Everyone keeps saying "they announced it, they announced it, your fault you were told, etc etc etc" But if they aren't announcing it IN GAME then it just isn't a viable communication. I bought and play a copy of a video game called Destiny. Users shouldn't have to subscribe to or use a third party application (Twitter, Facebook) or even visit the forum in order to have important information concerning that game disseminated. As I mentioned earlier, some parents don't even allow their children access to social media (I'm one of those parents), so there should be a source for information built INTO the game itself. Perhaps a public information kiosk / bulletin board centrally located in the tower. But don't say "you were told" if it was something Bungie Tweeted. Not everyone uses that stupid Twit garbage. (BTW, I get most of my information just from talking to friends, I don't user Twitter myself) Just my opinion.

While I agree that it should have ended on the normal day and time, if it took you that long to reach rank 5...on one char...I will leave it at that.

This is what happens when you leave things till the last minute. I got nirwens on day 1 of the banner and it is pure sex.

I feel bad for you, cus its the best pulse rifle I've ever used

Sorry you were too bad to hit rank 5 until the last very second. Sucks for you!

They announced it on twitter... Kinda surprised no one's brought it up... [url=https://twitter.com/bungie/status/656232294559059970]For those who want a reference.[/url] Edit: I'll help you guys get started on [url=https://twitter.com/signup?lang=en]a new twitter account.[/url] Edit 2: For mobile users that don't want to make a twitter for whatever reason; When you launch the app hit the tab and hit Destiny (Destiny Logo) Swipe to the left twice, and you'll get all their Social Media account updates. So difficult. For PC users, just scroll to the bottom on hit the twitter icon. Congrats, you're going pro.

To be fair, this guy does have a point. There's a couple of issues here. 1. It's the first time that it happened and apparently, the Twitter update popped in less than 10 hours ago. If Bungie is going to do something as drastic as to change the rules of a monthly ritual like IB, there needs to be an announcement at least with one or two days in advance. 8 hours is precisely a regular work's shift. Maybe people go to school. Maybe some people can't check Twitter while at work. Some people might be in such a rush that they think IB is still open (and why would t it be?) so they forget to check social networks because you only got a couple hours left to get your items, man! Screw that for now! 2. Is Twitter the main source of information for Destiny now? Or Reddit? Because if so, this is something new. We have stickys now that provide important info, pop up messages when you open the app, we even got those maintenance message that show up on the site (not on the app yet so there's another flaw) so like they said, it's doable and it's important. Even if it would have been short notice, a message here in the official Destiny forums would have been nice. I can't think of a better place to share information with the Destiny community than...well, in the official Destiny forums. 3. Maybe some other games issue news with Twitter or FB messages or whatnot. Destiny hasn't done so until now. Or at least it has been ok about spreading the news about major updates both in forums and other social networks. Hell, we all know about the NF patch taking place later today, right? It's everywhere in the forums and t was part of the weekly update. Done. Simple as that. 4. People got robbed of two hours without a warning. I know what everyone is thinking. "Two hours?! Really? Like that's a big deal!". It is to people who probably waited until the very last minute to grind IB because today you'd get the most exp throughout the event. Or for whatever reason. People were not prepared for it. Imagine you're going to take a test and you think you got two hours to work on it. You study, you're focused and you feel prepared so you go in. The first questions seem difficult so you skim through them. You take care of the last page first because whatever, those looked easy or that's just your method. 50 minutes in and you're doing great! You're halfway done so by the looks of it, you'll make it just on time. Then the teacher walks up to you and takes your test. "Time's up!", he says. You feel confused and question him about having two hours to work on it since you're not done! "Oh, he sent an email about 3 hours ago saying the test time had been reduced to an hour. Check your email, dude!", someone else says. Maybe you were too focused studying to even check your email right before the test. Maybe it wouldn't have helped you at balling you had read the email since t was such short notice. Who knows?! But wouldn't it make people feel better if the teacher had stopped before the test to at least say "Hey, dumbasses! Remember you got one hour to work on it, ok?!" It's the principle of the matter, I think. That's probably why people are so upset about it.

Welcome to the world we lived in since day 1.

Read their twitter and you can see that they did post something about it

Sign here if Bungie should give him the pulse rifle. Sure they announced it on Twitter but no one gets on twitter and they should announce EVERYTHING on the forums.