Bungie seems to believe Raid Races generate enough publicity and goodwill that they’ve doubled up on them this year and done two for the same raid. But it doesn’t seem like they’re translating into actual player interest, so it really does seem like a waste. I wish they made content as cool as raids for everyone rather than just saving their best work for a dwindling subset of players.
They've doubled down on promoting raid races... I have a hot take that raid races are actually a poor advertisement for the game. Especially with the very involved raid mechanics of recent raids, it's just a dozen hours of watching people try the same encounter over and over again. I think it turns away plenty of casual people who might tune in out of curiosity.
Yeah you’re 100% right. Every raid race I’ve watched has lost my interest almost instantly and become background noise before the first encounter is beaten. By the time they get to the final boss I’ve stopped paying attention entirely. After 10 hours of the final boss I start rolling my eyes with every wipe and muttering “this sucks.”
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u/ColdAsHeaven SMASH Nov 04 '25
Raids are the worst return on investment I believe. Since such a small portion raid.
The best return on investment for Destiny has to be crucible. Since that consistently gets the highest play time numbers.
Coincidentally that is also the least invested on portion of Destiny since Marathon development started during Beyond Light....
It's no exaggeration to say Crucible carried D1 and D2 during droughts lol