@DeeJ You've seen a countless amount of these threads, I get it. You are definitely doing your best to communicate with us, but we need you and the rest of Bungie to come down to our level and let us know some things and answer some questions caused by the recent information leaks. Before I get started I would like to say thank you to you and Bungie for delivering a beautiful game. It's extremely polished and the gameplay mechanics are unbelievably fun. The Vault of Glass is absolutely genius and the most fun I have had in a video game in years. I don't care about matchmaking for it, as it should be intended to make players want to gather a solid team and work together for a long amount of time, matchmaking for it wouldn't be ideal at all. Moving on. You've called the poster on Reddit's AMA a "troll". I'm sorry, but the community doesn't believe that. Looking at the first ViDoc for Destiny, the information from the supposed tester and the answers from 404 Architect, we can only logically come to the conclusion that some, if not all the things said were in fact true. I don't care about DLC information, or the "placeholders" showing up over last weekend like some of us here, as I can't wait to do them and will be purchasing them as soon as possible. I do however care about what has obviously been gutted from story-related missions and the campaign itself. First of all, after reading everything that has come to light involving the missing or cut content, it seems to be a hilarious slap in the face that the Stranger tells us that "I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain", or that the Speaker tells us something along the lines of "I'm sure you have many questions, but we need you on the battlefield." My biggest problem has to do with the Factions. Why are they even there in the first place? Supposedly they originally were intended to have their own side quests or story lines that either did or didn't have anything to do with the story. If that portion was cut, why are they even there at all? And if the plan is to expand on them during DLC, again why have them in the game at launch? Why is it that we are given little-to-no explanation as to what is actually going on in the story? Admittedly, I'm not the type to buy a video game for it's story, but you guys advertised this as a space epic/opera with MMO elements and that is what sold me. So, why have you decided to leave us with about three and a half cutscenes that leave us to try and make our own assumptions as to what is going on? Where is this "Crow" character that was obviously planned to be a main character in this campaign, as not only evidenced by the "tester", but in your ViDoc as well? If you scrapped him for the Stranger, then what was our character's motivations to believe her? Or what does the Speaker think of her and her group that we have not seen? She speaks of different sides, and she does not have a Ghost, but in the end it seems that her and the Speaker have similar goals? And if that is the case, then why are they never seen together and why does the Stranger feel the need to stay at a distance from you in the beginning of the game? Alright, I'll believe that you may be planning on expanding on this aspect of the story later in the game, but things don't add up as they are now. Little things stick out, things as simple as your Awoken character having no idea who the Awoken are or what they've been through, to details like your ghost telling you that it was going to report to the Speaker about the things the FWC are having you collect. Why is it that in the beginning of the game we have environmental hazards like trip mines and enemies crawling on the walls but nothing like that is ever seen again? There is literally almost no difference in playing a strike and playing a Firefight on Halo: ODST. Where is the creativity in the later battles? Or any creativity or diversity in the daily bounties? It seems rushed, if it was, then say so. I think I speak for the community when I say that if things were intended to be different; then just say it. Let us know if the great team at Bungie are planning on rectifying story elements or if this is what we get. Voice chat in matchmaking, proximity chat for the tower or on the planets and smaller things like that are no problem, we know that you can take care of these issues with minor patches and updates, but the damage to all of the story and side story elements has been done. If nothing is true within these recent leaks, you have to know that the seed of curiosity has already been planted in even your most loyal players. It needs to be [b]addressed[/b] and not [b]written off[/b] as a simple troll. I also want to know if you ever plan on implementing anything to do with these clans we have been creating. Are you planning on adding a playlist specifically for clans? If not, then are you ever going to think about letting us have a customizable lobby so that we can set up our own clan battles? And if not that, then again I ask why give us these features outside of knocking out a couple of achievements? You're renown for what you did with this type of gaming in Halo, so why get rid of what you did incredibly right? Finally, I'll end with saying that you at Bungie have created a hell of a prologue to what could have been, or could be, a masterpiece of a game. It's just obvious that what you originally intended isn't what we are playing. There are too many inconsistencies and too much evidence to believe everything that has come to light in the recent days is simply fabricated. Let us know what is going on, and if, when and how you all plan to move forward. Thank you to all that read through this enormous post, I am aware that some people may have harsh words for me appearing as a whiner, but in my defense I will say that I have not had a single issue with the game until this bomb of information was dropped on us over the past weekend. It's a great game, I love playing it with my friends and it has entertained me for countless hours, I just believe that this great game could have been absolutely incredible. I still have hope that it can be. Sincerely, A loyal Bungie gamer for eight years, Schuyler B. (GT: Scheezy)