Dear Bungie,
Hi, my name is Davis. I’m 16 and I love destiny. The reason I’m writing this is to thank you for the work you have put into the game that has given me so much joy and friendship over the past 5 years of my life. Destiny 1 was a game that I had no idea about until all my friends started to talk about a “halo 2.0” and since I had a PlayStation I never played halo, so this was my chance to try out this famous game I always heard about. I bought D1 two days after it’s release and I remember going to my mall buying it at GameStop and having to follow around my mom and sister while they shop, not being able to look away from the box. I was in awe of what I held in my hands, and I couldn’t wait to play it. Destiny turned out to be my first online experience as well. I had no idea how to play/interact with other players, but I learned thanks to destiny. I quickly made friends in the tower after dancing around, and had my own guides to help me figure out how to get legendaries, and to find out what the heck the “vault of glass” was. I didn’t know anything about these types of games, but I learned and fell in love. I remember finishing my first raid, Crotas end, with a friend and his team. I was just a kid who had no idea what was going on. Even when we finished I didn’t really grasp the accomplishment I had achieved. I remember getting my first exotic, Mida, from the gorgons chest in VoG. I didn’t have a working mic because I couldn’t figure out how to hook it up, but I still managed to finish that raid too. I remember my first flawless trials run, getting carried by my two best friends at the time and being ecstatic as I saw the cutscene of the lighthouse. I remember screaming with joy when I finally got my gjallarhorn from the very same chest my MIDA came from. But most importantly, I remember the little moments, the late night pvp games with my friends just having a great time together, the countless nightfall wipes just for a chance at an exotic, the countless runs of prison of elders trying to get a lord of wolves. To this day I can recall every single time I finished something big for the first time; Atheon, Crota, Skolas, Oryx, and Axis. I remember the tears of laughter with my friends who I had never met before irl but felt connected to because of our experiences, and the cheers of joy after every nightfall, raid, trials card, chest open, exotic drop, and everything in between. The friendships I made in d1 still last to this day and the memories I made give me the worst nostalgia I’ve ever experienced. I yearn to go back to 2015 and grind my heart out, bc things were different then. Life was easier. We didn’t have to worry about anything except whether we’d see valus ta’aruc again in the nightfall, or if xūr would finally bring that one exotic we dreamed of getting. I had a passion and a love for destiny that I haven’t felt since.
So now I turn to you Bungie. Please, bring back that spark. Make d2 more like d1, that’s all we ask. I want to play your game, I really really do but it’s hard now. I love the universe you’ve created and I want to be apart of it, but I don’t know how I can now that I have no motivation to play. Please Bungie I beg of you to help us help you
But again. Thanks for giving me some of the best years of my life
-Davis (corzan721)
English
#Destiny
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I think I just cried a little...
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1 ReplyNightfall, Omnigul, lightswitch, rainbow burn!
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2 RepliesNice post, from a 47 year old with similar memories of fun, just want the fun back.
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16 year old turning 17 in about 3 weeks. Thank you for jogging my memory of when I first got Destiny. I got it during the House of Wolves/ Taken King era of Destiny and fell in love with it with my friends whom had had it since Beta and Vanilla Destiny. I remember when two friends and I found these two fandoms who just happened to be budding Youtubers and we’ve been pseudo-friends (lol) ever since. Just last weekend I did VoG for the first legitimate time on 390 and did it again lvl 26 version and FINALLY got No Time To Explain. It feels so much better and more rewarding (and nostalgic) than D2 will ever be for me.
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I can tell everyone what the main reason is for all of these problems with D2. It’s very simple- Bungie and Activision have catered to the twitter people and you tube streamers and all the other people that have 24-7 game time available to them. They have neglected their core base of players and fans because we are not the ones posting videos and advertising the game constantly. They have made D2 like a 2nd job. I already have a job and so does my Clan so therefore people have dissapeared. We don’t feel rewarded for our time anymore in the game unless you can grind for 8hours a day. The magic of getting an exotic or beating your 1st raid is gone. They need to change things around for the average player base so that they feel rewarded when they spend 2-3 hours playing instead of 8 hours. Until that changes D2 will continue to go downhill. If I’m at work and I can’t grind to power level right away like others can then I get left in the dust and can’t even join a raid cause it says must have 10 clears to join. How can I even get 1 clear if I’m underpowered . And part of this problem is RNG.
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3 Replies16? You’re still a kiddy wink.
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Funny. I was just debating on whether to continue playing Destiny and in the middle of playing, I hopped on my companion and the first thing I see is your post. I didn’t start until House of Wolves and that was only to play the game with my husband. I have ended up investing much more time than him. It seems many people are disappointed in the direction the game is going. There are a lot of people jumping on the Anthem bandwagon...
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D1 gave us passion for the game i raided weekly with clan 2 months of d2 the clan had vanished never to be seen again. Good read cheers
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Nice post, I think this proves that men don't grow up, we just get bigger!
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Well said. The nostalgia I get from looking back at old XB1 recordings in destiny one of pvp clips or goofy raid glitches really takes me back to when all I had to worry about in life was school and finishing the weekly challenges for the game. Part of that spark not feeling the same is getting older too. :)
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Finally, someone with sense on this forum who doesn't spew blind hate.
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I second this. This game is probably one of my favorite games of all time. I started playing it at Year 1, and quickly fell in love with every aspect of it. Even the parts of the game that pissed me off, like the Cryptarch giving Green items in Legendary Engrams and playing Crota's End(Hard) 25+ times trying to get that damn Crux of Crota. Those times were the harshest that game had, yet were my most memorable moments. Destiny 2, though, just never had any moments like that. I get Exotics and Legendaries so often that it feels like picking up a Blue Engram in D1. But, even then, those Blue Engrams have a chance of giving you a Legendary or an Exotic. I really do appreciate Bungie recognizing the original playerbase though. It feels nice having Emblems and Shaders that no-one else can get right now. Just yesterday, one of my clanmates saw that I had the EV-30 Tumbler sparrow equipped, and was genuinely surprised. I wish they did that sort of thing in D2, in a form of a Seal or something.