Destiny Without the Grind Feels Good.. So Why Is Everyone Leaving? | TWAS Ep. 157

Destiny finally feels relaxed and fun again.

The problem is, that might be because its future is already gone.

In Episode 157 of This Week at Shrouded, AGreener and Mr. Wrecked break down the strange new era of Destiny 2. Players are praising the latest content, revisiting everything they never had time to finish, and treating Destiny like a comfort game. At the same time, player numbers are falling faster than expected and the community is beginning to accept what comes next.

We also dig into Marathon’s upcoming Vault Breaker PvE experiment, Bungie’s plans for a larger PvE experience in Season 3, and whether Marathon is quietly becoming closer to the game more Bungie fans originally wanted.

Also covered this week:

• Why Destiny feels different without live-service pressure
• The continued player decline following Destiny’s final major release
• Lars Bakken retiring after more than 20 years at Bungie
• Previously retired Bungie Rewards returning to the store
• Marathon’s Vault Breaker PvE mode
• The larger Marathon PvE experience planned for Season 3
• Marathon’s economy, matchmaking, map size, and player population
• Warframe: Tau and the journey beyond the Origin System
• The enormous noir-inspired city of Fortnax
• Why Soulframe caused controversy during TennoCon
• Diablo IV’s Season of Mythics backlash
• Blizzard removing the crafted Mythic restriction
• Whether Mythic gear should actually be difficult to obtain
• Battlefield 6 Season 4 and the return of naval warfare
• Overwatch Stadium entering maintenance mode
• ZeniMax workers protesting Microsoft’s layoffs
• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced and Ubisoft’s in-game advertising
• Palworld 1.0’s massive launch numbers
• The completely functional and definitely not broken weekly giveaway draw
• The new Shrouded Gaming website, profile cards, loyalty store, and game-server directory

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Let us know in the comments: Does Destiny feel better now that the pressure to keep up is gone, or has losing that future also removed the reason to play?

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