Hello everybody. Welcome to my rant. I am warning you right now, this post is going to be a body of words. It took me about 4 hours to think how I wanted to word it.
I will not be ranting or hating on bungie. Instead, I will discuss their partner in crime, Activision.
Enjoy.
Let's throw it all the way back to 2013. Destiny was delayed. most people had wondered why. Later, it was announced that Bungie and Activision had delayed it because they wanted to make it as best as possible. However, it was also announced there would be DLC, and they were titled "The Dark Below" and "The House Of Wolves".
Keep that in mind ^
It's June 2014 now. The alpha is available. Many, many players play it. They love it. They can't get enough of it. This was the game that was going to kill CoD. This was going to be the game of the [b]decade[/b].
It's July 2014 now. The beta is out. There are aspects that are in the beta that have never been seen before, particularly Iron Banner. Everybody loves it. Some get the "birth of history" spaceship as a drop. Bungie even announces that there would two unique emblems for playing the beta: "founders seal" and the "sign of the finite".
Things could not look better for Destiny players. This was our time.
It's September 2014. Destiny is out. We play it. We love it.
It's December 2014. The Dark below is finally available. We play it. We love it. The raid isn't best, but it's certainly a great aspect to the DLC.
It's January 2015. The House Of Wolves activities supposedly coming are all leaked. Everything. You name it. Weapons, Armor, story missions, strike missions, even the "raid" name.
"The Arena: Test Yourself."
Players are getting tired of Destiny. They are quitting. They want content.
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Fast forward to 13 April 2015:
HoW prologue trailer released. Everybody, going crazy.
"I WANT HOUSE OF WOLVES"
"GIVE ME HOUSE OF WOLVES"
Hours later, Urk posted that there would be no raid activity in HoW:
"I'm done bungie. No raid = no more of my money being given to you"
"You lost me Bungie. Screw you".
I think what we're all missing is that Bungie is not to blame for this. And, surprisingly, I haven't even
[b]seen[/b] the name "Activision" mentioned in any raging forum posts.
Guys. Do you not understand what is going on here?
Let me explain, in simple steps.
1. We buy the expansion pass.
2. Activision takes that money
3.They tell Bungie how much content to include in the DLC
4. Bungie announced there's no raid
5. Instead, Activision will sell us the SAME raid for more money, later in the year.
And you want to know what the player base is going to do?
They're going to keep playing this game. At least, the loyal ones will.
Activision, this has gone on for too long. your sotting of games, always thinking of money as the most important factor when publishing your games.
don't believe that it's activision's fault? check this out:
http://documents.latimes.com/bungie-activision-contract/
That outlines Activision's plan for Destiny. They sucked Bungie under their wrath. They brainwashed them.
Don't blame Bungie. Don't blame Urk. Don't blame Deej.
Blame their buddies, Activision.
-end rant.
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I'd rather have PoE and ToO than another raid. It adds some diversity to what players can do.