TL;DR: WHAT THE -blam!- BUNGIE? LONG TIME LURKER OF BOTH THE FORUMS AND SUBREDDIT. I USUALLY KEEP TO MYSELF, BUT I FINALLY NEED TO GET ALL THIS SHIT OFF MY CHEST. DESTINY 1 WAS MY GAME. I WAS A FAN OFF THE GAME SINCE PRE-RELEASE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T ABLE TO AFFORD IT, OR A CONSOLE TO PLAY IT ON, UNTIL THE SUMMER OF MOMENTS OF TRIUMPH. THE EXPERIENCES I HAD IN THAT GAME, WITH ALL THE FRIENDS AND STRANGERS I PLAYED WITH, HELPED ME BRING OUT OF SOME DARKER TIMES IN MY LIFE. I NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF A CASUAL, OR A HARDCORE PLAYER, BUT MORE OF A "HOBBYIST" AS BUNGIE PUT IT. SO YOU COULD IMAGINE MY HYPE FOR THE SEQUEL, RIGHT? I WAS THE HYPE MAN FOR GROUP. ALWAYS UPDATING EVERYONE ON NEWS, EVENTS, UPDATES, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING DESTINY RELATED. AND THEN YOU GIVE US THIS SHALLOW, STEAMING CESS POOL OF A GAME? A MONTH AND A HALF IN, AND ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE QUIT. ALL THE PEOPLE I HAD MET HAVE QUIT. NO ONE IN MY CLAN PLAYS ANYMORE. I TRY TO GET ON A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK AND HAVE SOME FUN, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO DO. I WANT TO DO THE RAID. I WANT TO BE SHIT AT TRIALS. I WANT TO PLAY THE GAME WITH FRIENDS, BUT WITHOUT NO REASON TO, I CANT. THE GAME HAS LOST ALL SENSE OF WONDER, ACHIEVEMENT, AND JOY IT ONCE HAD. AND, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS WHY: -THE NEW WEAPON SYSTEM IS GARBAGE. AS A MAINLY PVE PLAYER, I FEEL LIKE I'M WALKING AROUND WITH SLINGSHOTS AND STICKS, TICKLING EVERYTHING TO DEATH. WHERE ARE MY SHOTGUN/SNIPER/ROCKET LAUNCHER COMBOS THAT ALLOWED ME TO ACTUALLY FEEL POWERFUL AND BLAST AWAY EVERYTHING IN MY PATH -ALONGSIDE THE FEELING OF POWER, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE SUBCLASSES? WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO LIMIT THEM SO TO ONLY TWO AVAILABLE SKILL TREES? YOU REMOVED 99.99999% OF ALL CUSTOMIZABILITY FOR THEM, AND JUST TURNED ALL THE GUARDIANS INTO COOKIE CUTTER TWINS OF ONE ANOTHER. -THE LOOT SYSTEM OFFERS NO AID TO ANY OF THIS EITHER. BY THE TIME WE MANAGE TO COLLECT ENOUGH TOKENS OR RESOURCES, OUR BEST BET IS TO PRAY THAT THE SLOT MACHINES OF VENDORS GIVE US SOMETHING WORTHWHILE. WHERE ALL THE HIDDEN QUESTS? WHERE ARE ALL THE COOL NEW EXOTICS? WHERE IS ALL THE STRIKE SPECIFIC LOOT? -WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE "EVENTS"? CLARION CALL WAS POINTLESS BECAUSE OF YOUR WHOLE XP BULLSHIT. IRON BANNER IS NOT WORTH THE TIME CONSIDERING YOU STILL GET REGULAR CRUCIBLE GEAR FROM RANKING UP THE IRON BANNER SPECIFIC VENDOR, AND ONLY ONE PIECE OF IN GEAR. WHY ARE FACTION REPS ONLY AROUND FOR ONE WEEK AT A TIME? THEY SHOULD BE HERE ALL THE TIME. -THE CURSE OF OSIRIS DLC FLOPPED LIKE A PILE OF SHIT. ALL ITS' HYPE LASTED THE WHOLE 3 HOURS IT TOOK TO COMPLETE ALL THE NEW MISSIONS AND ADVENTURES. AND THEN YOU CAN'T EVEN GO BACK TO THE INFINITE FOREST. NO REPEATABILITY AT ALL. -I DON'T REMEMBER US PLAYING A MISSION WHERE OUR GUARDIAN BECOMES A MUTE, AND IS DRAINED OF ALL EMOTIONAL CAPABILITIES. YOU WANTED US TO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH OUR GUARDIANS, BUT EVERY CUTSCENE WHERE WE STAND THERE LIKE A -blam!-ING TREE MAKES ME FEEL MORE AND MORE DISTANT FROM ANY THING I WANTED TO DO WITH MY GAURDIAN. GIVE US A VOICE. - AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS WHY EVERYTHING COOL COSMETIC WISE IS LOCKED IN EVERVERSE. YEAH IT OFFERS NO PAY TO WIN STUFF, AND BRIGHT ENGRAMS ARE EARNABLE, BUT WHAT ARE THE SHIPS, SPARROWS, AND GHOSTS WE EARM FROM RAIDS AND STRIKES AND ANYTHING ELSE? YOU'VE PUT IT ALL BEHIND A PAYWALL. -I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE MAJOR STUFF I HAD ISSUES WITH. ANYTHING ELSE COMES DOWN TO THE SHADER SYSTEM IS TRASH, THE MOD SYSTEM IS TRASH, THE VENDOR SYSTEM IS TRASH, AND WHERE THE -blam!- IS MY SPARROW HORN? NOW IT'S NOT ALL BAD. THE ART TEAM DID A HELL OF A JOB DESIGNING THE GAME. 10/10 TO THOSE GUYS. MOST OF THE EXOTICS THAT AREN'T REUSED FROM D1 ARE PRETTY COOL. THE ACTUAL, FLUID STORYLINE OF THE BASE GAME AND DLC WAS DECENT BUT COULD STILL USE WORK. AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THE RAID LOOKS PRETTY COOL. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF FIXES COMING TO THE GAME, BUT IF YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE A GAME SURVIVE BY GIVING US FIXES TO STUFF THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN REMOVED IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEN YOU ARE DEAD WRONG. I, LIKE MOST PEOPLE OF THIS FRANCHISE, WANT THIS GAME TO SUCCEED. I WANT TO HAVE MY FAITH RESTORES, AND BE ABLE TO WANT TO COME BACK EVERY DAY, WITH FRIENDS, AND PLAY THE GAME. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT SEEMS JUST A FAR OFF DREAM. WHOEVER AT BUNGIE HAS THEIR HEAD SO FAR UP THEIR ASS THAT THEY BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL GAME, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO, SHOULD BE SLAPPED BACK TO YEAR 1. BRING BACK THE LOVE FOR OUR GAME, BUNGIE. WE KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.