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Some Destiny 2 players are, we can fairly say, not in the highest spirits.
That’s especially true for this Episode after the all-time high of The Final Shape’s release.
Folks could use a little pick-me-up.
We also discussed community sentiment, player fatigue, live service challenges, and the catch-22 of time-gating content.
Destiny’s vampire
Bungie’s wanted to do something with vampires for a while.
That sort of stuff is more sustainable to build."
“I think it’s doing more than what we’ve done in the past,” Kisko continues.
“Supporting those replays week over week.
when we run out of cake in one sitting, sometimes quite abruptly.
This is true of the Episode model itself to some extent, too.
“And with the Episodic model, there’s Act 1 and it’s all focused around Onslaught.
What are the tweaks we can make to that going forward?
I think live service gameplay models are literally one of the hardest challenges.
“Because this is only a problem if your cake tastes good, right?
(Playing other games remains the ultimate Destiny 2 hack.)
And the new stuff is generally fun when it’s new.
And then other times we wish that we had left ourselves a little more room to maneuver.”
These may end up being a bigger lure for some players than the Act finale.
Players discover new notes and pipes are restored by some mystery character scurrying around the castle.
The “broken” notes throw in an antique car horn and a busted cello.
Baker expects and hopes to see players use the full-fledged instrument to write and play their own songs.
It’s the cornerstone of Act 3.
Yet before it was even released, I saw some players expressing exhaustion over another mission grind loop.
But Kisko says they’re open to making demanding missions like those again.
“I wouldn’t say anything is off the table,” he affirms.
“And I know that in a game like this, variety is amazing.
Some people really like it, some people don’t, and that’s okay.
So all that stuff’s on the table and we have a lot of vehicles to deliver those.
It’s not just the Episodes or the different Acts within the Episodes.
We also have our future stuff that we’re really excited about in Frontiers.”
