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Re: So, About Those Challenges
Posted By: LegendaryMark <mark_likes_cake@hotmail.com>	Date: 5/27/11 1:41 p.m.
In Response To: Re: So, About Those Challenges (GhaleonEB) I think this is probably for two reasons. Firstly, I imagine (as Foxman suggested in his reply) that Bungie are busy with other things right now and that creating and testing these challenges just isn't a high priority. More significantly though, there are design arguments for not varying the challenges too much and keeping them broadly within the categories you've defined so thoroughly in your post. Having a sense of continuity and familiarity is important, I know I don't even look at the text for "kill X dudes" any more, I just look at the number and know what to do :) There's a value behind being able to say "oh, it's that one". There's also the high chance that any "interesting" daily may be missed. Personally, I don't fancy checking the challenges every single day for a year because I'm worried I might miss something interesting! That's why (as you noted in your article) I think the weekly challenges show more variety - there's a much higher chance everyone still active will come across them at some point during the week. TL:DR - I'd conjecture the constraints are by design, not innate in the system. But of course I would say that, I'm a programmer :D : The main reason I question the flexibiilty is because of how limited the : Challenges have been to date. They fall pretty neatly into categories and : don't deviate from them at all. So either the system isn't flexible, with : just certain parameters that can be adjusted (kill count, credits paid), : or there hasn't been much time put into crafting more a more diverse set. : In either instance, I hope things either improve with Reach, or with the : next go round. I love the system - I'm a sucker for dangling carrots - and : want nothing more than for it to be used as effectively as possible.

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So, About Those Challenges	GhaleonEB	5/27/11 12:35 a.m.
Good Read, Nice to see it explored.	Revenant1988	5/27/11 9:16 a.m.
One other thing,	Revenant1988	5/27/11 9:28 a.m.
Well done.	FoxmanFX	5/27/11 10:02 a.m.
Re: So, About Those Challenges	LegendaryMark	5/27/11 10:49 a.m.
Re: So, About Those Challenges	GhaleonEB	5/27/11 11:53 a.m.
Re: So, About Those Challenges	FoxmanFX	5/27/11 12:14 p.m.
Re: So, About Those Challenges	LegendaryMark	5/27/11 1:41 p.m.