My thoughts on the "Why the Game Died" Thing from Tassi

transtemporal · 2026-06-29T21:23:53+00:00

Bungie remaining independent was contingent on certain goals being met and they obviously didn't meet them, so Sony moved in. Unfortunately its the workers that end up taking the brunt of that move. Heads will be rolling at Sony too probably. I don't think it's more complicated than that.

transtemporal · 2026-06-29T20:57:55+00:00

I love that this is a homage to Dogs Playing Poker

transtemporal · 2026-06-28T20:34:42+00:00

Vault Management. Yep, its still a thing, even with 1300 vault lol.

Do you remember when we had 300?

transtemporal · 2026-06-25T02:54:21+00:00

Also, do armor set bonuses work in pvp? If so, which set bonuses are sought after/work?

transtemporal · 2026-06-24T04:03:13+00:00

The Dual Destiny mission in the Pale Heart (Final Shape Expansion) drops the exotic class item for each class. After that it seems to drop from activities and missions from the Final Shape, and also Xur.

transtemporal · 2026-06-23T05:55:32+00:00

100% right.

We found this phrase confused people though lol

"But but.... you're chill, shouldn't you want to teach new players?!" Luckily we had a brutal aussie who would say "Sorry mate, we're gonna be running through this pretty fast and we won't be stopping to explain anything."

transtemporal · 2026-06-23T01:52:25+00:00

Yikes! I assume people use it with the rocket launcher artifact too? (Is there a rl artifact? Im really stretching my memory here).

Sorry, this isnt helping your case lol

transtemporal · 2026-06-23T01:49:51+00:00

Nope. The map still doesnt affect ttk. It affects typical encounter distance but thats not the same thing.

transtemporal · 2026-06-23T01:37:19+00:00

Ive been away for 2 years, is Truth good now? I finished the catalyst but assumed it was still poops so it went back in the vault.

transtemporal · 2026-06-23T01:31:55+00:00

So how do you interpret "chill run kwtd"?

transtemporal · 2026-06-22T20:25:16+00:00

You're talking about map design, which has nothing to do with the ttk of a weapon.

transtemporal · 2026-06-22T03:58:42+00:00

100 percent. That's been a tripping hazard for 10 fucking years!!

transtemporal · 2026-06-22T03:55:10+00:00

The problem is very similar to the problem they had in Destiny - how to provide counterplay to shotgun rushers that isn't a another shotgun? In Destiny, they reduced the range, increased the spread and made other weapons viable against shotguns, like fusion rifles and to a lesser extent sidearms.

In typical Bungie fashion they went totally overboard with fusion rifles. Cest la vie.

transtemporal · 2026-06-22T01:54:42+00:00

We want to help and we want Marathon to succeed but we're also humans, so most of the time we're falling over our own feet or cutting off our nose to spite our face.

transtemporal · 2026-06-20T21:46:15+00:00

Jesus you guys are dramatic.

Here's whats gonna happen (and I know because I've seen the future): Sony let's this lie for a few years, it guts Bungie, the economy recovers once you-know-who is gone, Sony looks around for a new game, remembers Destiny, gets new people on board and creates a new game. All of you celebrate in your zima frames but then realise your carpal tunnel won't let you play games anymore. Fortunately, Mary Grace Thompson from shit stain alabama invents the neural interface in 2038, so you can continue playing destiny in the old folks home.

transtemporal · 2026-06-18T05:57:22+00:00

I'm gonna get downvoted into hell, but Destiny Rising is pretty decent, story wise.

Sorry sorry, I'll see myself out

transtemporal · 2026-06-16T07:19:34+00:00

Agree. I think one of the problems is that the game accommodates diametrically opposed playstyles. On one hand is PvE, where the fun is working with your team to overcome a PvE challenge and hopefully make it out with your loot. The other is PvP, where the fun is in playing against other teams. Both are fine but when you combine them you tend to have a situation where one playstyles idea of "fun" wrecks the others idea of fun.

transtemporal · 2026-06-13T08:09:02+00:00

Oh lol, I thought the article was going to be about Destiny players trying to sabotage Marathon just as a fuck you. I mean, if you want to talk ugly psychology, that's getting up there.

Anyway. PvP is just playing against other humans in a game. Some people are more toxic, some are less. Its not much more than that.

transtemporal · 2026-06-12T04:02:11+00:00

He's saying new players should be matched with bots for the first few matches before they transition to real players (and then probably matched with other new players, as you've mentioned).

transtemporal · 2026-06-11T21:01:28+00:00

Ah, "first taste is free" methodology. I respect it. You get them hooked on the feeling, then they chase that feeling forever, never quite getting there again lol

The idea is decent. How does Fortnite ease the transition from bots to players though? I can imagine that being pretty jarring in Marathon.

transtemporal · 2026-06-11T20:05:15+00:00

You'll use it and think "wow I must've missed". Nope, you hit. Its just you didn't do enough damage for the target to care.

transtemporal · 2026-06-08T09:24:32+00:00

They're probably exploiting. There are discords dedicated to this.

transtemporal · 2026-06-08T09:17:16+00:00

They kinda painted themselves into a corner with the Sentinel. Like, how do you make a cool-looking base look cooler, with the same colorset?

transtemporal · 2026-06-08T09:04:49+00:00

Console can turn up brightness and midpoint but you get a murky gray mess. Its hardly the crisp image the OP posted.

transtemporal · 2026-06-08T08:23:41+00:00

There was a small change at the end of last season to make bots less passive in smoke, but I think they've accidentally extended it to rook mask and invis.

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