Lol right? Like god damn half the time I think they're trolling us with these baiting f**kin questions. Put yourself in the shoes of a player and the answers to most of your questions are obvious
I'd rather ask questions and get an assortment of feedback, rather than assume and potentially miss points that are being made in the replies.
Do you think this is because of the instant gratification, or rank rewards not being up to par with Nightfalls?
Even if unintentionally, pleeeease don't change it :)
With all of the other feedback I'm going through (hell, look at the front page today!).... this is the last thing I'm going to prioritize in passing along.
Who else do y'all want to see on a focus?
Replied on Twitter, but bringing notes here:
This is a great video/post! We've been talking to the team about the token system, reward paths, and more. While I can't make a promise for when things will be addressed, I can say this: We want Trials to be the best experience it can be, and it's not going away any time soon.
A few general notes:
The iron banner quest is the one thing that keeps me from playing the game mode. It’s nothing but a time waster.
Do you feel high stat rolls, enhanced perks, and pinnacle power rewards are not enough to justify the time spent on the quest?
In other words, are there any rewards that could incentivize you to spend the time to complete the quest, or is this a hard no?
Thanks!
Many objectives throughout the quest require you to get zone captures, which is meant to push players towards them. We've seen feedback for quite some time that players don't push the objectives often enough, so I'd love to know if you feel this has helped at all.
We've seen mixed results between feedback around the Iron Banner quest over the last few seasons. While some players leave poor feedback over having to use specific weapon types, others are appreciating a wider range in sandbox when approaching the Iron Banner.
Ex: Rather than seeing every player running the norm, players are using Handcannons, SMG's, Fusion Rifles, and Bows to finish up their quest.
Sure, after you finish the quest you can default to your desired loadout, but the more hardcore among you may be running these quests 3 times. This is also leading to some players who hadn't tried Handcannons or SMG's into new territory, leading to some new playstyles or attempts at strategy.
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Read moreThe team is hammering on these issues. We made a server side change last week to help address some of these errors, but are continuing to investigate the root cause.
I'll see if we can get an update this week for y'all.
It's been just over a week of the season, give it time as i'll assume there is a bit more to come. While yes, this is starting slower than Dawn did, I doubt they cut content.
We're trying to be careful with roadmaps, leaving players to discover more content on their own, and this is an expected side effect. Definitely seeing the feedback that the season started slow, but there is indeed more coming.
Moon bunker kicks off next Tuesday, which will bring some different upgrades, another Seraph weapon, and more Heroic Lost Sectors to the fold. While some of you may have already taken a peek, Trials has more weapons and armor that will come into play over the next few weekends. Grandmaster comes in mid season, with Guardian Games and such as well.
We hope that as more seasonal content comes live, players have some positive feedback. We're still in here every day though, collecting your thoughts.
Choosing between ritual weapons and rewards elsewhere seems odd. Since their inception they were an additional pursuit and reward vector on top of what was offered. I mean, last season we got so many Dawn weapons AND originally 4 ritual weapons until the IB bow was held back. Further, it seems odd to claim "its a reward choice" when all the trials weapons and gear are D1Y1 items.
Perhaps diverting modelling efforts from the $100s of cashshop cosmetics might afford the ability to both support rewards from activities AND these pursuit items? Heck, its not like you cant just throw an ornament up on the shop afterwards (see Recluse getting its 2nd ornament this season). And considering the ritual weapons are no longer getting unique perks, there should be less impact.
The comparison above isn’t simply from a modeling perspective, but other resources and time.
When looking at Trials weapons, you have to consider the time of bringing the models from D1 to D2, but also the process of setting up perks, creating new ones, testing them, hooking up the reward sites, and testing those. There are more then likely many other angles of development that I can’t necessarily speak to, but making a collection of weapons and rewards for the return of an activity that is free to all players (Trials) was prioritized over creating three quest based weapons for those existing activities for this season.
The questions above are great, ones that I can bring to the table. I don’t mean for these responses to come off as the feedback being disregarded, and hope you don’t take it as such.
I wonder when that "future TWAB" discussing the weapon perk pools and the lack of Ritual Weapons will be.
Hey all,
We are aware of the strong desire from players for pursuit weapons to return for Vanguard, Crucible, and Gambit. Speaking with the team, they are candidates for future weapon allocation in a future season (Note: can’t make any promises yet.)
It’s a tricky balancing act, as pursuit weapons could come at the cost of general rewards allocated for alternate activities (legendary weapons for Trials, as an example)
We’ll be sure to let you know our future plans when we have more information
/u/dmg04 and /u/Cozmo23 any timeline for fixes on game instability and crashes? Since the last update Alt+Tab crashes the game, trying to close the game crashes the game, and at random times the game crashes and shuts down my entire computer (happened about 7 times now). This is only happening with D2.
No timeline yet. The team is digging on crashes and error codes.
There was a server side change made which reduced gambit errors, but we're aware that many are still hitting issues within the activity.
Stay tuned to @BungieHelp for updates. We'll get them to you as fast as we can, but some of these issues will take time to investigate and fix.
Much love, all.
Be safe out there.
I found the YouTube video
And it is, in fact, comedy gold
What year is it
It's an interesting mix of feedback, to be sure.
Seeing some folks asking "why would you make me play Classic Mix?" Other saying "Wow, it's cool I have reason to go play Classic Mix now!"
Fully acknowledge the feedback we've been seeing about Bounties being the best means of progression. Glad to see some aspects of their functionality are appreciated. Will be sure to pass this positive note to the team.
Example 1001 how they are disconnected from their playerbase.
We have collected feedback regarding the following:
My tweet was illustrating the current rewards, in response to some players who were illustrating Trials as an experience that lacked rewards.
There are indeed rewards, but some players are not currently satisfied with the amount. Cozmo had been replying to a few threads noting the above mentioned feedback items as well. Apologies that my tweet didn't contain all information.
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