#MMO-Shooter

[witchoil]

Ghosts as a whole concept make me so fucking insane. they’re just people and they’re the living engines of a brutal war and they’re the fragile shield between every Guardian and their last death and they do terrible things in the name of love and they are a kind of love incarnate and and and

#they are like infants they are capable of instigating immeasurable harm they are sometimes goofy and ours has existential depression #destiny 2 #destiny #this is a post about Ghosts from the looter shooter mmo Destiny 2

[thefirstknife]

Hi Bel,

I keep seeing comments about people complaining about the quality of destiny’s writing and story in the last few weeks. I haven’t really engaged with destiny since season of defiance, what’s currently gotten everyone so riled up? I thought that people were enjoying Season of the Deep/Witch in terms of narrative, why is Season of the Wish causing people to deride the destiny writing staff again?

I don't know!

Deep and Witch have been absolute bangers in every aspect to me. I've been enjoying all interactions and lore tabs we've received. A lot of them are stuff that we've never had before, a lot of reunions and closures, a lot of development and interactions between characters who you wouldn't really think would have much in common.

Sloane's return and healing from what she's been through has been fantastic, Drifter opening up with her to help her because he also got help from others was fantastic, Sloane reuniting with Aisha and Shayura brought me to tears (Shayura's descent into madness was triggered by immense trauma of Sloane staying on Titan and Titan disappearing), everything with Sloane and Zavala...

Witch was just incredible in every single way; the focus on Eris, the amount of Eris and Ikora content!!!!! Everything about Xivu and Savathun and their interactions together!! Eris finally fulfilling her goal she promised Savathun YEARS ago, getting that closure.

Wish so far has been equally great to me. All the new stuff about Ahamkara is amazing, finally giving us proof for long-standing speculation about Ahamkara and how they aren't universally evil creatures and expanding on them as a species. I love all interactions we've had so far; finally we have Petra back, Mara's singleminded focus on figuring out how to defeat the Witness and her continuous work to improve as a person, ALL SJUR MENTIONS!!!!! I won't talk about the "leak" because we have no context for it so I will wait for the full story to be revealed before I can pass judgment; something that I think should be a lesson to learn from this entire year. Maybe wait for the story to finish before judging the story.

Literally everything this past year that involves Osiris, but especially this season now that he's back in his element with the Vex. And of course every little detail we get of him and Saint. Osiris honestly shaped this year for me with everything that he's done to uncover the biggest mysteries. I think a big reason is that a lot of people just don't like Osiris, which I consider a massive skill issue.

Other than that, I don't know what are the issues people have besides just not being interested in any of these storylines and attributing it to a nebulous "bad writing" claim. I also genuinely believe that way too many people get wrapped up too much in fandom, imagine storylines they want to see and then get disappointed when the actual story doesn't go there. Almost like people forget that this isn't their story and these aren't their characters. A lot of it is also fandom completely warping characters into not what they actually are and then feeling like the canon story is the one that's wrong.

Whatever is the reason, I guess everyone is entitled to their perspective of the story and everyone is free to explore the story in different ways through fanfics and AUs and whatever. I do that too!

But I would definitely ask people to be normal with how they engage in criticism, especially in the current state of affairs. Writers are developers; they experience a ton of harassment and negativity from the community and also from inside the company. And they are online: they can see what we're saying. It's been documented that community commentary has been used to harass writers:

Imprint this into your brain and never forget what these people had to go through. Let's not forget also the way people treated Seth Dickinson on social media when he was active with Destiny fans. "Fans" were actively arguing with him about his own work (telling him that HE is wrong) and were utterly disgusting towards him when he tried explaining what he wrote. His works are now hailed as the best writing in Destiny and people want him back. If I were him, I wouldn't want to come back ngl, not with how he was treated and not with how fans are still treating writers (and hey, Seth wrote LF Collector's Edition! So he was back, technically, this year!). Let's not forget that a lot of writers are members of various marginalised groups. And I'd definitely not want to go back with zero support from leadership.

Which is also an important aspect for all developers, including writers: sometimes they have orders they may not like, but can't argue against. They do the best they can with what they're given, the time they have and directions they receive. And with that in mind, I am enjoying everything we've gotten this year, obviously with some specific complaints about things I didn't particularly enjoy (like the universally mid reception of Defiance; I've spoken about my gripes with it before, a big one being the shafting of Suraya who should've at least been mentioned in a lore tab).

