Destiny - Exploring The Lighthouse

Erick managed to go 9-0 in the Trials of Osiris and was granted access to The Lighthouse a new area in Destiny.

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And I said 'do some surfing yourself' Looks like you can't even be bothered to do that. Still I'm sure you're right even though you haven't got a clue what you're on about.


Yet another pedantic and childish git on Gamespot who just wants to argue over mere semantics, who'd have thought huh?

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Why do I have to do the surfing? You're the one making the claim (about always having something new to do every day).

You're the one who hasn't proved that claim. You tried. But you posted the wrong thing. If you're gonna claim something, be able to back it up.

I'm not gonna go surfing because I don't believe Bungie ever said that.

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@rmokeefe76: Grow up you strange little man. You are the one who doubted and attacked people for their opinions. Get a life and know that I don't need to prove anything. It is you that needs to prove something: that he is a superior being to others by writing on a internet gaming site.


Conversation over, write again if you want but you will be talking to yourself.

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Nice for the guy but I'll never get there, tonight marks the last night I touch Destiny anyway, tomorrow is SPLATOON!!! Time for my Wii U to take over again, till Batman Arkham Knight anyway...

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I guess this is nice, but those of us who like to play solo have been completely frozen out of Destiny these days. I didnt even finish the new expansion, knowing that most of the best gear was locked behind horde modes and multiplayer.


As someone who played Destiny every single day for the first 4 or 5 months it was out, i feel let down by the direction the game went.


I was a Destiny fanboy and now i just feel a tinge of disappointment whenever i see the name.


Perfect example--- its a waste of time and resources to build an entire area just so the tiny few who go 9-0 can open a chest. Meanwhile the new "expansion" is just the same areas, played through again. They even recycled part of the first raid.


Le Sigh.

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@Alecmrhand: A game built for multiplayer and you're complaining about less solo-able stuff? You can do Prison of Elders (the horde mode) solo above level 28 (level 28 is the only one with matchmaking). Level 32, 34, and 35 don't have matchmaking. Trials of Osiris is to reward PvP players (as it wasn't as rewarding previously).

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@Alecmrhand: Seriously... find a clan. I was almost done with destiny when I stumbled across two guys in the skywatch who invited me to kill urzog, they helped me with the fist of crota, which I had failed literally 50 times solo and we've played ever since. I'm now an admin in our clan and some of the friends I've made on this game rival those in "real life" . Don't let multiplayer discourage you, the game truly opens up once you add people!

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@Alecmrhand: Well said.

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Nice job, Bungie.


Why add actual meaningful content to the game when you can waste time and resources on elaborate nonsense like this just to award some loot?

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@Whiskey3romeo: Thats a really good point. Its not like the game is overflowing with new areas, but they built one just so people could open a chest. Not the best use of resources.

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@Alecmrhand@Whiskey3romeo: Looks like a lot of these "areas" were supposed to be part of the game initially and are leftovers before they had the internal differences which led to the current game versus what was originally announced. There's a lot of the game that points to so much more that would have been there, and this area is no exception.


Just look at the barriers initially on the left and in the little tunnel down the steps on the right. The design suggests there's more behind it, but it's blocked off forcefully. It's just more to leave us wondering what the game would have been if the original Destiny team at Bungie had finished what they started. Even just looking at the tower, you can tell there was so much more and it was all abandoned. Now it looks empty and useless.


It's a shame. Also, the randomness in managing the game throughout its lifetime is frustrating and shows what this area is about. It's like there's no direction. Materials are a good example. They've added, removed, changed, made them useless, kept their usefulness but removed the ability to acquire them, etc., etc. If you break things down you get crap back. If you break a ship apart, you get nothing. You accumulate materials and there's nothing to do with them. Your weapons are great today and crap tomorrow. Etheric light is near impossible to get unless you play with 3 other people, but there's no matchmaking at the levels required to get it which is the stupidest thing ever.


I'm enjoying the game quite a bit, but it's sad to see so much potential gone to waste and it's frustrating that they can't implement even basic functions every other game has.

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Thanks for the look. 9-0 just ain't gonna happen for me, so there's that.

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Too bad there's absolutely no story to this game. Is this place supposed to have some meaning to it? The world may never know.

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@push88: Absolutely no story? I guess you weren't paying attention. There is a story (it just wasn't told that well).

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When I payed for this DLC (the season pass) I was promised a raid (yes, I know they said that there wouldn't be one prior to this releasing but not when the content was first announced) and this just leaves a strike and 5 story missions for me and I am not happy considering what it cost me.

Like if you feel the same.

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@gotrekfabian: There was "a" raid (Crota) with the season pass, and Prison of Elders is considered the raid in this expansion.

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@joshua304@gotrekfabian: I have to disagree, a raid is a six man mission. This is just a horde mode and a 3v3 PvP mode. A new raid would have kept me playing but I just don't want to go back to it again at present.

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@gotrekfabian@joshua304: What I meant is that it's considered this expansion's raid, not that it's an actual raid.

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@joshua304@gotrekfabian: I get what you're saying but ITISN'T A RAID! I payed for that raid to be in the dlc and it is not there. I feel that I have the right to be annoyed about it, that's all I'm saying. You could even argue that Bungie have broken their contractual obligation to me.

