Destiny 42 Days Later

[Iveyboi]

As I wind down on Destiny (73 hours later). I must reflect.

I have not felt so addicted to a game in a long time. For the first few weeks I obsessed over getting my first legendary piece of gear. Slowly my friends started to hit levels 21/22 and we began dreaming of the Vault. This social pressure for me to keep up with them really kept the game fresh. I grinded dailies, bounties, etc so I could get vanguard to level 2.
Once the legendary gear began flowing in, my obsession was to get my first exotic piece, which I bought from Xur. I then got an exotic bounty and got my exotic fusion rifle. My attention was then towards completing bounties to level up my legendary weapon and exotic weapon for the trophy.
My friends then felt confident to take on the Vault of Glass. We were able to make it Atheon in 3 hours, and then could not beat him. We cheesed him the next day with the ledge glitch. None of us were satisfied with this. So we all strived to hit level 28/29. This led me to my first nightfall and Shard grinding (daily public event + daily mission). 2 weeks ago we beat the Vault in 3 hours without cheating/exploiting.

Now all that is left for us is to try the Vault on Hard, which we are trying to do next week. I am 18 shards and 3 upgrades short of level 29, and have not got raid gear. I am now unmotivated to try for Raid Gear to hit 30. I see myself joining my close buddies to do the Raid every 1-2 weeks, do the weekly strike for 9 coins, and get enough shards to hit 29. But my obsession has officially ended.

Hadn't been this obsessed since Diablo 2....