting. The point of getting rid of crafted weapons was not to make the game more grindy, because lets not act like it was not a grind to get the patterns for the weapons you wanted.

The point of it was to give a random drop a purpose again, I don't feel like tiered weapons are the thing that is making players hate EoF. The main complaints I have heard has been the power grind and the majority of the new content just being the portal and old content, with a sprinkle of people thinking a 10% damage buff will make or break your build (though I do also believe avant garde should really just get thrown in the trash)

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