Edit: I get it. No one adds an edit before the post but god damn, Bungie just covered most of the sore topics left in D2. [spoiler] New systems and rewards to give our most engaged players additional, optional pursuits. Better incentives for players who complete challenging Prestige activities. Better rewards and replay value for strikes, adventures, and Lost Sectors. Private matches for the competitive community (we are targeting early 2018). Crucible tuning like adjusted Supremacy scoring and better spawning rules. Better incentives for completing Crucible matches (and penalties for quitting competitive games). Continued improvements to Iron Banner and Faction Rallies, including uniqueness of rewards. Changes to make the mod economy more interesting and impactful. Ongoing improvements to Exotics, including adjustments to reduce instances of duplication. New ways to spend surplus currency and materials (looking at you Legendary Shards). An emote interface that allows players to equip Salty, Spicy Ramen, Six Shooter, and Flip Out all at the same time. [/spoiler] I wonder how many people will find a way to spin this negatively despite this being a clear example of the Devs listening. Seriously. Everyone ranting and raving about D1 being so much better. What I remember is the masses complaining that getting top gear and weapons was to hard. I can't get thorn because of the quest. I can't go flawless because it's to hard. I can't beat challenge or hard mode because it's too hard. Etc. Remember when D1 at launch was the biggest let down because you played 80% during the beta and Bungie had to rewrite the story? Remember when getting loot sucked because your legendary engrams turned blue? Yet... D2 is worse because it's too rewarding? In all reality.. we can't berate everyone who likes the game because some people don't. We can't "white-Knight" every person who gives negative feedback to Bungie. We can't yell and scream and force toxicity down the throats of everyone who goes to the forums. We NEED to find the middle ground. Edit: Obligatory "Were Trending". But seriously, there has been a lot of great points being made down below. First off, I am not defending Bungie's actions or lack of response during this heated time. I too, have many gripes with D2. For one, I consider myself a hardcore player. Look me up, I spent thousands of hours on D1, I was ranked #36 in the world for Zone control, I help top 100, 300 and 500 spots in 6's. I care too much about where this game is going. D2 was obviously crafted with the casual player in mind and while that is awesome because it opens up the game for everyone but they need to also focus on the hardcore player base. D2 rewards you for everything. Even if you do not hit 7 wins, you can still get the same Prosecutor that I got for getting 7 wins. It makes it so that anyone can get the same gear that others get. The issue here is that Bungie needs to expand the armory. We NEED hundreds of options to choose from. * Strike specific gear *Raid gear that impacts the raid *Playlist specific gear These 3 things could really help solve some of the discontent. ******WARNING - This next topic could trigger negativity - WARNING****** In D1... we had specific weapon Meta's. Certain weapons like Thorn, TLW, Red Death, GoM/Clever Dragon, Mida, Suros, etc all had their shining moments and pissed MANY people off.. but it also allowed great players to make highlight reel plays and made average players feel powerful. We need this back. The difference is that there needs to be an obvious path to get those powerful weapons so that people aren't excluded. To that point though.. Endgame activities need to be challenging and REWARD powerful gear. If I complete Prestige mode raid then that damn Conspirator that I get better be more powerful than the one I get from normal mode. Yes, people will be excluded because Prestige mode is difficult but once they level up and essentially "Git Gud" , they can have that weapon too. Edit: Damn Bungie. Way to go CB and the live team. They literally just addressed majority of the core concerns.