Destiny 2\u2019s timegated weapons will ruin Into The Light if Bungie doesn\u2019t make changes BungieInto The Light has the potential to be one of the best updates in Destiny 2 history but Bungie\u2019s insistence on timegating weapons will ruin it all unless they make big changes. The biggest selling point of the upcoming Into The Light update is its reissued weapons that will bring back some of Destiny 2\u2019s greatest-ever guns, even including those that made sunsetting a reality. Just like so many other players, I was excited to once again get my hands on these iconic weapons, especially since they will all feature refreshed perk pools giving them new life. For the first time since Warlord\u2019s Ruin, it finally felt like there was a reason to dive into the new content and get farming. At least that was the case until yesterday\u2019s TWID when Bungie revealed how these weapons will be distributed: \u201cHalf of these will be available starting April 9, including The Recluse, Hung Jury SR4, Succession, Edge Transit, Elsie\u2019s Rifle and Falling Guillotine. The remainder will unlock one at a time each week through the week of May 21.\u201d Just like that, all the excitement and anticipation both myself and my clanmates had for Into The Light vanished. That may seem dramatic but after Lightfall\u2019s troubled year, there was serious hope this update would turn things around and prove Bungie has learned their lesson. Yet once again, Bungie insists on timegating new content meaning players will have to keep coming back every week to get all the guns. This is presumably an attempt to artificially inflate the game\u2019s retention rate for one reason or another. Timegated content is inherently anti-consumer. It forces people to play on the developer\u2019s terms rather than their own making the whole experience less enjoyable. Rather than being able to dial in for a few weeks with their friends and enjoy what\u2019s on offer, players are forced to log on week after week despite wanting to be done with the event. It\u2019s no exaggeration to say that Into The Light is Bungie\u2019s last chance to sell the game\u2019s many skeptics on The Final Shape. If Bungie can make fun and appealing content here then those unsure about the franchise\u2019s future will assume the same will be true of the big expansion in June. But what are those players going to think when they realize the weapon they want isn\u2019t available for another six weeks for reasons that only benefit Bungie? It\u2019ll vary from person to person but I suspect the consensus will be that Destiny hasn\u2019t changed at all and the same will be true of The Final Shape. These people won\u2019t buy The Final Shape, which could be catastrophic for Destiny\u2019s future. Given all the talk about missed revenue targets and project delays, Bungie can\u2019t afford to get this wrong. Thankfully, the solution is easy. Remove the timegated weapons and let players enjoy the update for what it is at their own pace. Just like when the timegated abilities of Stasis were removed, this will make for better content that more people will enjoy. That\u2019s much I\u2019m certain of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Destiny 2\u2019s timegated weapons will ruin Into The Light if Bungie doesn\u2019t make changes BungieInto The Light has the potential to be one of the best updates in Destiny 2 history but Bungie\u2019s insistence on timegating weapons will ruin it all unless they make big changes. The biggest selling point of the upcoming Into The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}