[quote]undefined[/quote] Dear Bungie, Destiny simply isn't what I expected. I've had great respect for the work you guys do from the first time I played Halo with my friends, and I followed the Destiny buildup until its release with edge-of-my-seat anticipation. To me, there's no story more compelling than that of humanity's very survival, and no pursuit more noble than fighting for the preservation of our species. It's what drew me to Halo, and what drew me to Destiny. It's teams of artists such as yourselves, who recognize the inherent nobleness of this concept and seek to bring it to millions, that inspire me, that give me something to look forward to after a long day at the office, that offer me the chance to escape a reality where the difference I make is marginal at best, and enter a reality where I have the chance to make a difference that feels like it matters, if only for a couple of hours every night. You brought me that sense of purpose and inspiration with Halo. But I don't feel this anymore. In Destiny, with a full loadout of legendary and exotic gear and having played through the full story, experiencing what the Crucible has to offer, battling my way through countless strike missions, finishing every bounty 100 times over, and exploring the complete extent of every map, I'm...bored. But it's worse than being bored. I don't feel anything. I've stuck with the game all these hours, whole days, desperately seeking to feel what I expected to when I first read about Destiny so many months ago. It isn't there. Although I initially thought that the lack of story was the problem, I've come to realize that the lack of story is only the tip of the iceberg. It's the part that's visible, that every Guardian who's also searching for that sense of purpose and fulfillment in Destiny can readily point to and say "That must be it". And it's a very valid concern. But the core problem with Destiny runs much deeper. The core problem, as far as I see it, is that you're utterly alone in the game. I'll attempt to expand as best I can. The reason the raid works so well (and is arguably the most successful part of the entire Destiny endeavor) is that it requires massive amounts of teamwork. It provides, upon beating Atheon, a sense of reward and togetherness that no other part of the game currently gives you as a player. I feel as though the team at Bungie would like to bring this experience to the wider majority of the game, but is confused as to how to do so, or is otherwise very conflicted as to how to go about doing so. I want to assure you that doing this would be exceptionally easy, and would make Destiny the game you want it to be and the game that we, the players, want it to be. My suggestions operate on the assumption that most Destiny players care about the notion of fighting for humanity. It is the premise of the entire game, the reason anyone who enjoys PvE wanted to become a Guardian in the first place. With that in mind, Bungie needs to begin addressing the issue of feeling alone in the game by giving players a shared experience outside of the raid. Sure, if you have enough friends with the game, you can link up a fireteam and do some of the same 4 strikes (now a staggering 5 strikes for only $19.99 on Xbox) you've done 5,000 times over, but the only emotional appeal to this is that you're doing something with your friends for a while, until you get bored, and let me assure you, killing the Archon Priest for the zillionth time is boring - boring enough that the friends I used to play with have quit the game. I feel that many can relate to this situation. In order to make your players feel something deeper and continue to invest in Destiny, we need to be able to actually fight for the very survival of humanity. Other people have left comments regarding this, and I'm mirroring their ideas and sentiments and not claiming them as my own, though I've had the very same thoughts as them for some time now. Bungie needs to actually put humanity on the brink. As Guardians, we need to be able to get an alert from The Tower while we're out collecting Spinmetal that The City is under a massive attack by The Fallen. We need to be able to see all the players around us disappear, heading to orbit just like we are, mashing our controllers to take us all back to defend The City. Upon arriving, we need to see droves upon droves of enemies marching to the walls, and have a way to get out in front of the walls to fight them in the plains before they reach the gates (troop transport ships on a loop that fly you over the city and drop you into battle, anyone?). We need to see dozens of other Guardians fighting tooth and nail to defend the last bastion of humanity alongside us, and we need this on at least a weekly basis. These kind of encounters can play out all over the solar system, and last a day at a time, giving many players the chance to enter the fight. Ground must be gained and lost, territories threatened, The City seen teetering on a precipice before you and your fellow Guardians prevail (or don't, which leads to many other, ridiculously interesting options for the game, and opportunities to fight for what is lost). Again, I don't claim such ideas and sentiments as my own, but I wanted to articulate them here in the hopes that someone with a voice inside Bungie HQ might raise these ideas that I very much believe thousands of players yearn for. If ideas like this were baked into the game, this crippling sense of solitude that one often feels while playing would effectively disappear, because we'd all be fighting for something together - something tangible, that we could see and feel and believe in. While you, Bungie, continue to release patches nerfing hard-earned exotic weapons, killing loot caves, restructuring the raid to prevent players from beating it with human ingenuity, and announcing DLC content that is quite honestly very lackluster and addresses none of the deep, even psychological ineptitudes within the Destiny universe, I assure you that even if the current numbers say otherwise, you are not building a 10 year franchise. Or a 5 year franchise. I'll be curious to know what those numbers reveal once other games are released through the holiday season. Somehow, I don't think they'll be very promising. Not considering what you gave us at launch, and how little you continue to give us. Destiny was a promise of something incredible that never was and still isn't. It could still become that, but my hope is waning, and that's a real shame, because this world you made for us, this repetitive, empty world - it's very pretty. Thanks for your time. I hope I get the chance to thank you for your efforts in the future.

