In Destiny 2 there is a new ranking system that allows players to appreciate each other in order to be seen as a valuable team member. However, just one week after Lightfall, 6000 praises or more are worth nothing. We tell you why.
Which system did the Guardians cheat? At the launch of Lightfall, Destiny 2 introduced an appreciation system.
- With the system, Guardians can express their honest appreciation for team members who have stood out positively.
- After completing certain activities, the praise is selected through cards with different meanings, such as “Thoughtful”, “Indispensable”, or “Selfless”.
In itself, a noble thing. But on the way to 6000 praises for a triumph, the players of Destiny 2 are immediately ready to cheat the system.
The noble gestures, which were intended as a long-term commitment in Destiny 2, are already worthless one week after the launch of Lightfall because Guardians always want to be the best.
In the new Lightfall raid, players will also be able to evaluate each other. It starts on March 10:
This is how the Guardians are currently circumventing the system: It didn’t take a week for players to discover ways to tilt the system. Simply join an activity as a group that wants to bypass the system, die quickly there, and start over.
If you look at Bungie’s LFG system (Looking for Group), you’ll find countless player requests actively seeking to collect praises. Also, in several Destiny Discords, players are already looking for fellow cheaters. And via YouTube, there are already guides on this.
In these activities, Guardians particularly like to die voluntarily for their praise:
- In the activity “Urquell” at the Grandmaster difficulty level
- Also popular is the raid “Last Wish” with “Petra’s Run”, as raid praise is more valuable
Specifically for “Petra’s Run”, there are players who, thanks to community macros that have existed for some time for the Wish Wall, even offer faster runs. Apparently, players don’t want to wait long for their praise.
Normally, it would take a while to earn enough appreciation. The system was also supposed to serve as a guideline for other players to assess someone’s experience level. But some Guardians don’t care, as they just want to be the best.
Here we explain how the appreciation system actually works:
So if you are out and about in Destiny 2 next week and see Guardians with rank 10 or 11, you can assume that these players have likely cheated for their noble status.
Instead of valuable recognition from others, they have probably just monotonously jumped off a cliff or blown themselves up for hours.
This change could solve the problem: Some players are already calling for Bungie to improve the system, as there is not only the aforementioned criticism. Players also complain that the system is too subtle.
- Praises are often only distributed to Guardians who stand out due to their armor in the evaluation overview.
- The evaluation screen is often overlooked, so no evaluations are made.
- Or players are still looking through their loot and simply miss the extremely short time window to express their appreciation.
- Additionally, there are usually very few options available. “Brings Joy” or “Competent” can each only be given once.
Bungie still has room for improvement to make this system better. For example, if it were no longer possible to evaluate after a team fail in orbit, this cheese would also be history.
Honestly: How many praises have you been able to collect so far? And were all of these honorably earned? How do you like the new appreciation system overall? And what would you say to the cheaters? Feel free to leave us a comment about whether you have encountered any Guardians with rank 10 or 11.
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