In Destiny 2 there’s a new quest, but the first step of it is too brutal for many players. We’re looking at MeinMMO to see what causes the frustration and why some players are throwing in the towel.
What quest is this about? With the weekly reset on May 12, guardians anticipated a new quest in Destiny 2: “The Lie.” The Guardian Games event just recently ended, and guardians were hungry for new content – but the quest start quickly spoiled the appetite of some players.
Ana Bray on Mars is the contact person for the new mission. She assigns players the task of completing a massive community challenge: Several million public activities need to be completed.
And this first quest step currently causes a lot of frustration and even resignation from some players. And this is despite the fact that the powerful reward is known through leaks and is at the top of many players’ wish lists, why?
The community challenge is not well received by players
Here’s why players don’t want to play: A look into the relevant subreddits about Destiny or on the Twitter comments on Bungie’s channels quickly makes it clear that there are several reasons why the first quest step is not well received.
Here’s what is criticized:
- Currently, millions of events in the EDZ, on the Moon, and Io need to be completed – This is just too much grind for players
- Players criticize the community event as a kind of timegate – since the quest only progresses after the challenge, this new task has the unwelcome flavor of delays
- The quest description is also unclear: “Complete public events as a community […]” – Players are not clear whether all public events or the Seraph Tower events in particular are meant (only the Seraph Tower events are meant)
- Guardians do not want to be told exactly when and how to play
- Just last week, the Seraph Tower event was made harder – now some players fail regularly and have even less motivation after some failures
Here’s how guardians are reacting: Many Destiny players now declare: “Respect to all the people who are actually going to do the Seraph Tower event. I know I won’t be one of them.” (via reddit). Since it’s a community challenge, the quest progresses even without individual contribution.
The problem is that this significantly delays the next quest step. This is also shown by the numbers, as currently (8:00 AM) the progress is at:
- EDZ: 4 %
- Moon: 1 %
- Io: 1 %
At this pace, we will likely have to wait several more days for the second quest step and even longer for the reward.
Even here on MeinMMO, the start of the new quest is frustrating:
What’s up with Bungie and these community grind quests, was that ever asked for in the community?! I don’t think so.
Marki Wolle via MeinMMO
What do you think of such community events in general and the start of the current quest “The Lie” – Are you determined to complete the mission or are you taking it easy? Do you also have your issues with the new, harder Seraph Tower event?
We will soon publish a guide that clarifies how the quest works, what steps will follow, and what the powerful reward has to offer.
