I completely agree that changes must be made and I believe your points are very sound. Hopefully they listen, unfortunately, I'm not so sure they will.

Nail on the head! I'm on the verge of turning this game in for the 25 dollar loss because it's that bad. I have about 3 friends on ps3 with this game since ps4 doesn't connect. Making raids few and far between and of course the repetition of, 25 different vanguard strikes and 25 different crucible strikes-half ass. Only 3 levels to get to for crucible and vanguard rank anyway. A seriously disappointing amount of missions, which as I agree with the rest, the maps are great but not utilized well enough. Needless to say I'm less than a month in, something like 20 game hours. All weapons and armor is legendary and maxed to the point that I'm farming for ascendant shards and energy which confines me to crucible and the very rare occurring one raid. It seems you've put a lot of work into this game but most of it being DLC is like counting your chickens before they hatch, your momma shoulda learnt you better. I feel ripped off on the 50 I spent for this game already, why would I buy these equally high priced add ons that are less quantifiable than the rip off I just bought? I seriously want to believe something more will come because there is great potential that will forever be lost and possibly poorly mutated if you guys don't seize it. A lot of people jumped on board for this game but a considerable amount have already dropped off and only at shockingly short lifespan of the game so far. Original xbox halo kept people hooked longer than that, progress not regress, now I digress hoping you hear ALL OF OUR PLEAS

BUMP. And to echo the main complaint, can we PLEASE get some dynamic content?? I don't mind the same settings, but generate some new fights please I can only take so much repetition.. AND, I will gladly pay you obscene amounts of money to FIX the UNFAIR TEDIOUS and RANDOM loot system!!

[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.[/quote] Cock head

Brilliant!!! Exactly right, and you're very eloquent as well. These are extremely viable suggestions, that bungie would do well to take. I would much rather be playing your version.

Excellent post!!

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The thing that's annoying is because it's addictive in a cheap way. The incentive is just trying to keep playing either to get the resources needed to level up gear/weapons, or to try to get lucky and find new weapons or drops. Even back in the old days of halo 2 we all new obtaining a moon without cheating was impossible, yet we continued to play anyway simply because it was fun. I don't continue to play because it's fun, I continue to play because i am addicted to the randomness of the drops and every time I hope to get something I haven't gotten already. That's exactly what it is, an addiction. It's not fun for the sake of fun. They are simply playing off humanity's flaw of easy addiction to essentially what is gambling. If you were rewarded all the gear you needed on the first run through would you continue to play the game? No because then it is pointless. Even in cod you continue to play after you max out your level because it is more fun than what they made this game out to be. Seriously the latest episode of south park is a perfect application of what bungie did to us with this game, except their micropurchases are simply map packs for the next 10 years.

I think you should be working for bungie to help with ideas lol and yes what you said was very true man fair play to you

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This Guardian speaks the truth, and he deserves more light than you have given him. I also see many falling away in search of greater battlefields.And many great lights waver in the darkness struggling not to join them. Instead of providing incentives to stay in the fight, We the faithful, have only recieved the lash for tasting victory too quickly. When one is bold enough to speak the truth in love, you should listen. Your move Bungie...

I agree 100%. This game is nothing like they had hyped it up to be. I traded my game into GS. The repetitive missions strikes bounties killed it. Add on the fact they were already advertising additional DLC before the game was released really struck a nerve with me. I feel this game is nothing more than a glorified CoD.

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I'm not going to bother reading that list. This game is over a ten year spand, simple. They have over three years worth of gameplay on your disk, and 7 years worth of work on it, yet it is locked and sold through DLC. Big deal. Destiny is not Halo; although they are made by the same company and creators, they are very much different yet similar in the same way.

finally someone came up with more of a solution rather then a problem , and a very we'll put solution at that

You are right

you are right my friend

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Dude... I totally agree with you. I just started Destiny a couple of days ago but... I don't know... Something is missing :-/

Thank you, YES.

HEAR HEAR! PREACH ON!

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