Board Thread:Destiny Forum/@comment-25548717-20150520101434

I am sorry if what follows comes off as a bit of a rant. I guess I'm miffed.

Having purchased the "Limited Edition" of Destiny, I've automatically received all the updates thus far, including House of Wolves. One of the first things I noticed after exploring the Reef with the HoW content was that my armour caps have been lifted with this new expansion set, and now require "Etheric Light" to continue the upgrade path. So far, so good.

However, here on DestinyPedia we learn that to obtain Etheric Light it is necessary to participate in a Nightfall Strike, the Prison of Elders Arena, or the Trials of Osiris.

All 3 of these activities are multi-player. In other words, all 3 of these activities require you to have a PSN subscription [if you are playing on the PS/3 or PS/4 editions or, [I am guessing now] the equivalent subscription to the MS equivalent. Don't get me wrong, I have no issue with anyone who wants to play as part of a Team, or against other human opponents in a PvP scenario. However, none of my friends have Destiny, and I personally really dislike PvP intensely.

There will be a large number of people who read this and say, "Well, duh, Destiny is primarily a PvP game, so why did you buy it?" I don't want to get side-tracked with that discussion here. [ Though I don't agree that it was sold as a PvP game]. My issue is with the fact that with this latest expansion set, Bungie are further cementing the need for Destiny players to continue handing cash to Sony [and/or Microsoft] just if they want to progress through the game.

I purchased my copy from the UK Amazon web site, here:-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00L8IW9ES?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

and you can see that there is absolutely no mention of the need to maintain an on-going PSN subscription to be able to play the game. [ That's likely an issue with Amazon].

So: does anyone know if Bungie are getting kick-backs from the console networks? Is this a deliberate ploy to raise revenue - i.e. having delivered a very sparse, bare-bones game and then promised 10 years of steady upgrades, Bungie have set about ensuring that is 10 years of steady income through nothing more than cynical practices? Don't get me wrong - I don't begrudge Bungie income, ​providing the content is worth it. The issue is that people who are buying the expansion packs are having to pay for them. To be expected to "pay again" just to *play them* seems like the ultimate con.

Am I being unreasonable? Is the only answer here to quit the game? Interested in other player thoughts... 