Tyrrael

@steadying: Every time I hear about the fact that there's no matchmaking in the special modes, it irritates the hell out of me. It just seems like such a massive oversight not to have it there. I would like to try the raid or nightfall strike or even the weekly strike at level 28 difficulty. It's just so difficult to get a party together, which just turns the lack of matchmaking into another barrier to my enjoying the game to its fullest. I only managed to get a 3 man party together twice in nearly two weeks, and for the VoG, you need six.

Both myself and my friends are in the same boat. I actually love playing the game, because the core shooting mechanics are phenomenal. However, as soon as I found out that the only way to get to level 30 is with "special" legendary gear that can only be gotten from the VoG, it really put a damper in my motivation to keep playing. It would have taken long enough to get the necessary shards to upgrade the legendary gear I had, which at the time, I thought would get me to level 30 when fully upgraded. On top of that, if you use shards to upgrade your armor to make the VoG and strikes easier, you then have to get a ton more to upgrade the raid gear.

I'm level 27, which is as far as you can get with standard legendary gear and without spending any shards, and I just don't want to keep grinding for such a little payoff. It seems like the entire game revolves around getting to the level cap, which isn't necessarily a terrible thing, but the structure behind it IS terrible. Forcing everyone to funnel into the same area, and to get essentially the same gear just get to the level cap, was flat out stupid on Bungie's part. I'm not saying that I should be able to get 50 legendaries/exotics in a few hours, but considering the entire loot system is just one big RNG, they could just have the special legendary gear drop during other events, like strikes and even doing higher level story missions or, god forbid, the crucible which still needs a major loot overhaul.

In short, yeah, I'm burnt out, which is a shame, because I really want a reason to play more. There just doesn't seem to be one right now.

I thought the first Metroid Prime was excellent. If, however, by some chance you don't enjoy it that much, Metroid Prime Echoes, the second in the trilogy, is probably not going to renew your interest. I hated Echoes, and since I hated it so much, it soured me on the series. I never got around to playing the third one, Corruption, after the disappointment that was Echoes. So, if you really like the first one, then you should continue on to Echoes. If you thought it was ok or just meh, I would stop there, because the other two will probably be a waste of your time.

@fattony12000: Ok, I think I found that a little funnier than I should have. Well played, sir. Well played.

@jothel: I'm compelled to agree with you, at least about it being hard to replicate tone in text, but the poster didn't seem to take offense at all. Anyway, maybe I should just delete it all so as to avoid any further misconceptions.

First, you're a hypocrite. You tell me that I'm a "typical American" like in a meme, which implies that you think that I'm an uncultured xenophobic bigot, along with every other American. Then, you try and explain how I should want to travel, and if I don't, then I don't like other cultures, even though you just implied that myself, along with all Americans, are what I just said before. You can't have it both ways. You can't say one group, Americans in this case, are all bigots, and then say that all cultures and countries should be respected. This is such blatant hypocrisy that I don't even understand how you got it typed out.

Second, it WAS parody. That was the point. I wasn't making fun of him. I was joking around, and inquiring about why he would want to go to these places, in a playful way. I was just questioning the seemingly random, and yes, weird selections of places to visit. Arrogance had nothing to do with it. It's not arrogant to wonder why someone's going somewhere. I will, however, admit that, if what you said is true, I didn't know that Thailand was visited so frequently. It's just that I had literally never heard anybody anywhere ever wanting to go there, much like I said about Vietnam.

Third, I NEVER said he was wrong. I was merely stating one specific issue that I would have with going to other countries, and with people from other countries coming here. I absolutely stand by my thoughts that people who are going to travel should have a fundamental understanding of the native language(s) of the countries they are going to visit, and that it is incredibly rude not to. Please don't misunderstand this. I'm simply saying that the person traveling should be able to form basic sentences needed for basic communication. You don't have to be perfectly fluent, especially if you're traveling, which is a temporary situation, but like I said, if you go somewhere with zero knowledge of the country's native language, it makes you incredibly rude and arrogant to think that everyone should just know your language. This goes for anyone traveling anywhere, including Americans traveling abroad.

Fourth, the final sentence is incredibly patronizing. I understand plenty about why people like to travel. One of my closest friends likes to travel, as well as my parents. That having been said, they're neither right or wrong for wanting to travel, nor am I right or wrong for not wanting to travel. It's purely subjective, and I don't think any lesser of them for liking something that I don't.