I can tell that there is passion in their work, even if maybe they would prefer to do more with it, but can't. Maybe even if they want to take different routes, but can't. But from what we got, I can feel that they care about this world and these characters. I can tell that someone lovingly wrote about Sloane and her friendships with two grieving women. I can tell that they deeply cared about Sloane's friendship with Zavala and that they loved showing us Saint and Drifter caring about a fellow trauma survivor.

I can tell that the writers are immensely careful and loving towards Eris; everything she went through was crafted with love and passion from both writers and her VA. Eris' story is such a fundamental aspect of Destiny and I can tell that this was important to the writing team and that they gave her everything they could to do justice to her character and her arc and her healing and her release from the cycle she was trapped in for so long.

I can tell that there are writers who care a lot about Osiris and Saint and their relationship. I can tell that someone cared a lot about expanding on Ahamkara and giving them more personalities. I can tell that someone cared DEEPLY about Sjur and Mara and that her repeated mentions are the passionate work of writers who want us to remember her.

I could go on. And I know that not everyone sees it this way, which is fine; we all have different ways of perceiving stories. I enjoy discussing things we in the fandom disagree on and I enjoy hearing different perspectives! Unfortunately, this has recently become rarer and rarer. And for the love of god, please try and treat writers with some respect, especially now, especially those who are still working and doing their best with the shitty situation they're in. None of the cries of "poor devs" ring true to me unless the same is given to writers, instead of treating them like punching bags.

#destiny 2 #long post #for the record: yeah i also have some gripes with some writing decisions. it's normal #but i feel like those are things that i can learn to accept or let go or even have my mind changed with a different perspective #or by just accepting that the writing team was limited in some way and that this was the best they could do #it happens to every story at some point #and yeah capitalism is the death of art. destiny's story would be better from start to finish if it weren't a shooter mmo #but that ship has sailed a long time ago. like. in 2014. #it's honestly a miracle that we got even a fraction of the stuff we got considering the target audience of fps mmos #and it's fine if this just isn't good enough to some. happens #but i think we can move on without being shitty about devs yeah? #in all likelihood writers may even agree that some of the stuff they had to write isn't the best or isn't what they wanted #calling them bad writers over circumstances we don't understand is just shitty #just like it's shitty to do it to any other dev over bugs in the game or badly implemented features or whatever #none of these people are sitting at their desks maliciously laughing while deliberately creating 'bad' things #and this is especially bothering me for writers because of how atrocious people are to artists of all kinds #almost like writers had to strike this year to be respected and treated as people that matter

[lavampira]

okay the wireless controller I got for christmas is such a life changer tbh

#nobody @ me bc i’m still kb/m for my mmos and i’m only using it for other games #BUT it’s made aiming sm easier in shooters and less hell on my arthritic hands <: #and it’s so pink and green and cute!!! reminds me of sherbert LOL #the life and times

[phantasyhalation]

something i've felt so frustrated trying to voice since... more or less childhood is that i really do not like playing video games with other people. i understand for a lot of people, Online people under thirty especially, it's considered a very neutral and low-effort medium for socialisation. not for me. it exhausts me. you'll struggle to see me engage for more than an hour, if that.

i like video games. i like conversation. i don't like having to split my attention between the two. i don't like having to schedule things in advance, in case i don't feel the drive once the time comes. i don't like being expected to sit down and sustain my attention on the game and my spirit in the conversation. i certainly don't like commentary about the game, especially if cynical: if you're raging online, or making fun of the game when we're not literally sitting down to play The Room for PS2, i want to throttle you. even innocent stuff like stopping us to mess around in a menu for five minutes is going to make my head spin.

tabletops are fine, because those have a much more explicit and focused social order. card games, board games are fine for the same reason. while i don't play many huge online games, they're fine to exist together in, too. i'm even happy to join a guild in anything MMO-like and talk with anyone i meet through there. but the moment i join a call to sit down and play something cooperative, or queue up together for a PvP game, or even just exist simultaneously in a shared server, i'm checked out mentally. i apologise for my disinterest: the situation is making me balance two things i otherwise like for hours at a time, and it's uncommon that i feel they don't detract from each other. if we must play something, let's make it something casual and low-commitment.

#one of my more antisocial takes but one i feel desperate to voice somewhere without an audience of anyone this could apply to personally #for reference things i find fine: in-person rhythm games; short-round fighting games; drop-in play on MMOs or mobile games; Parallel Play #anything like a pvp team/squad shooter or a co-op campaign game makes me want to shoot myself dead #latency.txt

[xazz]

predictably

everyone acting like the sky is falling about Bungie

looked at my YT feed today to yet more videos about it

you guys ARE THE PROBLEM

all your bitching and moaning over the past YEAR is partially why this is happening

but nah layoffs happen in a vacuum it can't be my fault UWU Me telling people for the past 8-11 months how boring Destiny is, how not worth it is to buy, how stupid the story is has zero bearing on why people might have lost their jobs because preorders (and probably Silver and season purchases) for Final Shape were low.

