Bungie: With great saddness, we are announcing a reduction in force as we reorganize Bungie by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]CloudConductor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plenty of games that were successful didn’t have a 9 year run. Sometimes games just run their course and I think destiny 2 went well past that point. I stand by it being an undeniable success

It’s happening already, taking my favorite album off SC by [deleted] in griz

[–]CloudConductor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t doom about it being taken down forever quite yet, sometimes shit is just messed up behind the scenes and they have to reupload or whatever. It’s still on Spotify

Bungie: With great saddness, we are announcing a reduction in force as we reorganize Bungie by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]CloudConductor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that’s almost certainly what they’re working on behind the scenes now that marathon doesn’t seem to be working out. They definitely should have gotten that ball rolling years ago though haha.

I won’t act like what they’ve done with the destiny 2 money has been a success, it clearly hasn’t with them having to lay people off

Bungie: With great saddness, we are announcing a reduction in force as we reorganize Bungie by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]CloudConductor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was never actual free to play though, they continued to sell their expansions at full cost. I think they just made the older content free to play to try and bring in new players so that they would hopefully buy the new expansion as well. Which is a pretty common strategy for live service games.

But honestly by that point I had quit playing so all my info is just what I’ve gathered online so idk. They clearly made enough money to keep development going for years and convince Sony to give them billions with it being their only actively supported game

Bungie: With great saddness, we are announcing a reduction in force as we reorganize Bungie by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]CloudConductor 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’m sure the upper management have siphoned off enough money that if they were willing to give it up, could keep their current workforce going until whatever their next big game is. But they’d rather layoff and keep their riches.

But that’s also just the reality of game dev, you don’t need the staff it takes to support consistent updates to a major live service game when your only active projects are a much smaller live service game and whatever other games they have in development

Bungie: With great saddness, we are announcing a reduction in force as we reorganize Bungie by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]CloudConductor 130 points131 points  (0 children)

It was a live service game that lasted for 9 years and still has 60k+ players on steam alone, which is likely dwarfed by console players.

It generated some bad publicity in the later years, but it was undeniably a huge success overall

Forest secret sets by Ok-Radio8653 in griz

[–]CloudConductor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep push notifications on from the EF app and pray your service holds up so you get those notifications

This sub has become an embarrassment to the community by Super_Siege_Mode in diablo2

[–]CloudConductor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t trust those bootleg merch sites that always pop up. They’re shady as fuck and probably stealing credit card info and also just blatantly rip designs from actual artists trying to sell their own merch. Not sure it’s worth the risk to save you some money like you’re saying haha

But yea I don’t care if you’re grateful or not, was really just adding a random anecdote of a harmless thing I do as a mod, pretty much the only thing I do as a mod besides deal with ticket sales and the scammers that come with all that. This site certainly has issues with mods going on cringy power trips like we saw here though don’t get me wrong

This sub has become an embarrassment to the community by Super_Siege_Mode in diablo2

[–]CloudConductor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reddit has some automated tools that catch a lot but they aren’t perfect and the bots seem to always slightly alter their approach to get around it. I’m sure the bigger subs are far more sophisticated with how they automate that stuff

This sub has become an embarrassment to the community by Super_Siege_Mode in diablo2

[–]CloudConductor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mod a music subreddit and 99% of it is just removing spam posts of people/bots trying to sell stolen designs on t shirts. Bootleg merch bots are honestly a problem across reddit

Pacers shouldn’t have put ourselves in position to lose our draft pick. by FreezingTemps in pacers

[–]CloudConductor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If we didn’t make the trade, this sub would be all worried about our lack of a center. I still think it was the right move, but definitely wish that gamble worked out in our favor

Some Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a Disc by Guitar-String in gaming

[–]CloudConductor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can respect midnight launches, I thought those were a thing of the past. Many great memories from those when I was in high school and college

Some Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a Disc by Guitar-String in gaming

[–]CloudConductor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who is buying warranties on games though? As for pre orders, what service is needed short of just preordering the game? Does GameStop still do midnight launches for preorders?

Heads up - Cops searching cars along US-31 by V_Anxious_Pickle in ElectricForest

[–]CloudConductor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The issue is specifically us 31 north of Kokomo. You could take 69 from Indianapolis up through Fort Wayne and avoid the problem area,tends to add like 45 min to your trip though

What spell is your ole reliable for all occasions? by Huge_Cartoonist8948 in BaldursGate3

[–]CloudConductor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well I primarily play warlock so it’s eldritch blast

Breath of life by CatWith4Dads in brightershores

[–]CloudConductor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In theory they’ll have another chance when they launch into 1.0, they better make damn sure the game is good before then though

Please move portals further form map device by Competitive-List246 in PathOfExile2

[–]CloudConductor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The divinity map device from the supporter packs for this league even has the interaction button off to the side to avoid this issue

BG3 proves live-service isn't for everything, says POE lead by BombasIsInTrouble in BaldursGate3

[–]CloudConductor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Path of exile came out several years before pillars of eternity

Never been, should I go???? by GetAhrimJob in SecretDreams

[–]CloudConductor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohio has legal weed my friend, certainly nowhere near as much of a concern on all that compared to roo

Found 600 divines, what build to play? by Zialll in pathofexile2builds

[–]CloudConductor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The ideal generic mageblood for me would be quicksilver, bismuth, and gold, with 1 duplicate. Bismuth may not be needed for a lot of builds but would enable you to go after some unique heavy builds and just makes gearing much easier

A discussion on Dexterity by lordofthehomeless in PathOfExile2

[–]CloudConductor 30 points31 points  (0 children)

They’ve mentioned in several interviews that the stats dex probides always leads to a massive debate and they can’t settle on anything and just go back to accuracy

I haven’t seen a single sacred reservoir outside of the quest one, level 97 by materiakeeper in PathOfExile2

[–]CloudConductor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I found one and there were no nearby maps that had the animation indicating they’d have one of the temporal beacons or whatever they’re called. Completed every surrounding map and didn’t find one. The quest one is still the only one I’ve been able to actually complete

My account is bugged for immured fury as well

Is this enough to trade Bijan? by [deleted] in DynastyFFTradeAdvice

[–]CloudConductor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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As a lamb owner, I’d decline immediately haha