Turns Out Curse of Osiris has a Good Hook

There is one hook in the Curse of Osiris that has grabbed hold in a way not felt from Destiny in a long time. In Curse of Osiris there is a weapon forge quest line. Guardians accomplishments are represented by a handy wall with a circle of smaller circles that will light up with the appropriate symbol as each weapon is forged. It makes for a fun visual and a handy way to keep up with the excruciating grind.

[Neonridr]

good hook? lol. These weapons require you to grind out the most menial tasks possible to acquire the materials needed for forging these weapons. No offense, but having to do hours of public events over and over again just to get the mats needed is not my idea of a good hook. It's Bungie's way of forcing us to do the same thing over and over again. And even then the drop rate is stupid low.

To each their own though..

[FPS_D3TH]

Yeah the grind for the weapons is extremely boring and even then the weapons aren’t even worth chasing.

[Neonridr]

there are a couple. I actually really enjoy the scout rifle that you get first. I also have the hand cannon which is useless and the pulse rifle which is "ok" at best. Currently working on the sword which no doubt will be sitting in my vault. I am merely doing these so I can gain access to the Perfect Paradox shotgun quest since that shotgun looks quite nice. But you need to finish 5 of these verses first before the quest will become available, so one more to go after the sword one I am working on... FML

[Krysis]

And that's the problem, D1 was a grind fest but I Fu@#ing loved it because when a fatebringer or a gally finally dropped it was all worth it. Nothing about this game or dlc is worth it.

[madforaday]

People wanted a grind... They get a grind.... people hate the grind

People wanted old Exotics from D1.... they get them... people complain of getting old content.

People wanted stuff to use their shards.... they got them... no one bats an eye.

People wanted a reroll system ... they got them... no one bats an eye.

People wanted harder missions to do... we got 3 Heroic Adventures (which is super fun!)... no one bats an eye at them. I even read reviews on the DLC and no mention of these anywhere.

Is the game perfect? Not even close!

[Neonridr]

just my opinion but everything to do with mercury was super lazy. That infinite forest is beaten to death and doing half of those missions and adventures requires the same thing.. moving through a maze that opens up as you unlock each door.

I am all for a grind to getting my power level to 335 (at 323 currently). But grinding the mast for the prophecy guns is not fun, it's not interesting, and the majority of those guns are useless. I am merely doing it to get the shotgun.

I think the problem is D1 players are asking for new things to do, not the same things over and over. Grinding public events for 4 hours is not my idea of fun.

[madforaday]

@Neonridr
I do agree and I will always want more things to do in D2. I just REALLY like the mechanics in the game. I love doing patrols while doing PE, then Lost Sectors (they are going to make them better in the future they said). Then doing Heroic Strikes or adventures depending on what Vex weapon I need. I need 3 of those things from the Strike missions. It is a grind but I was doing these already without a grind because it is just fun. That isn't even going into the Raid, the new layer and the Nightfall. If you are playing D2 and you rarely do the Nightfall and Raid you are missing out on the MOST fun Destiny has to offer.

I am not saying all, but some people who I talk to say D2 is boring and then I ask don't you like the Raid stuff. They are like, I never done it before, I don't have 5 people I can play with. In my opinion, their opinion of Destiny goes out the window because they aren't doing the best part of the game.

[maybelovehate]

The shotgun and kinetic submachine gun are pure awesomeness.

[Neonridr]

yeah.. I am in this for the shotgun.. lol

I enjoyed the Scout Rifle as well

[maybelovehate]

I am enjoying the added grind personally. Much better than farming for the exotic swords in Destiny 1 haha.

[Neonridr]

oh god, but that was the first thing I thought of when grinding the mats for the prophecy weapons. I was like remember that time when we would have to just go farm resource nodes on a planet. Equip said ghost with the detection perk. I find myself doing same thing with the EDZ ghost and chests. I throw in a public event here and there, but takes far too much time than just opening a few chests.

I wouldn't mind it so much if the tasks weren't so limited to one or two things specifically.

[maybelovehate]

Haha, yeah, I just use keen scout. It honestly goes pretty fast. I finish them all plus have a full inventory for the next week. Public Events pop back to back. Plus you get tokens and engrams with a chance for Masterworks. And thankfully the public events in Destiny 2 are pretty damn fun.

[Neonridr]

@maybelovehate - the worst is going for the paradox ones. I was grinding strikes yesterday and I realized just how few strikes there are in D2 currently. I ended up playing the same levels like 4 or 5 times each, lol.

[InTheZoneAC]

For people complaining about a grind, just mix up what you do(strikes, patrol/public events, raid, and PvP). Stop acting like you need to do one thing nonstop if it's boring to you. Pace yourself, mix it up, or go play something else.

[FPS_D3TH]

I don’t actively seek them out no, but I do watch as I earn the consumables when I can redeem them. I just don’t find the gear worthwhile. It’s kinda just there rather than something you really want to do.

[Neonridr]

raid doesn't help with grinding the mats.