The lack of story can be attributed to Activision essentially firing Joe Staten. If you believe 404Architect, Joe had created the game that we were going to be sold, but Activision wanted to intentionally water it down to market it to a larger audience. Isn't it kinda weird that Destiny is rated T but other large triple A titles are usually rated M? But the reason why Activision had to over-hype the game was because it was a turd. If everyone knows it's a turd, nobody will buy it. But yes, I do attribute the toxicity to the points you have mentioned. But it's like I said, they can be bullies and make themselves feel good without anyone able to reprimand them for it. A forum should be a place of discussion/information... not "git gud scrub." But thank you all for the great responses and a great discussion! You guys are the part of the community I am proud to be a part of.