I'm not really sure what you're asking, anon, but I've rambled anyway so here we go!
I think especially with the factions the plots would basically write themselves. Faction allegiance could be optional but you could potentially have activity bonuses tied to your faction. For example, if you're with Dead Orbit you could have a once-a-month activity bonus tied to Dead Orbit's goals - so, gathering enough materials to pick up and get the hell out of the galaxy. You wrote a thread at least x number of comments long that included your character actively scavenging or mapping out a route out of the galaxy? Here's x number of bonus points to spend on... something. Didn't really think that far ahead.
Or you could have mini faction plots based on the same faction goals. Maybe Dead Orbit goes on a mission to map out deep space and they accidentally find a lost house of dregs hiding out on one of Saturn's moons, so there's a battle and the drama unfolds from there. Or the New Monarchy decides to purge some Hive from Earth because they're getting a little too close to the City, but then they uncover a really mad, really powerful Knight hiding out deep underground and they have to fight their way out.
Basically you could really capitalize the RPG aspect of Destiny. There are plenty of personal goals in place for the guardians in the game, but we don't really talk about them too much because we're too busy shooting aliens or each other over and over again to get the coolest new guns and gear. Take that out and you realize what a good world it is to build your own story into, and how fun it might be for those stories to cross over. There would have to be some heavy modding and adjustments to the parameters of the world but I think it's got a lot of potential.
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I think especially with the factions the plots would basically write themselves. Faction allegiance could be optional but you could potentially have activity bonuses tied to your faction. For example, if you're with Dead Orbit you could have a once-a-month activity bonus tied to Dead Orbit's goals - so, gathering enough materials to pick up and get the hell out of the galaxy. You wrote a thread at least x number of comments long that included your character actively scavenging or mapping out a route out of the galaxy? Here's x number of bonus points to spend on... something. Didn't really think that far ahead.
Or you could have mini faction plots based on the same faction goals. Maybe Dead Orbit goes on a mission to map out deep space and they accidentally find a lost house of dregs hiding out on one of Saturn's moons, so there's a battle and the drama unfolds from there. Or the New Monarchy decides to purge some Hive from Earth because they're getting a little too close to the City, but then they uncover a really mad, really powerful Knight hiding out deep underground and they have to fight their way out.
Basically you could really capitalize the RPG aspect of Destiny. There are plenty of personal goals in place for the guardians in the game, but we don't really talk about them too much because we're too busy shooting aliens or each other over and over again to get the coolest new guns and gear. Take that out and you realize what a good world it is to build your own story into, and how fun it might be for those stories to cross over. There would have to be some heavy modding and adjustments to the parameters of the world but I think it's got a lot of potential.