More Puzzles and Exploration
Raids don’t always have to be a high-intensity, pew-pew brawl fests and Bungie understood that when designing Destiny’s raids. Some of the most fun things to do in raids was to explore the areas searching for chests or solving complicated puzzles involving monitors. And while some of this fell a bit short sometimes (looking at you, Gorgon Maze) it was still a fantastic way to inject different kinds of fun separate from the combat encounters and when done right, it works incredibly well. That being said, there is still a lot of room for improvement and adding in more non-combat experiences.
A lot of the puzzles one finds in Destiny’s raids are often related to jumping of some kind, and more often that not it feels like more of a unsatisfying hassle than anything else. It would be great to see more in-depth and different puzzles like Wrath of the Machine’s monitors. The hidden chests were also a great example of giving players a reason to explore and search the raid areas, but even some of the hardest to find chests didn’t reward players very much. Not only should chests provide greater prizes, but they could also be harder to find, making the experience even more impactful when a group stumbles upon one.
