[quote]-Guest showcases[/quote] I don't care about any "special" bnet users. I've yet to hear anything intelligent that stands out from the rest. [quote]-Would D2 benefit from a shooting range?[/quote] I wouldn't hurt D2. So how would it not benefit? This is a really old request. [quote]-Do you feel our guardians should talk in D2?[/quote] Why is this even a question? Ghosts have the responsibility of handling technical tasks and reviving their Gaurdians. Not speaking makes our Gaurdians lose character. Having the Ghost talk is just out of place and awkward. It's not a huge deal but they could've put some effort into the cutscenes. [quote]-Will Luke Smith ever learn to communicate with his audience?[/quote] We've been with Destiny for 3 years now, and communication hasn't happened. Something tells me it won't in the future. [quote]-Should the "Ask Bungie Anything" have been done here on the bnet forums rather than on IGN with cherry picked questions?[/quote] IGN typically has more intelligent people. You know, people that don't cry nerf about op fusion rifles and op blade dancer.

Great episode, Sols. I wanted to comment on the lack of voices for our Guardians. As you mentioned, I have long-argued that Bungie missed so many opportunities to help us forge emotional connections to our Guardians. We can't name them, there is no transmogrification, no apartments or customizable personal spaces (the ships would have been perfect!), and we have no voices. I think the reason you're seeing the backlash over the lack of voices has everything to do with two cutscenes we played through in the Beta, with one that really stands-out: when Ghaul kicks our ghost off of the Tower, just before kicking us off, we reach out for our falling ghost, and turn back to Ghaul...saying nothing, just staring like a mute moron. Not even a grunt of disapproval. That scene lost ALL emotionality (for me) because of my mute Guardian. I actually felt like [u]something was wrong with my character.[/u] I am really disappointed that, once again, Bungie has done [u]nothing[/u] to help us connect with our Guardians on an emotional level. Seems both lazy and disinterest in what should be [u]standard[/u] in an RPGish release.

[quote]Should the "Ask Bungie Anything" have been done here on the bnet forums rather than on IGN with cherry picked questions?[/quote] They don't care about anyone that uses their website or app enough to do anything like that here. Even though their most dedicated fans come here. All they care about is making as much money as possible off their game. They could not care less about their community anymore.

Old gallp's quick responses. -Guest showcases [b]Lovely[/b] -Would D2 benefit from a shooting range? [b]No[/b] -Do you feel our guardians should talk in D2? [b]No[/b] -Will Luke Smith ever learn to communicate with his audience? [b]No[/b] -Should the "Ask Bungie Anything" have been done here on the bnet forums rather than on IGN with cherry picked questions? [b]No[/b] -Favorite moments of the week [b]NF w/Mrs G[/b] Enjoyable podcast thank you

#bumpfortruth EDIT: Also, regarding the no voice thing... there are tons of games that have a silent protagonist. Dishonored 1 Bioshock 1 Portal 1 and 2 The entire Dark Souls series including Demon's souls and BloodBourne Half-life DOOM And that is just off the top of my head. BUT; those games did well because the story was delivered through other characters. (think atlas from bioshock and wheatley + GLAdos from portal) I would be fine if the guardian was silent and the story relied on other characters, but Bungie's track record with writing characters (the stranger, ghost) is less than ideal.

[quote] -Guest showcases -Would D2 benefit from a shooting range? -Do you feel our guardians should talk in D2? -Will Luke Smith ever learn to communicate with his audience? -Should the "Ask Bungie Anything" have been done here on the bnet forums rather than on IGN with cherry picked questions? -Favorite moments of the week [quote] Listing to community members is always fun. Good group this week. D2 shooting range? Yeah I don't see a point but it wouldn't bother me if Bungie put one in. Talking.. have to say this doesn't bother me. I skip cut scenes after my first viewing. Luke Smith/ Kevin Smith? Hmm... ever seen them in the same room? Not me.. just saying. Would have loved to seen questions that were less.. hand picked. Running the Nighfall with BigTex and TKL.. Good to have the band back together to close out Trials.. lol soooo worth the beating. Tex loves Trials.. so, so much.

Bump!