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Edited by paper_guns:
10/1/2025 7:27:46 PM
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Raid Races
Who are raid races designed for? Why should I care one bit about watching the same streamers play another raid race? Who cares? Maybe if the raids were actually fun for the usual clan and gamer instead of the 0.0001% of top players. Most I talk to won’t even try the regular version let alone Epic. Bungie continues this same old pattern.
Where is the guided mode like Rite of the Nine Explorer? Stop catering to the top 5 teams and maybe people will come back to play.
Edit: to be more constructive..
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I remember the original races were open to everyone and they didn’t cater to the streamers for a buck. The difficulty of the races now is designed for the handful of streamer’s skill level. Someone made the comment below about it being the “Olympics” and that part I agree with minus the continuously expanding difficulty modifiers. For example we don’t cater to influencers when selecting Olympic contenders and those who qualify compete. Perhaps they hold qualifiers for Raid Races. As many point out these raid racers and streamers are also cheating and exploiting to win and make money.
My intention of this post is not to complain, though that is how it started. I would like to see the game improve and Id like to see Bungie chase something other than money. Raids rock and we should celebrate those who excel at the game and do extraordinary things. We should also make it a fair playing field and stop catering to streamers. I dont win raid races but its fun to try. Its not fun when its so difficult that people wont play or just get mad during the gameplay.
I suppose Im fed up with streamers, changes to the game that negatively impact player experiences, and Bungie’s increasing lack of care about the actual game experience for the main population of the game. It sure seems like Bungie does this because so much money comes from the streamer community as opposed to the gamer community. Financially it makes sense, but this also seems like a masterclass on how to royally screw up a game and the majority of the customers for some extra cash.
New - listen to the players, not the streamers.
Old - Who is making design decisions for your company? They should be fired.
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1 ReplyYou're saying listen to players and not the streamers but in what way are streamers and/or content creators not players themselves? The reason why Bungie most likely values their opinion over those of casual gamers is because these streamers spend a lot of hours in the game and play and test every aspect of the game. They often give detailed feedback or constructive criticism which Bungie values. if you want to know how the ''casual player'' gives feedback just look at the forums. The majority of the posts made have zero feedback in them other then ramblings about dropping numbers and complaining that Bungie should do better. This is why Bungie doesn't listen to us because the majority of us casual gamers can't act normally and only whine and cry about every little thing.