Finally, I know that it was posted after you posted this, but you should look and see that Majkiboy responded to me. He clearly wasn't offended, and I responded to him in a more serious tone. It seems like he wanted to discuss it more seriously, which is fine, but he wasn't insulted or offended. The only person who seems offended by what I said is you. I was just innocently joking around. He understands that and doesn't need you to defend him, because he doesn't need defending from anything I said.

Finally (part 2), I sincerely hope our paths never cross again which, pretty much, shoots down any further discussion, because I can't pretend to care about anything that someone says who spouts off insults with their self righteous hypocrisy pretending to defend someone who doesn't need defending.

Just a couple of things. You don't have to pity me for not being able to travel more. I honestly don't like traveling. It's so much that I outright hate other cultures or other countries, in general. I do have an appreciation for the diversity of this world. It's just that I don't really like everything in between. If I could teleport somewhere, spend an hour, and then teleport back home, I would go places all the time, assuming that teleporting doesn't cost too much, which brings me to my first point. I don't have the money to travel, like, at all. I could go for free with my parents here and there, but I would not be working, and I get virtually no vacation time from my job. Second, is the time, kind of like I mentioned earlier. I just don't want to take the time to pack, fly somewhere, or drive, just to see some stuff and then come all the way back home. To me, that is a massive waste of time and money that could be spent elsewhere. To someone who doesn't mind the stuff I mentioned, it's probably great fun.

All that having been said, whoever out there likes traveling, I wish you the best and hope you have a good time wherever you go. However, I simply can't stand it, and have no interest in traveling at all. Even if I had unlimited money, I still wouldn't travel unless I had to for some reason.

@alexw00d: I didn't insult anybody. I was trying to be more inquisitive than anything, albeit, there was a bit of exaggeration in the tone, but still, it was hardly meant to be insulting. Also, not wanting to go somewhere, see something, or do something that you want to do doesn't make me a bad person or wrong. Also, saying, "...I don't want be a jerk", after insulting me in the first couple sentences, and essentially calling me a bigot with implied line of, "...unless you hate other cultures or something...", makes me despise you on a level that I'll never be able to adequately describe here.

I don't just passively hate other cultures or countries, but not wanting to visit them all the damn time doesn't make me wrong or a bigot, and fuck you for implying as much.

The last sentence was actually rather informative, and I'll actually look up some information on it. I've literally, yes, LITERALLY, never heard anyone say they wanted to visit Thailand, so this is interesting. Why didn't you just start with that and build from there instead of prefacing it with all this passive aggressive nonsense.

@majkiboy: I am very interested in the world. I will be traveling a lot more in my life. I love different cultures and different settings. The best thing you could spend money on are experiences and travel. Since it is my first trip alone, I chose places that are well regarded amongst backpackers. I also firmly believe that an open mind towards different cultures are the way to go. Have you been to Thailand yourself? Do you have any other travel suggestions for me? What do you like to see in the world?

I'm not really much of a traveler, but if I had to go somewhere, Thailand would be way at the bottom of the list, or even left off entirely. That goes double, no triple, no "to the power of infinity" for Vietnam. I mean, seriously, Vietnam? I've never even heard anybody ever, and I mean EVER, talk about going to Vietnam for any reason outside of necessity, like maybe for business or something like that.

If I had to choose, Japan would be interesting, as well as, maybe London. I don't speak any other languages except for a bit of Spanish, and I'm not going to go somewhere and expect the locals to accommodate me. I hate it when people do that here (USA), and I refuse to be a hypocrite. I simply can't imagine myself having a good time with that kind of language barrier. I'm not trying to deter you from going, but I think you should know what you're getting yourself into. Think about it like this. I've worked retail rather extensively in my life, and if you haven't, you'd be surprised at how many people come in that don't speak but maybe five words of English and expect you to magically find what they are looking for. Needless to say, it's incredibly frustrating. Now, imagine that level of non-communication but with, literally, everything all the time. Just think about something that you could easily ask someone, and you won't be able to do it, at least not without a massive amount of frustration.

Oh well, I'm not going to talk about this anymore, because it is actually making me mad thinking about it. I'm not mad at you or anything, but still. I'm not going to try and dissuade you from going, but these seem like two very random, and nonsensical choices. Thailand and Vietnam? Why not Saudi Arabia and Iraq? Or maybe Somalia and Ethiopia? Those are good vacation spots, right? It just seems so random. Anyway, I hope you have a good time regardless.