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Not really. I haven’t finished a single battle pass since witch queen. It becomes too much when I feel like I have to do busy work to get stuff done. I am too old to be doing chores in my video game lol.

That’s fair, I did leave all the destiny communities I was a part of because of the negativity, when I do play I like to play completely fresh and without any information so I am avoiding spoilers and anything else that could be a bother.

I think the most important thing is to have perspective on what the game can be and what it is. If we put too much meaning personally onto the game then every time it disappoints us or doesn’t feel right we make it seem like it is a personal attack or problem that only the developer can solve. I would argue that this mindset is extremely dangerous as it just leads to endless hype and disappointment. I found the more I just let things happen and not think too much about it I enjoyed the game more. But that’s just me.

I don’t think it’s too hypocritical to complain about the community and still say take a break, the community is so bad at actually being a helpful voice to the game itself. Sometimes the negativity of the community itself is the problem because it means when playing the game with people they can drag it down. I had to cut out certain people just to have fun and it shouldn’t be like that, but everyone is different. I honestly have read enough bad takes from the community in general to not take it seriously anymore. Too many armchair developers and designers who haven’t made anything to the scale that D2 is. Not that I am saying Bungie has done a perfect job far from it, but there is so much we don’t know about what goes on behind the scenes that to make such terrible takes makes it hard to take it seriously.

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I personally agree with Datto, but I am coming from a position where none of the titles or triumphs matter to me. I play the weekly story mission and then peace out unless I have friends to play with.

I am not done with D2, but the fun and excitement around the game really has waned since 2022. I think this mainly has to do with all my friends no longer playing as I am a very social gamer, so I am not really interested in grinding for guns for a small stat boost that I won't even notice because I don't play high level content anymore.

If I were to be really honest, the constant negativity of the Destiny community itself with every patch and every new update annoys me to the point where I feel I am not allowed to enjoy the game because some bug broke the game or whatever. It's become some permissive to just shit on everything you don't like, offer some half-assed solution as if people know how to develop anything, and then act smug about it. Kinda over it. If you don't want to miss anything in the game, that's your perogative, go play the game. But if you constantly go back into the game and get pissed off at a change or some new problem or whatever grinds your gears, just get off and stop playing. If the story means enough to you, you'll play, if it isn't, you'll move on.

If everything you listed matters to you, then don't stop playing. But don't complain about the grind if you still do it. Then you're just kicking yourself in the shins and complaining about having to walk. Bungie has enough data on the players to know that the systems they have in place not only work, but make them enough money to continue development of the game in whatever direction they want. If you want things to change, stop giving them your playtime and your money.

I think they are using the term documentary as a joke.

A couple notes on your design. I think it’s a really great step in what could be a really slick skin, my only major gripe is the inconsistency in what you are doing.

I hope this doesn’t come off as being negative or nit-picky, but a lot of the elements in your design are clean, but they aren’t completely cohesive.

First thing is padding and spacing. One thing that is really throwing me off is the inconsistent spacing for your text and iconography. Your text labels for each major section are great, but they should be given the same spacing as the icons on the screen. It’s causing my eye to dart around rather than follow the flow of your screen. This also is the case with your week calendar widget, if you moved those bars and days over a bit to the left to be in line with the rest of your design it would be a lot more cohesive.

Almost all of the “problems” that I see with the design could be fixed by building out a grid system and aligning all your objects to it. If you check out the metro design system windows still uses, icons and type all have specific rules for where they go and how they behave. Try to follow those rules and it will definitely improve.

Second and much smaller is a lack of hierarchy. I am not sure what I should be looking at first when I see this. However, because this is a phone screen, it might be very readable for you. I think taking advantage of accent colours would draw your eye to your most used apps and make them easier to tap onto. I think adding a splash of colour or toning to each square would give it a bit more clear sense of what everything goes. iMessage bubbles do this, the colour becomes less saturated the further away the message is from the keyboard, this is a really subtle way of drawing your eye to where the keyboard is.

I think this design is a really good start, but I think with some tweaking, this will be excellent. I would love to see a version 1.1!

I don’t use YouTube music and don’t find the price too absurd considering the average daily watch time I have.

I get where you’re coming from, however I find it is personally easier and it is within my financial means to pay for premium instead. I am aware not everyone can but I am glad I can do that. I also support some creators through Patreon for their YouTube content as well. Currently, I am almost completely ad free with the content I consume and sometimes that means I pay money and other times I use an ad blocker. I should also note that I watch the majority of YouTube on my iPhone or on a PS4 and while there are alternatives on the App Stores I prefer the native YouTube apps.

I know I am gonna be one of the few, but I use YouTube as my main viewing of things. I don’t use Netflix, or any of the other services much. Premium is something I can’t be without anymore tbh, the ad free and downloading is super convenient for me and I like how a lot of my premium subscription goes to the creators I watch the most.

Apparently my mom said the same thing about me.

So I’m a wedding photographer and in the past 3 years I have noticed an increased amount of the lights at venues strobe or have really bad banding when I set my shutter speed to higher than 120. My assumption is that the new LED lights are flickering at a consistent rate to save energy but at the cost of the photos I take. Is this the case? That cheaper LED lights will flicker like that?

Another reason could be for test market. For example, some products launch into smaller places as a test bed to see if they will be successful at a larger scale. Some websites and services start this way as well.