In the MMO shooter Destiny there are trophies and achievements. In the end, the title Guardian Lord awaits. Our article describes the journey there.
Trophies! Or for the friends on Xbox: Achievements!
Some couldn’t care less about them, others mean everything; and some even hate and despise them. You can quickly find websites dedicated to trophies on the internet, guides that explain the path to the trophy step by step, and numerous YouTube videos offering the whole experience presented with moving images. The online shooter Destiny also features trophies to be acquired. Since “The Taken King” even more have been added, after complaints were heard online that the first two DLCs brought no new trophies. However, it can be assumed that this counts among the rather minor disappointments Bungie has allowed themselves in recent months.
Guardian Lord is the Platinum Trophy in Destiny
I recently became a Guardian Lord. At least according to my trophy collection.
“Guardian Lord” is the name of the Platinum Trophy of Destiny. Wow! After over a year, I finally managed to snag this one. Most of my clan members do not have this trophy. Well, most of them actually couldn’t care less; they just want to play; trophies mean nothing to them. A few even get upset with unpleasant words when I tell them that I now have Platinum. Well, I don’t find that appropriate either. Basically, only one person has shown me respect and acknowledgment. Thank you once again at this point.
To the trophy hunters among you who want to grab 5 Platinum trophies each week (yes, that exists!), who don’t care much about the game, but only want to rush to Platinum as quickly as possible with a trophy guide in hand, I recommend: Better not go for Destiny. On the one hand, it takes days and weeks, in my case even over a year, to get Platinum. Just the time taken to complete a focus for Hunter, Warlock, and Titan is quite significant.
Who Wants Platinum Needs a Clan
Maybe you will be lucky and a few nice people in forums will help you through a raid, but for Platinum, you also need to be in a clan (“Raid Command”). And the clans I know take the game too seriously to take in a wannabe Guardian just for the trophies. Good! Furthermore, the trophy requires finishing a flawless raid (“Flawless Raider”, what a fitting name), which requires a lot of experience, diligence, stamina, and certainly certain skills. With “The Taken King”, this is presumably simpler now, by completing an older raid that is not too challenging anymore. That back then took quite a bit of nerve. However, today I can be proud of it.
Basically, it must be said that most trophies are earned automatically over time. Eventually, you manage to complete a strike flawlessly (“Flawless Striker”, here too some thought went into the naming), achieve 25 precision kills in various levels, or restore a jump ship.
Diligence is also required for the trophy where you have to find 50 ghosts (“Ghost Hunter“). I did that one afternoon when no one was online, and I thought, well, why not? I admit with a lowered gaze: yes, I also used the first trophy guide I found. It just goes faster that way.
The last trophy I was missing for months was “Warlock Mastery,” which meant completing a Warlock focus. During my first year in Destiny, I only played with Titan and later with Hunter. That was my idea; I would only start the third character when the first major expansion comes. And I stuck to that. I also had no urgent need to become Guardian Lord at any cost.
Despite Guardian Lord, Just Mediocre…
Well, now I am a Guardian Lord. Still, I am at best mediocre in being a Guardian. In PvP, I get ruthlessly taken down. A bit more respect could be shown to me! But I admit other guardians might deserve this title more. What can I say, I am just a kind and down-to-earth Guardian Lord. Even if I ultimately cannot buy anything with it, I am still proud to have snagged this trophy. Because it involves a lot of joy, effort, and time. And no matter when I look at this trophy in my collection, whether tomorrow, whether sometime in 2017 when I am already guarding in “Destiny 2”, or in 10 years… it will always remind me of this wonderful time, which certainly had highs and lows. And I will remember fondly.
Because in my opinion, that is the true treasure of trophies: not the idea of acquiring as many as possible in as short a time as possible, but the fact that they preserve memories, both positive and negative. Therefore, I wish the passionate trophy hunters much fun in their hunt, but I take it all slowly, enjoy the atmosphere of the game, and look forward to when I can finally achieve Platinum. This endurance only applies to a game I also like in the long run. And that is what really matters.
However, it must be emphasized that Destiny is still going strong and we can still look forward to some content in the coming months that will hopefully stay positively in our memory. Maybe new trophies will be added…who knows?
How about you? Are there any more Guardian Lords among the Mein-MMO readers? How do you feel about trophies and the hunt for them?
This article is from our reader Ttime90. He also provided this experience report on the Sparrow event:
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