Bungie likes to brag that there's some sort of connection between the players and developers. That players can somehow help shape this game.
In truth, Halo did this a million times better. Players helped create Halo. Eventually, some of the most popular player-made playlists became Halo standard. Maps made by players were added into rotation and players involvement was at an all time high in any video game. Period.
Halo was a HUGE community focused game, and there wasn't even as much potential as Destiny has right now.
In Destiny, we beg for scraps and HOPE the developers deliver. Instead of the community working together to make the game more fun and interesting like in Halo, we can't. All the energy that we could spend making this game better is thrown out the window because Bungie carries all of the power and we're left bickering about what Bungie should do/has done.
I don't know about you, but I think having something to actually contribute to this community is the only way for this place to grow. When the only thing we can contribute is opinions with no real way to change anything ourselves, I don't think the community (and the game's social aspects) can get any better.
So no, as a game that was marketed as a social, living and growing experience, I don't think it's headed in a very positive direction. Quite the opposite really.
But that's not to say I haven't had fun. Playing with friends DOES make this game fun, but I could play just about ANY game that allows for 3-6 players and still have the same amount of fun.
But yeah, until they learn... let's keep begging for scraps. Anyone else need more vault space? Let's beg Bungie again.
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I think you made a really good point on what made Halo great and what holds Destiny from reaching that same potential. The thing about Halo is that we didn't have to play every single game type Bungie's way, we had control of how we wanted to play the game. With Destiny, we ONLY HAVE what Bungie gives us, and part of the way that they manage their game is that they take away and restrict material on a weekly basis. When they are our only source of content, and they actively take away and restrict more content than they give, it hurts our experience. I think that, even as of The Taken King, we may have even less options than we had at the launch of Halo 3 (which easily had more matchmaking playlists, let alone Forge and Custom Games). Considering that Destiny is marketed as a moving, changing world, it's ridiculously rigid in the ways you can change it.