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Before I\u2019m able to get into the action, the current model virtually demands that I spend a significant chunk of time gathering bounties. Pick up bounties at the Tower, often from vendors at opposite ends of the structure. Pick up bounties for the planet I\u2019ll be visiting. Pick up bounties for the activity I\u2019m doing, and the guns I\u2019ll be using. It is, quite frankly, a chore. But without those bounties, it\u2019s next to impossible to reasonably progress through the season\u2019s leveling\u00a0and acquire the desirable goodies that are a part of that system.<\/p>\n
On top of that, despite being a problem almost since the game\u2019s launch, I also spend an inordinate amount of time juggling my inventory, my vault space, and my postmaster. In a confounding move, Destiny 2 still offers no easy way to opt into instant dismantling of blue (rare) items, so if I complete a long string of strikes\u00a0or spend the evening completing waves of Escalation Protocol, I\u2019m virtually guaranteed to have my postmaster fill up \u2013 sometimes placing planetary materials, useless blue guns, and other undesirable items into the postmaster, pushing out higher quality items I haven\u2019t yet retrieved. The choice becomes one of either wasting precious game time clearing out items\u00a0or disregarding entirely the rewards that come along with what I\u2019m doing. And sure, I can spend all my load times hopping into third-party apps like Destiny Item Manager<\/a>, but that’s more of a workaround for a problem, not a solution.\u00a0<\/p>\n The postmaster dilemma is exacerbated by a dysfunctional vaulting system. Despite regular expansions over the years to the overall size of player vaults, the problem remains that most players simply fill that vault\u00a0and are eventually left with the unenviable task of having to sort old rewards and endlessly delete old items. The argument can be made (and has been made) that players shouldn\u2019t need to hold on to all those old items, but I think that misses the point. When a game like Destiny 2 is built around the acquisition and celebration of loot, it\u2019s simply not enjoyable to be forced into a decision to get rid of those old items. Will I ever use that Iron Banner armor from a year ago? Maybe not, but its presence in my vault is a reminder of the time I invested, and I neither wish to get rid of it\u00a0nor spend the time involved to make that decision. The game (and its players) desperately cry out for a more comprehensive and reasonable way to chronicle newly acquired items, and be able to retrieve them as desired.<\/p>\n The most recent iteration of in-game rewards highlights a similar dilemma. Umbral engrams were, at first, a lot of fun; they dropped from numerous activities\u00a0and could be turned in for customizable rewards. But months in, the project has become yet another dull routine, demanding that I endlessly return to the Tower Annex\u00a0or risk filling up the available slots I have for engrams. Which in turn \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 further fills my postmaster box.<\/p>\n The problem is not that of a game that isn\u2019t fun; despite what the haters may say, Destiny 2 remains one of the most rewarding and thoughtfully realized shooters ever created. Rather, these accumulated time-wasters can diminish the scale of that\u00a0fun, forcing players into drudgery that isn\u2019t worthwhile. I have some friends who are still able to invest four or more hours every day into the game, but that\u2019s simply not a reality for most of us, especially in the dumpster-fire year of 2020.\u00a0 If I have to spend 20-30 minutes of my game time every night completing deletions, turning in engrams, clearing my postmaster, and picking up bounties, that\u2019s a significant chunk of my leisure time wasted. And that\u2019s a bummer.<\/p>\n I\u2019m happy to say that the developers at Bungie seem to recognize at least some of the concerns I\u2019m voicing, and it would be unfair to not acknowledge their public statements to that point. The supposedly impending arrival of transmogrification<\/a> in the coming months should hopefully do much to ease the concerns about losing old rewards \u2013 at least cosmetically. And Bungie has also promised a move away from bounties<\/a>\u00a0as a critical path to begin in the next season. I desperately hope some of these changes come sooner rather than later, but the reality is that even with those promises, the game today feels compromised.<\/p>\n As it is, I\u2019m not going to pretend that I won\u2019t be a day-one player of Beyond Light, or that these issues sap everything I love from the game. Destiny 2 is still a wonderful hobby game, and one that I look forward to playing. But I hate that when I talk with others right now, my conversations often include words like \u201cdrudgery\u201d or \u201ctedium.\u201d This is too good a game to be saddled with these kinds of problems, and their resolution is the biggest thing I hope to see change as the game moves into its next yearly cycle.<\/p>\n\n \t For over six years, one game franchise has remained a consistent part of my gaming regimen. Destiny and its sequel …<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"The Thing I Want Most From Destiny 2: Beyond Light Is Less Wasted Game Time - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"For over six years, one game franchise has remained a consistent part of my gaming regimen. 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