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  • TL:DR-I like the story and gunplay most of all. The social aspects of the game also keep me coming back to help friends and strangers.

    Background: I started with vanilla D1, then picked it back up after Taken King and have been playing ever since.

    For me, the game has become more about story than actual gameplay, which I still feel is one of the best around. I’m super excited about the 3rd Episode especially, seeing as the Hive still has Xivu to deal, and whatever is going on with Oryx’s body.

    I still play every week. Once I’m done with my story stuff for the week, I like to help my group get their raid clears and other tasks completed. If they’re not on, I sometimes boot up LFG and help blueberries as best I can. I genuinely like to play the game, even if it’s helping others.

    When story stuff is slow, I actually do like PVP, although, within the past year or so, I’ve noticed that I’ve either gotten worse or the average (remaining) player ha gotten better. No longer can I pick up any random weapon (another boon that Destiny offers, IMO. The ability to take a weapon in PVE/PVP and use it ANYWHERE, with varying degrees of success. But where was I?) and do “OK” with it. Everyone uses “easier” weapons or loadouts, and as much as that irks me (it’s quick play, FFS), that’s their right. Is that contributing to the barren, desolate landscape that is the Crucible? Possibly. I’m not, and never have been, good enough to “carry” in the Crucible, and that goes double for Trials. I tried helping a clan mate recently get the Adept Draw Time mod since it only drops from the Lighthouse. He plays on PC. That session didn’t go well.

    I got a bit rambling there at the end, but I guess to answer your question, the story and gunplay of the Destiny series are the reasons I like the game. One made friends playing this game. Already been to one wedding, with another coming later this year. Wouldn’t have happened if I never decided to try the game.











  • My wife has stopped drinking alcoholic drinks and has gone entirely NA (or at least a close to NA as you can get). More stores are supplying NA options. Not just beer, but wine and spirits, too. The spirits seem to be just heavily spiced water. Burns all the way down, though.

    I myself don’t drink, so I can’t speak to how these taste at all. You mentioned Athletic. That’s one my wife gets often. The Blonde is a favorite of hers. She just recently tried an Octoberfest version and liked that. She recently got Blue Moon NA and liked that, especially with the orange slice. If you like seltzers, NA White Claws are a 100% alcohol free options that they spruce up with vitamins and minerals according to the packaging.

    We tend to get most of our drinks from a store chain called Total Wine. They do have more NA options than other stores I’ve been to. If I go and get my wife something, I can usually find something she hasn’t had but also one of her staples.