2: Catering to Non-Fans
Right off the bat, I want to make sure that it’s clear that I’m not talking about casual fans. There’s a difference between casual fans and non-fans.
I have lots of friends that play Destiny 2 casually. They just do their weekly engrams, play a few strikes and Crucible matches for fun and that’s it.
They don’t join me in completing all the weekly Black Armory forge weapons, and they have never completed a raid. That’s perfectly fine. There should be plenty of stuff for non-hardcore fans to enjoy. It doesn’t need to all be crazy grinding and puzzle solving.
The distinction I’m trying to make, then, is that I don’t want to see Destiny compromise its soul in any way in an attempt to appeal to people that are never going to enjoy the game.
The launch state of Destiny 2 after the initial shine wore off almost sunk the game entirely. There was barely anything to grind for, exotic and legendary equipment was practically handed out, and exotic equipment felt neutered of its personality.
I can’t lay all the blame on Activision for those mistakes, but I do trust Bungie to learn from the experience especially since we’ve already seen them start to redeem themselves in year two of Destiny 2.
And now with Destiny 3 likely not terribly far away, there’s no one else around to push Bungie into trying to sell the game to a market of people that are never going to like Destiny anyway.
They can focus on crafting the best possible experience to the people who have stuck with the franchise since the first game.
