Give Bungie sometime to enjoy their new yachts. Seriously...

its to defuse actual physical backlash against the company

That's honestly the most irritating thing about Destiny and Bungie at this point, you don't wanna fix or change your game? Cool. But for -blam!-s sake, at least say, "Yea, we read your shit. No, we aren't gonna do anything about it. " Because at this point, it feels like texting that hot chick you met and getting no response despite her friends telling you shes great and how well you two would get along. The irony in Bungie being great at making Space Epics is that, just like in space, Bungie can't hear shit. Or they don't want to.