Dear Bungie, Thank you for the update. As a longtime guardian since D1 launched, I was glad to see that 6v6 and private matches in crucible are coming back. It seems like you are making an effort to listen and take action on the behalf of your gamerbase. I understand its a long process, and difficult and that I as a gamer really know very little about the development process. Thank you for moving away from RNG lootboxes in the interest of youngsters not being taught to gamble. If you are moving towards a direct purchase system, that means that you will be protecting not only yourself but your game from future scrutiny. Selling items directly will mean that the pay to players and hardcore players will be satisfied, and kids will not be encouraged to gamble real money away. I am looking forward to Masterworks armor; getting a damage protection boost during Supers will be useful in Strikes and Raids especially. My only gripe would be why not make it a flat armor boost? is it too much to ask the players feel powerful? would it truly imbalance the game so much? Skill it seams would be an important part of the destiny experience, but why not just throw the cassies a bone? I assume the game would be too easy if that was the case. I disagree with the decision to make Raid gear purchasable with Legendary Shards, one of the reasons Raid gear is so coveted is because it is challenging to acquire. Now it may be possible, from what I gather, to earn the Raid gear without even raiding? Wheres the incentive to play the Raid if the Gear is obtainable by scrapping legendary gear. It seems to contradict your goal of extending the replayability of D2. I think this will be something you might want to address. I like many other Guardians were misguidedly disappointed by the Lack of endgame content, it is my understanding and experience that D1 lacked a bigger endgame until most of the games expansions had been released. Having said that, it is not beyond you or your affiliates to be creative in your methods of expanding the current endgame. I would personally like to see more of the old ideas from D1 being revived and brought into D2, things like God rolls, looking for that one perfect weapon that just takes your game to the next level, the current system of weapon perks is uninteresting it doesn't make you care about your gear. A guardians gear should be his/her pride especially when they have optimized and/or rolled the best possible outcome. I hope you will consider these points, but I am pleased with what you are planning to add. Well done, Bungie; you have convinced me to stick around. Just remember, even by warning us that things may change, your opening yourself up to criticism when they inevitably do. I hope that you are able to release everything you've been working on, my only wish is please take your time on it and give us a finished product. Onward and Upward, EspressoNBUDS