e: I've gone and bolded the most important parts for the TL;DR-ers. Alright, I wouldn't think that someone would have to tell some of you this, but apparently they do. So, some of you have made threads in the name of communicating to the masses that you do not have the highest hopes for Destiny and/or you do not think it will be a good game based on what you've seen thus far or expect to see in the future. This is fine. This is wonderful, actually. [b]Entirely positive dialogues allow for overconfidence, underestimation, and misguidance in the development process. It's good that Bungie is getting some criticism. However, in the Criticism Industry, there's a little known niche called "constructive criticism".[/b] It's pretty complicated so hold on to your hats ladies and gentlemen, and listen closely. [b]Constructive criticism is the difference between "Wow, this game looks really -blam!-in gay." and "I think that the fireteam system can be heavily improved upon and here's how:". Constructive criticism is the difference between "#DestinyWillSuckMajorBalls" and "#feedback".[/b] Constructive criticism is the difference between "Here are the reasons why I think that this game looks a bit derivative and not terribly ground-breaking:" and "Seriously guys this games just -blam!-in Star Wars with Borderlands like get your heads out of your asses you fanboys." [spoiler]Some things you should avoid when giving constructive criticism: 1. The F-word. It makes you look immature and nobody will take your points seriously. This goes for most cursing. If you want to be taken seriously, don't curse in your critiques. 2. Simply saying that Destiny will be bad because it looks like X or is the "same exact game as" Y. Explain why you believe that this is an issue and maybe come up with some other criticisms as well so that your argument or point of view doesn't appear so one-sided and not-too-well-thought-out. 3. [b]The inability to receive criticism on your criticism. Don't go into a critique thread thinking that you are 100% infallible in your beliefs and that you are just going to prove all the "trolls" and "fanboys" wrong who try to disagree with you. Threads are meant to foster and promote discussion. By going into a thread with this attitude, you are directly hindering discussion and making this place a lot less fun for everyone else.[/b] 4. The thought that anybody disagreeing with you is a fanboy. Opinions are like asses: everyone has one except for people who get a lot of facial reconstruction surgery and have all the skin and fat and whatnot taken from their butt like that one time the lady had her face ripped off by a chimp that was crazy right? Just because somebody might have a pro-Bungie or pro-Destiny opinion on something doesn't mean they have it out of pure, blind fanboyism. Listen to their opinion and consider the points they raise. They may allow you to start thinking about the problem, issue, facet, mechanic, feature in a way you hadn't before. [/spoiler][b]Hopefully this helps some of you.[/b] If not, I mean, it's whatever. It'll just be another in a long line of unsuccessful CrazzySnipe55 Threads.