#destiny 2 #like what do you monkeys WANT!? #also people expecting Destiny to be an rpg when its a looter shooter are insane to me #destiny is not and never has been an rpg #it's an FPS mmo where you can collect loot and customize a loadout #and guess what people also bitch and moan like this about normal mmos too #you'll never be happy #there is nothing bungie can do to make you happy if you don't already enjoy the game #so if you're not enjoying the game stop playing it #I'll be over here with the people who like it and have a healthy relationship with it #christ alive some people sound like such babies

[wizd0mz]

Rise to Glory: Destiny 2's Guardian Games Have Arrived

Ready to represent your class? Who will come out on top? Jump into Destiny 2's 2024 Guardian Games and bring glory to your team. We have the scoop on all the new additions to this years games!

Credit: Bungie The Guardian Games, one of Destiny 2’s most beloved events, takes place from March 5th-26th. The annual event promises a chance to bring glory to your respective classes while proving your worth to opposing Guardians. Each year, Bungie introduces new elements and enhancements to keep the competition fresh and exciting. With additions such as the highly anticipated “Skimmer”…

View On WordPress

#Bungie #Destiny #Destiny 2 #Event #FPS #Gaming #Guardian Games #Lightfall #MMO #PC gaming #playstation #Season of the Wish #Shooter #Steam #Video Games #xbox

[redeyeflyguy]

Wonderful Things That May or May Not Be Wonderful!!! A lot of people have some strong thoughts about Fallout 76. A lot of those thoughts are justified but I've talked about the game before so I'm going to talk about a little piece of hardware known as The Dragon. You see, 76 introduced black powder weapons to the Fallout universe. Flintlock pistols, muskets, blunderbusses and the like all to pay tribute to West Virginia's affinity for the Civil War. These outdated firearms have extremely slow reload times but because this is Video Game Land, they are given fantastic accuracy and damage.  The standard Black Powder Rifle already packs a punch but what about four Black Powder Rifles fused into one gun? That's the Dragon and it is beautiful! Sure, it has a standard reload time of 13 seconds as you pour in the powder and ram down every single metal ball but when it connects , it's gonna blow some faces off. It may not be as practical as an assault rifle or even a mini-gun but sometimes you don't want practicality, sometimes you want a brutal VATS critical to a Super Mutant's face and that's pretty wonderful in its own right. P.S. Also, for some reason, despite firing four .50 cal balls at once, the gun only consumes one shot at a time. Well, I'm not complaining.

#wonderful #the dragon #video game weapons #fallout 76 #black powder #rifles #four in one #civil war #history #vats #guns #west virgina #fallout #first person shooter #mmo #western rpg

[gapol]

What are Nice and What are Missing in Fallout 76?

Nice stuff

MO (interaction), RPG (stories), Shooter (action)

Triple-A game, detailed graphics

Great main story which could be a novel about fictional war doomed out during Cold War

Large game world 43 km2, similar to Far Cry 4 which is 46 km2

Long play time: Hours and hours of playing to finish the game

Missing stuff

MMO (more interaction)

Free unlimited bullets without crafting, for mayhem actions with automatic guns!

#mmo #mo #rpgs #morpgs #mmorpgs #fallout #fallout 76 #shooters #games #gaming #cold war #triple-a

[circesoracle]

might get brave and try legend Starcrossed today I gotta get that title besties

#annual call for mutuals and oomfies who play D2 to reach out #all like 1 or 2 of you #come be unwell about Mara and Sjur Eido with me I mean play the MMO shooter many have deemed “god awful” and “not very fun” #mostly the first part tho #please 👉👈

[oldpaledrake-blog]

🔴 LIVE NOW! 🔴 It's time for some sweaty Competitive FPS Action! Jumping into Destiny 2!

https://www.twitch.tv/oldpaledrake

#destiny 2 #fps mmo #shooter #competitive #pvp #streamer #twitch #vtuber #pngtuber

[astrxealis]

man i wanted ffxv comrades for the longest time. fun fact but like. it's been less ever since i got into ffxiv but i've always been super into games w character customization (bcs ocs or self-insert stuff lol) !! so all mmos i've gotten into (most on mobile bcs i never really was a pc gamer </3 or played online games on ps until xiv) are bcs of the character customization actually. even ffxiv (but also esp bcs i love final fantasy). man i hope i can get ffxiv comrades sometime ??