The game should of been set out similar to defiance - the game, in my eyes. With the fallen etc... Attacking earth with daily/ hourly invasions which all players could become involved in, I believe this would of given that more earthy feel. As the tower isolates you from humanity

Yes. In Halo, even the presence of the ordinary human marines was incredibly important. If you didn't fight well, they died. They called out to you by name. Looked up to you. If you accidentally hit one of them, they got hurt. Even that little part of the game made it feel like there was something worth fighting for. In Destiny, there is literally NO ONE to fight for but yourself. No sense of togetherness. It's extremely disappointing.

yup i agree. this game is more than boring. more times than not this game feels more like work then fun. and let us use glimmer for upgrade materials motes of light r not cutting it. I -blam!-ING HATE TO FARM. what a -blam!-ing waste of time that is. i understand u want us to play this for a long time, but this needs to be done through game play content that is meaningful to the player. i always feel like I'm being punished when i have to go and farm. n work on the many glitches of this game. i too had high hopes but alas this game is not as advertised. do not see this game lasting more than a year or two.10 years!!! what a joke that is.

Yea, I agree. There's so much that can be done to destiny to make it AMAZING. Instead of patrol missions where you just going up to a stick planted on the ground you should be able to walk up to NPCs and get quest from them or while you're on patrol looking for spinmetal your ghost will just pop out like "I sense a distress beacon coming from over there, hurry the signal is fading" and you get on your ghost and hurry over there then you see a small group of humans fighting off fallen enemies and once you kill all the enemies you could walk up to the humans and talk to them and they could be like "thank you guardian we where in a tight situation, here I know its not much but its all we can give you" and the player gets 5 or 10 spinmetal for helping. And you shouldn't have goto orbit just to get to the tower that's so dumb, like when you press the back button on your controller and you see your ghost in your hands and it say X to summon vehicles and Y to goto orbit there should be an option that says B to access your map or something and you can head straight to the tower. It'd be even cooler if while you're heading to the tower your ship gets attacked by the fallen ships and out nowhere you get to control your ship and shoot down enemy ships, do tricks to evade enemy fire etc.... The things you can do with destiny are truly endless, step up Bungie.

Bump...sadly,Bungie wont care even if they Do read this,But,at least they will know why they lost their playerbase. even the borderlands prequel,while being a bit short,is Fun to play,which is directly opposite what destiny has become..nothing But a grind. great comment there Mears!!

Haha thanks, brother.

hey Mears, i often wonder why this forum doesnt allow the OP of a topic to Remove morons who post on the topic about everything But the topic!! case in point,whats with all the morons posting gamertags for raids on This thread? are they really that farkin stupid?