Day 1 pt1.
19 hours until bliss.
So I write this post as a preface to a future post I plan on doing after the start of next month. I write this post to explain why I plan on doing what I'm going to do.
On March 10th, 2023, the new raid for Destiny 2 will release. That day it will be unsolved, no one will know any parts, and I will be there on the front lines planning on discovering it all.
I've done this before to a lesser extent back when King's Fall, the previous raid of Destiny 2 released. That day, I spent 19 hours straight playing one video game and leaving my chair purely to receive Food and to piss when I needed to. The difference between that day and what March 10th will be is an entire order of magnitude. Unlike the release of Kings Fall, this raid will be entirely new. No one knows anything more than the general theme, which is a single-sentence synopsis “Ferried from an unknown time and place, a haunting presence has been detected. We must now confront the ancient threat growing at our doorstep." that's it. That's all I know about what will probably take the vast majority of my weekend to solve. I can make guesses and have rough estimates based on previous raids. Likely there will be four major encounters followed up by a boss fight. There will likely be two hidden chests relating to Jumping puzzles or a minor puzzle. However, even saying these vague things is unlikely. All I know is that come March 10th; I will fail a raid way too many times.
So the question that I have to answer here is why. Why struggle for hours as I endlessly fail again and again and again? The answer is this is the extreme of why I play Destiny. I have always been a fan of puzzle-solving while conducting FPS activities. I've had similar experiences before, understanding what Destiny was with my friends playing Black Ops zombies and solving their Easter eggs. This game, to me, is that experience without all the bullshit that is Black Ops Zombies. And despite how much frustration, anger, tiredness, hatred, annoyance, and a thousand other emotions that I will feel that are not fun to feel, it will all be worth it for the pure Bliss you get when you solve it. Destiny 2 raids are mountains. Why do people climb mountains? Because they're there. And when a new raid comes out, a new Mountain is born that no one has ascended before, and that's why I plan on joining the race to the top.
-Alex
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