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@gotrekfabian@joshua304: I don't remember them saying there would be a raid in both expansions. I just remember them saying a raid (which they gave in the last expansion).

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@joshua304@gotrekfabian: I think I remember one of the Halo's had Firefight mode with a few maps (think Prison of Elders but with more variety), and more map variety in PVP, plus something that seems impossible: Matchmaking for every mode except story mode.


Trials of Osiris is just an Iron Banner with 3v3 Deathmatch instead of "Objective games" (which are really only Control). It's played in one of the same maps over and over again. That should have been included in the game from day 1, the way every other game in the world has, but alas, it wasn't and has no matchmaking which is stupid.


So I guess I understand the frustration, especially seeing the waste of such a large area for a treasure pick up (though I still think that area is a repurposed area from the original development before the dev team broke up). The fact that there's no raid actually didn't bother me, especially since they seem to have a problem with implementing matchmaking for it, but perhaps there should have been less rehash for the money.

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It's good that there is a reward for achieving something like this but there are a lot of players who will never see this themselves, like me, unless they watch these videos. Bungie, you have alienated even more people from your game.

This is terrible DLC for those who don't play the PvP.


On a positive note though, congratulations on the achievement of going 9-0.

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Good job Erick

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Ah, Destiny. The most heavily covered 6 out of 10 since Julia Roberts's Oscar nomination.

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@jmsk248: hahaha, true story!

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That was a good one :)

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I hope Destiny doesn't get too much hardcore content like this. No matchmaking, 3v3, only runs 3 days a week, and you HAVE to go 9 wins to 0 losses to access the location and the loot? Urgh. I tried to play Trials, but I just couldn't find a group... the lfg forums were populated by total d*cks who took the tournament waaay to seriously. Demanding lvl 34, certain types of gear, and posting recruitment messages like "You must be VERY VERY good" and "don't mess up". When they started checking out my kdr stats using tracking websites, I left. Too intimidating for me. God knows what they would have done if I'd had a bad match... probably verbally abused me over their mics before kicking me / deleting me.


In a way, I kinda resent the fact that I've *paid* for content that I can't access. Sure, I knew in advance about the Trials, but I didn't know about the conditions for accessing the new social space or winning the best gear. I understand that this is an elite mode for elite players, but Destiny could potentially alienate a large part of their player base if they introduce too much stuff like this.


Rant over.

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@tom_cat_01: Start a new thread in the forums and ask for people to join you. Say you're not the best and are just wanting to play. My friend and I (both lvl 33) got a dude from there (lvl 34) doing that and he was cool.

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@tom_cat_01: Destiny needs match making for those who don't have friends that play.

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@GH05T-666@tom_cat_01: Go to the forums.

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@mr_blonde817: hit me up too, PSN: JVBGFR

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@mr_blonde817: Hit me up as well. PSn:bskaer1 . I'm thinking flawless is a must this weekend

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@tom_cat_01: "In a way, I kinda resent the fact that I've *paid* for content that I can't access."

You can access it. Destiny is a game entirely about earning stuff by doing specific things in the game.

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Don't let other people bully you over the internet. So what if you lose - don't let it ruin your day just because it ruins theirs. They wouldn't be pugging groups on an LFG site if they were truly concerned about it.

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Why ruin this for players who haven't even gotten there?

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@eli4greg: Many/most players will never see it, so video of it should be posted.

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@eli4greg: You didn't have to watch you know. It even states that this was where they were going in the title and it's sub-header.

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@eli4greg: Its a empty hub...What is there to spoil?

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So an empty sh*thole just like the rest of the game? Great stuff.

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Haven't seen you around the tower lately...

Or maybe you just can't resist talking about a game you don't play or like.

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@rmokeefe76: You aren't seriously saying that he is wrong are you? Destiny is a very empty game and they have failed to deliver on their promise when they released this IP: To give gamers something new to do every day.


PS I played this heavily racking up some 500 hours across three characters so don't even go there with me.

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@gotrekfabian: I didn't say he was right or wrong. It's just interesting why someone would spend time and energy on a game they don't like or have any interest in playing.


Although, I'm pretty sure Bungie never promised that there would be something new to do every day of the game's life cycle. No developer would ever say that.

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@rmokeefe76@gotrekfabian: Then do some surfing, Bungie stated that very thing. Here's a link to some guys who read the EXACT same thing which was touted at the beta stage of the game.


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No developer would say that huh? Seems strange people are saying the same thing doesn't it?

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@gotrekfabian@rmokeefe76: You can actually tell simply by looking at the tower how the development went to pot along the way. There's so much abandoned and useless stuff everywhere. This area is another example of obvious development from when the game was something else. I remember their promises, ideas, and announcements about what the game was going to be. But the dev team fought over direction and all the empty stuff are the leftovers of that. So much potential and so much waste. It's a shame.

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@franco89: I couldn't agree more. I liked this game for a long time and it has excellent physics and gun-play, a very good lore (if you read the grimoire cards), superb graphics and a good community. It promised to get better with it's DLC, like any MMO would, but has only got worse in my opinion. I wanted this to be so much more than it is but is simply what many people feared from the off:


A cash cow for Activision.


It keeps giving the promise of finishing off and polishing up those bits that weren't there initially but then fails to do so and the cycle continues.

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