Xbox One Player Charges $50 to Help Others With Destiny's Raid

Given Destiny‘s lack of matchmaking with its Vault of Glass Raid, everyone has been in a position where they’ve had to go out and look for one or more players to fill the Fire Team – now you need look no further. Xbox One player Assasin321 has taken to Ebay to advertise his services in helping others complete the Raid; if you’re willing to pay the price.

[Snookies12]

Wow, just... Wow...

[aconnellan]

That was exactly my reaction... Wow...

I'm also interested to see if he'll get any customers.

[Snookies12]

Man, I don't even play the game, and I can hook people up with friends of mine that are 27-30 on there. Who've also already done the raid. I wouldn't even consider charging people actual money to help them though. Bleh, I don't know, this kind of thing ticks me off. Profiting off of people who just want to try and experience their game to the fullest.

[spicelicka]

Well he's definitely D-bag for doing this, but the real idiots are the people who'll actually pay.

[Gazondaily]

Hmm I dunno Snookies. I think its kinda cool. Someone's making a business from it and if people are willing to pay for it, more power to them no?

"Profiting off of people who just want to try and experience their game to the fullest."

But experiencing the game to fullest doesn't mean that they are forced to enter into paying someone to help them?

I do get what you mean though; you'd think some people would like to help from the goodness of their heart (and they many probably do) and others value their time and also want to make money doing what they do best. They are essentially contracting out their 'talents' online.

It could be a slippery slope if it sets a precedent mind you. On the face of it though, it doesn't seem that bad (although $50 for this is ridiculous).

[Baka-akaB]

it's not even a precedent ... pretty much all mmos got that set of vultures and suckers ready for it .

And well in spirit and structure , Destiny is kinda a mmo

[n4rc]

I think its funny.. Good for him..

If people want to pay this guy for the help, I really dont see the issue

[HeavenlySnipes]

It's not gonna work

There are hundreds of people on the Bungie forums that are high leveled and willing to join raid parties

I myself have done it numerous times and helped a lot of new raiders.

[GiggMan]

My main complaint is that paying someone $50 doesn't guarantee that you finish the raid lol.

Anyone that has done it should know that one person on a team of six can't do it by themselves. What if everyone else is under leveled and terrible?

[ABizzel1]

It's somewhat shady, but IMO it's no different than people going to GameStop and being taken advantage of instead of much better places to shop like Best Buy, Amazon, etc...

A fool and his money, is a quote that will last.

[Jonny5isalive]

I dont think it is serious, or they guy is mental charging 50$. If it was like 10$ then maybe hed have a chance of getting some noobs, but who the hell goes onto ebay searching for "someone to help with my destiny raids yeh"

[Masterchief_thegoat]

I will never pay stranger 50 dollar. I will keep trying to get better

[Frodosmugins]

So what!

This a familiar practice used in many mmo's ie' World of Warcraft!

For me the difference is Destiny is not worth buying let alone paying for help!

Wanted to mention.. If they had tradable currency in the game that would make so much difference to user base!

[CorndogBurglar]

The funny thing is even if you pay him the $50, you still need 4 other players to finish the Raid.

Its impossible for just two people to do it.

[Spenok]

Though it isn't surprising that people do stuff like this. I mean, GeekSquad from BestBuy charges like $60 to plug in your cables for your new PS4 or Tv etc.

It's ridiculous. Though not surprising.

[ElementX]

I thought profiting off of Xbox Live was against policy.

[BigBosss]

It is, and people caught getting money under the table can get in trouble

[swice]

What about people that stream on Twitch playing their XOne? (The ones that actually make money on twitch)

[Gazondaily]

Those 'donations' are allowed iirc.

[MilkMan]

LMFAO!

[qwerty676]

is this allowed?

[BigBosss]

Nope, it's against the policy across all platforms. Can get in trouble if you do so.

[Mustang300C2012]

Why wouldn't it be?

[Mustang300C2012]

So?

How is this any different or worse than people charging to get achievements?

[BlackWolf12]

This goes against everything Destiny stands for, and everything it tries to create with its community.

[Fizzler]

I would've thought this was a perfect fit, Destiny was made just so it could charge people for DLC every few months and rake in the cash, hence why it was released with barely anything to do but grind, if I had a parent like Activision, I know I would try to profit from people's stupidity too, if anything I find this to be an amusing irony, the only thing Destiny will be raiding is your wallet.

[Viryu]

Ugh. I just quit Destiny after not being able to to beat Atheon 4 weeks in a row (or not being able to find a party), and a thought of paying for anything (even cut out DLC) never crossed my mind. Some people are just overly desperate I guess.

[Gr1mmyshadows]

Hard or normal? What lvl are you and it shouldn't be that difficult to beat him

[Viryu]

I couldn't even beat normal. Though I'm on PS4, so kinda wrong console.

[blakstarz]

What is the deal with this Raid? Is it hard as hell or something? I don't have the game.

[Naga]

It's difficult, and especially hard if you don't have a good team with a plan. How good your team and plan are determines how difficult or easy it is.

I've got stuck on one stage of the raid for 5 hours on with a team and eventually gave up, and I've beaten the whole thing in 2.5hrs without any real trouble at all.

Regardless, it's pretty epic as far as in-game challenges go.

[blakstarz]

Thanks for the reply....wow, I'm starting to gain some interest in this game now.

[bohemian 23]

The hardest part about the raid, is finding 5 other people who are competent.

[Godz Kastro]

:/

[Tzuno]

smart dude, don't hate.

[ImHyjack]

The story here that everyone is missing is no matchmaking. If it was in the game like it should be this DB wouldn't be a story Destiny fail

[bohemian 23]

Matchmaking sounds like a good idea, but I can see why they thought best not to add it. People don't get that it's not a 10-20 minute strike. It's an hour or more typically on normal and you will have people dropping out constantly. Not to mention the people who won't work as a team, and screw around the whole time.

[ipach]

like, i don't know. maybe at that point you should just spend that money on another game... or buy your friend a copy of destiny and have him/her help you. can't imagine anyone would really be so silly, but hey, why not test the market i guess.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

Who in the world would be stupid enough to pay for this?

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