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #either character customization or bcs of friends btw! uh i've played like. black desert (mobile only </3) and there was toram online #man i trolled people on there with my friend who is now famous on tiktok (sorry it's just really funny /pos to me) #does dragon raja count. ALSO i want to play lost ark sometime and other mmos (esp pso2) hehehe. #but yeah! character customization <3 but i think i can also say i'm definitely into mmos HGSJBHBEGHB #ffxiv actually i heard of a long time ago... bcs of my dad actually GOD i love my dad sm #he once showed us a trailer for. idk whether 1.0 or 2.0 but yeah but then 'oops nvm it's online' BUT HAHA IRONIC NOW LMFAO #dad. i want to get him into ffxiv! dude has played like wow and diablo apparently so <3 (i want to play those too sometime) #also i miss playing shooter gamesss i only ever played a lot of those games on mobile + some cod games i have on xbox #and then apex for. one day on ps LMFAO but i want to get into others too ^___^ but i don't want to support blizzard at all yuck #but i want to at least have the experience so. yeah! #BUT YEAH after that trailer i think a few years later ofc super interested in character customization games #so there was ffxv comrades which was great bcs then we were suuuper into ffxv. and then we also got more interested in xiv bcs of ^^ #wow... memories are so interesting. i wonder how i remembered a long time after that our dad showed us ffxiv a long long time ago #i rmbr around that time i still had my angsty emo comfort ocs :)) LMFAO. but then it slowly developed into the sort of #found family i kinda made for myself. they're still in my head i love them a lot so very much! #idk what i'm talking about anymore oh well but yeah that's how i got into ffxiv bcs of ffxv and character customization #and my history with mmos and shooter games it seems. #i still want ffxv comrades btw. one day! i really just love ff(xv) okay

[aliaoftheknives]

everyone else who said destiny 2 on that post about games you sink 1000 hours into but nobody else should ever play…can we gay kiss on the mouth?

#neil.txt #destiny 2 is not a game to me it is a brother a cousin a father a comrade a partner a sign and a lover #literally like i’ve been playing bungie’s fucking shooter both of them on and off since i was 13. empires fall kings rise throne in the #desert and yourself; and i will still be playing destiny 2. dread it run from it etc #also this is why i still hate doing group content in ff because my first mmo was destiny. WHEN I WAS 13

[coopessential]

Plan 8 - Upcoming next gen MMO Shooter

https://plan8.pearlabyss.com/en/Main/Index

#Plan 8 #MMO #Shooter #Next Gen

[miserye]

over 60 hours on monhun.........

#chatterye #i think i play almost every day for at least an hour #anything over 30? 40? hours for me is rly bad #if i'm gonna be so fr #i also bought more games because i don't have impulse control #and i wanted some more casual games on my switch #everything i play is too do or die #i'm trying to get more of my other genres i like on the switch #i mostly just have shooter/rpg mmos

[literarywizard]

Getting Lost In Warframe With My Friends

I recently got into Warframe (by which I mean spent more than an hour playing the introduction, which I did many years ago) and though I'm helplessly lost in regards to the plot and worldbuilding, I'm still having a fun time just cruising along.

I started playing Warframe pretty recently. Well, sort of. I started playing Warframe past the introduction recently. I started playing it years and years ago, because one of my friends was really into the game, but I was getting into it as he was falling off it and I didn’t really have it in me to stay focused on the game by myself back then. I still don’t these days, but I’ve got a pair of…

View On WordPress

#Looter-Shooter #MMO #Plot #Story #Tenno #Video Gaming #Warframe

[zachfett]

Defiance (2013, Trion Worlds)

In 2017 I put roughly 380 hours into Defiance. Unlike the mediocre "SyFy" TV show it was based on, the game was really fun. The community was great as well, really friendly and welcoming. It was one of the few times I've come out of my shell and joined a clan.

Sadly the servers were shut down in 2021. I miss it every once in a while, I wish there was another TPS MMO like it.

#Defiance #2013 #Trion Worlds #MMO #SyFy Channel #dead mmo #MMORPG #MMOTPS #third person shooter #PC #mmo #mmorpg #2013 games #PC gaming #PC games #Steam #gaming #pc games #video games #virtual photography #gaming photography #my screenshots #in game photography #multiplayer #video game photography #Xbox 360 #X360 #Playstation 3 #PS3 #Jeremy Spencer