Even at the risk of coming off as cringy, I wanna say this. If you dislike it, tough luck, move along. I hope that one of the mods, ninjas or community chiefs sees this and maybe passes it on, it is an honest and genuine statement and concern of mine (even though my hopes are slim because Bungie seems to be more active on reddit and twitter and I am on neither of those platforms). Bungie, plenty of people were surprised and excited about the end of the partnership with Activision. I am one of them too. Self-publishing, even with all the risks that come with it, is a great opportunity for a studio and allows for more freedom and pursuit of ideas and creativity. So, hats off. Best of luck, I commend you on it. However, apart from the risk that comes with it I want to bring up that in this particular case, I see you, Bungie, under the burden of proof. With all presumed limitations and shackles cast off there is just no more room for excuses and apologies henceforth. Whatever you plan to do with Destiny 3, one thing you absolutely can NOT do: Hold back. These news of splitting from Activision took everyone by the balls in the best possible way. I have seen not just a few people actively regaining hope, respect and even trust in you and they immediately thought of the future and how things will be all better now. This puts pressure on the studio, I hope you know this. Expectations are now high, higher than they have probably ever been for Destiny. Even higher than they were before D1 released. So when you create D3, which I assume you already started doing: Make the Destiny you always wanted to make. Make it the Destiny we love to play. Make it a worthwhile finale for this trilogy. Go all out. The final confrontation of light and dark. No holds barred, no punches pulled. For every decision and every step you take, go an extra mile. Do not be humble. Show off how good you are. Brag a little. Be confident. Show off the skill and talent of your whole team: From the CEO over the composers, the writers, the modelers, the designers and artists, the coders, the voice actors right down to even the janitors. End the Destiny project with a bang. Give this series a grandiose ending. One that makes people look back fondly and be thoroughly happy they stuck with you through the bad times. If you play your cards right, you can right every wrong that has been done with Destiny. You can get back every bit of love and trust that you might have lost. Often people have said that Destiny still had potential yet untouched, and it's true. And NOW is the time to reach deep into that potential and exhaust it completely. No other moment would be more right than NOW. People are now willing to come back to you, with open arms, all you have to do is embrace the embracement and give us your very best. Even with all the shit that might have gone down, you still have a community that wants to see you succeed, that wants to see your very best. We are all rooting for and supporting you. But the rest it up to you.