Just when I was giving Bungie credit for taking Destiny 2 armor out of Eververse this season and making it an earned, in-game reward, we now have a situation I’d describe as pretty baffling.

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    :Shrug: Don’t buy cosmetics. EZ.

    Not even disagreeing, but how many “gamers mad at capitalism” rage-bait posts/articles/vids do we need?

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        Yes, unironically. It doesn’t stop happening. If we get too desensitized and passive they’ll keep inventing more ways to be terrible.

        It used to be that any monetized cosmetics were already seen as a gross cash grab, now people are thankful it’s not gameplay related. But there is also plenty of gameplay related ones too. The gaming industry is just so bad now.

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          Exactly. This defeatist “iTz jeust opshunal” and “shaming them is a waste of time” response is asking to get fucked over more

          Remember Battlefront II when the community got fed up and shamed EA into removing loot boxes?

          How about RuneScape recently? Who was slammed so hard they first dug in their heels and then finally relented and pulled their pay to win battle pass?

          Also those developers and publishers bitching at Unity need to be quiet because….”capitalism has been complained about enough”

          Yes, in all these situations, we consoomers should all just shut up and take it because “it’s been talked about enough already”

          This attitude is why Madden players get what they get every year

          Keep that attitude up and you’ll see Bungie release an “upgraded” $30 battle pass on top of the current one and take all the cool and useful rewards out of the first paid track just like what Activision did with “Blackcell” for Call of Duty.

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          I hate that it gets dismissed as just being cosmetic. I love making cool looking characters in games, it’s really fun and is part of the content for me, especially if it’s multiplayer.

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      Not even that

      They want to milk the last drops before shutting the game down

      So have fun paying a ton of money for something you won’t have access to in a couple years

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        It’s likely a far cry from shutting down, but shutting down is inevitable. Most online only games you only lose access to when they die, but Destiny deletes stuff while it’s still alive.

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          That is why I gave it two years

          I wish people would stop being companysexuals

          The amount of people who are fine with being fucked over by companies is insane

          Like if people actually stopped playing destiny when they removed paid content they would have had such a better experience for the past couple years

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    Ah yes, now I remember why I stopped playing this game. It wasn’t really that, it was boredom but that makes me hate it more.

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    I remember when I thought that Bungie self-publishing would make them less evil. But no, they’ve actually become innovators in being the actual shittiest company that isn’t Plarium Games. Maybe they have their eyes on the top spot though? Is that what they’re building up to?