Note: this is a direct copy from reddit. I am merely spreading the word
[quote]I know, these things never work. I know, this probably sounds entitled. Perhaps it is, but I ask that you at least read all of this before you make those judgments and dismiss this post.
If you haven't read the top post by now, Luke Smith has taken it upon himself to slap every last player in the face and show us that we're nothing more than cattle to Bungie. If that sounds reactive or like hyperbole, please read the article and you'll realize that it's a pretty accurate assessment. This doesn't just insult you and I as regular players, but it spits on all of the hard work of everyone who made awesome community tools to fill in the gaps of Bungie's otherwise 6.5/10 game. Things like LFG sites that were made to compensate for the lack of matchmaking; like DestinyPublicEvents or Destiny Item Manager; like Destiny Ghost Hunter or sites that give you a better look at the Grimoire so that you have even the slightest clue as to what story actually exists in this game. The list can go on. We as a community put a lot of time and effort into making this game more than we were given. And don't get me wrong, there are some fantastic people at Bungie working their hardest to constantly improve the game, to listen to us and implement as much feedback as they can, to give use the tools needed to build everything I just mentioned. I get that. I'm hugely grateful for them, too.
However, we can't let an attitude like Luke Smith's dictate the future of this game without being contested. We shouldn't, anyways. We didn't just play this game; we invested in their community. We invested our time and talents to enrich the experience for each other in ways the game itself couldn't. Yet now we're being treated like we're nothing more than a pile of wallets? I get that they're a business, but you don't build a strong base for a game that's supposed to last 10 years by ostracizing and insulting your existing player-base.
For that reason, I implore anyone reading this to consider taking a day off. Just one day of either watching Netflix or playing a different game (new Batman, yes?) or anything else, really. That Tuesday, when they expect all of us to rush back into the weekly events and start knocking out our chores (likely even offering us some trinket to celebrate their favorite day of the year), let's actually show them what happens if we take our business elsewhere. Let's try to drive their server numbers to record lows. Let's organize ourselves as the community that wants this game to be as great as we know it can be and tell them in a way that even Activision can understand that we don't agree with their direction and we're not afraid to go elsewhere (especially after that E3 we were given this year). They need to stay competitive to retain us, so please, I only ask that you consider grabbing your friends and playing something else on Bungie Day this year. Show them that we matter just as much as any new players they mean to attract.
It's your choice as to how the future of this game shapes up, so do you want to try to make a statement or do you want to pay $40 for exclusive dance moves?[/quote]
Edit: I really do loathe people who don't even read the post and just go down to the comments to insult/rage against me. If you read the post and still don't see any point in not logging on, fine. But read the damn post!
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Nevermind the fact that a minority of Destiny's playerbase actually views these forums.
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Yeah, I'll be the first to log in that day....even if the only which is very highly doubtful
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Dude this is a great idea! I'm totally with you, I think everyone should do this! [spoiler]Oh wait. I'm not -blam!-ing retarded.[/spoiler]
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I'll probs play.
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What? Play on 7/7? OKAY!!
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Oh, i'ma be playing Destiny on 7/7. You can bet on that.
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So I need to make sure to log in that day, cause the chances of getting better rewards is gonna be high. OK, I'll DEFINITELY be logging in that day.
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What does not logging in for one day do? What is the accomplishment if everyone dosent log in on 7/7 but logs in 7/8. I'm not trying to be rude I just really don't get what not logging on does.
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Lol, yeah you do that. I'll just continue to play.
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Edited by RamBoned18: 6/23/2015 6:58:04 PMI really hope you guys stay true to what you are saying about not logginh in. I can finally play crucible with perfect connection even for just that day. So I wanna thank you guys in advance :)
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Bump.
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https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/132734990/0/0
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Edited by : ^ ): 6/23/2015 4:48:32 PMI think people are taking Luke's word too seriously. They are assuming he is the showman for Bungie, and his words are what Bungie practices. He even said he can't talk on Bungie's philosophy in the interview. My problem with the interview was how condescending he sounded through the entire thing. It seemed like he didn't care about it all or the repercussion of sounding like a prick. He's the raid designer and he has no authority to comment on price changes. He gets that it kind of sucks, but he has no control over it. Eurogamer should have known that, but they still pressured and ragged on about prices and the stupid emotes. Had he said anything positive about price changes or new bundles, they would have been false promises and you would hate him for that. DeeJ has made multiple relieving comments, and this Thursday the Weekly Update is supposedly going over our concerns with the pricing and bundle exclusives, so everyone chill out. Let's wait and hear what the REAL community manager has to say. He's the guy whose word you should listen to more than anything. If you don't like what he says, just move on. If you like it, well; I'm glad we reached an impasse.
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I agree with everything in the OP, however I'm choosing to reserve my action based on whatever DeeJ throws at us in the next weekly update. I've played this game for hundreds of hours since launch, I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt after hearing DeeJ will attempt to make things right Thursday. Nevertheless...if I see a middle finger this Thursday, I'm playing Witcher3 for a full week. Won't even touch Destiny until the next reset. I'm about 2-3 Etheric light away from not wanting to grind anything else until TTK drops.
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All this over -blam!-ing emotes and class items? Jesus....
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/06/22/bungies-disastrous-taken-king-interview-could-have-ramifications-for-destiny/
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I don't feel like it
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Is everyone completely ignoring the fact that deej said day one players are gonna get something better than the new players, and that he's gonna reveal that in the weekly update? Also I'm gonna log on because I want to and because I don't really care about a bunch of items I'm probably not gonna use.
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Yet another post about people being blind to any big company's business model. Thank god people are waking up. You think google apple activision ea ubisoft Starbucks mcdo whatever company you can think of cares about their customers? No they care avout money period. Jeez i can't believe this isn't common knowledge.
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How about go -blam!- yourself I play what I want you entitled -blam!-
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Sure, I'll not log in on July 7th. It's actually my girlfriend's birthday so I'd probably catch hell for playing Destiny anyway, lol.
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I can't get behind something so melodramatic. I'll probably be playing something else on July 7th though, so it doesn't even matter.
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Ok. I'll do all my solo's then, and stock bounties so I can [u]play [b]all day.[/b][/u]