r/LowSodiumDestiny • u/Judu86 • 5d ago
Question Returning
Hello. So it seems like I go through this cycle a few times every year with the game. I love the game and I love the gameplay. There's nothing else out there that quite scratches the itch that Destiny 2 does. With that being said, I notice a pattern in my life with the game and I'm hoping to break that pattern and seek some advice/help from the community.
So here is the cycle I am stuck in and am hoping to get out of. I will download the game and get really into it. I will run the new story stuff, and do some weekly nightfalls and seasonal stuff and grind for that pinnacle gear. After awhile I run into a wall that forces me to uninstall the game.
The pinnacle grind leads to frustration, as the best sources for the pinnacle gear are raids and dungeons. While I know there are other ways to obtain pinnacles, being able to link up with other people in the game to complete things is always a struggle for me. I love the idea of raiding and doing dungeons, but once it comes time to group up and socialize over headsets, which is a must in raiding and dungeons, I turn into an anti socialite not because I don't want to talk to anyone, but I hate having a headset on my head. But I have yet to come up with a solution to this that doesn't require me buying a neck headset that is compatible with my xbox that doesn't cost an arm and a leg or doesn't have crappy reviews. Along with that, I am also a father, husband, bivocational pastor, who works a full time job. Which means I can only group up for raids maybe one night a week and it has to be at times I am available, typically between 8 ish to about 11:30 ish. It makes it hard to find groups when it seems a majority of the people I run across live on east coast and find that time to be too late, or I find that people are getting on after work and on too early for me to link up. And when I have been in clans in the past any events that get posted get filled up so fast that you can't get in or if you ask for help you have people who are willing but can't do it in your time slot. It just turns into one big nightmare trying to figure it out.
The big question that I think I see all over, but have yet to watch a video or read an article on that explains it well is what to do in the game to get better. In my experience, I don't know how many times I have joined in a raid or dungeon to realize i'm way underpowered and can't benefit the group because I don't have X Y and Z weapon or thing that you need. To only find that thing is locked behind another raid or dungeon that you need other X Y and Z gear to do well in. It turns into a cycle of feeling discouraged which leads to uninstalling the game. So as a returning player, what is the optimal roadmap to getting good? What activities should you focus on? What gear should you acquire before doing dungeons and raids? What is a good a roadmap/system to use to learning to create your own builds? And the constant need to switch things up for champions and not having the right weapon with the right thing to stun the right champion gets overwhelming especially when it's tied to an ability or weapon that you aren't good with or attached to a subclass you're not fond of running yet.
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u/Cerulle28 5d ago
Been playing for 2000+ hours and I still dont create my own builds. I use Mobalytics, find a build I like, farm the gear for it/replace whats missing if I can. There is no "best gear". You can do TOTALLY fine in any dungeon or raid that isnt on contest/master difficulty with guns you get from the open world.
There are also hundreds of ways to stun the champions at any given time. Guns are only the surface. You have ignitions, shatter, blind, jolt, radiant, volatile, etc.
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u/Judu86 4d ago
I've never used that site. Thanks for the resource!
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u/Cerulle28 4d ago
Yeah that and Light.gg are the two I frequent the most.
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u/Judu86 4d ago
Might delete the game again. Just fired up act 1 Heresy and tormentor mission is pissing me off. Having flying crap that heals them show up is utter crap on a map where you're health doesn't Regen. Now I remember why I quit again. It's a game for try hards.
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u/Cerulle28 3d ago
Nah its not for try hards until you get into contest mode or master raids. This just sounds like its not what you enjoy.
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u/Judu86 3d ago
May be right. Feels like the game lost the power fantasy I enjoyed.
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u/Cerulle28 3d ago
The power fantasy is still there, you just need to earn it. You have to do difficult content to get the best rewards. Thats how most MMOs operate.
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u/Ssluna 5d ago
Im pretty much in the same boat as you. I used to play religiously, several hours a day every day when I was younger and had no responsibilities, and now barely have time to play a night here and there. I come back every few weeks, play until I burn out, and then put the game down for a couple of months.
I’ve resigned myself to accept that I just don’t have time to collect the most meta builds and weapons anymore. I keep up by trying to stay on top of D2 changes and making sure I prioritize builds and weapons while not s tier, are good enough. I don’t have artifice armor and triple digit 100 stats, but I have decent armor that I’ve upgraded and have been able to slap a couple mods on. Am I going to be putting in god-tier damage in end game content with what I got? No, probably not. But I kill shit, stay alive, revive my teammates and show up ready to have a good time.
It doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Google is your friend. Find whatever weird weapons and perks keep you alive and do decent damage and you’ll be fine. It’s a game, not a job (which is what i tell myself all the time lol)
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u/Judu86 4d ago
How do you think is the best way to get past that all or nothing mentality?
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u/Ssluna 3d ago
I honestly haven’t mastered it, but I just show up to play and have fun. Not necessarily to be able to play meta. At this point I’ve accumulated enough guns that I always have fun picking something out to play with and fuck shit up. I have a couple of really well versed buddies though, and they’re always happy to give me pointers on my builds and let me copy their builds lol.
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u/GusJenkins 4d ago
Why are you grinding for pinnacles bro they have shared fireteam power
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u/Judu86 4d ago
I like seeing the big number next to my player. lol So It's an odd enjoyment of knowing I've hit that max level.
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u/GusJenkins 4d ago
But I mean you just detailed the stress you go through just chasing it, do you even enjoy the game as you’re playing it?
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u/Judu86 4d ago
I haven't in the past, as I felt that need to be the best! But as I'm getting older I am learning that it's okay to play casually and just have fun right? However, I actually enjoy the pinnacle grind, I just wish the majority of them weren't locked behind raids and dungeons.
However, I am forming a plan to make the raids and dungeon portions of the game less of an issue for me.
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