It's whatever man. It's their game. They can do whatever they choose to. We are just along for the ride. I've come to realize this. We aren't entitled to anything. I've referred so many people. I can't refer anymore because there are no more to refer. I don't know to many gamers. There for I cannot access this unless I make another account and go buy the game. I'm not going to do this. I've spent way way to much money on a video game thst was fun at one point. It sucks, because all of cosmetic items should be for sale. Not offered Like this.

[quote] I had thought Bungie learned their lesson after the TTK Collectors Edition outrage.[/quote] They'll never learn. https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/173224562

(Sigh) It's a marketing scheme. Nothing more, nothing less. It's a way for them to get more cusormers. That's it. It's not an insult. It's not bungie saying "let's screw the original players". Have any of you EVER seen another business? Like when direct tv offers a super bargain to new customers that's not offered to existing ones? Every business has new customer incentives. You may not like it, but it's not out there to piss you off. It's a very simple business practice.

Anyone who has paid attention to my posts over my time on this forum knows I am far from being a Bungie fan boy. That said, I will call things as I see it. In this case, as I mentioned in another thread, I have personally been involved with and managed referral programs and I work at a video game company. So I have actual real world knowledge on this stuff from behind the curtain. That link they provide is the validation process. On the back end it provides Bungie an ID to prove that someone was referred by someone else. This will help to get any issues resolved if rewards are not issued, etc. That said, as a business, they have to have some type of control in place to make sure the program is not abused. This link (validation process) is that gate to make sure they don't get burned and are getting actual referrals. Otherwise EVERYONE and their mother would claim they added someone. So that is part of this that people aren't understanding. The other part people are complaining about is that they referred X people in the past and should get credit for it. 2 things on that: 1) - I know this sucks, but the cold reality is, the program didn't exist when you referred someone therefore you don't get to retroactively get rewarded. This is not unethical nor illegal. This should be a common sense issue, you made your referral, the program didn't exist then./end. 2) - Let's say Bungie wanted to reward you for referring someone before the program even existed, how would they know who you referred? There was no program, so there was no validation process (no link to have your friend sign up through) so how would you prove you referred someone? Believe me, I referred people too and would love to get this stuff, but reality is, I have no justification to get pissed off about it based on the above. Luckily I do have a friend who is getting Destiny for the first time next week so I will be referring her.

If they leave the refer a friend available for destiny 2 drop im ok with the program. Its easy to miss the big picture when they do stuff like this...however dont forget people that this isnt our final destiny game......we are all more than likely buying destiny 2

I hate this shit, and I hate Tess's bitched out prices, but really, if they aren't going to actually add new gameplay, and make earning something in-game meaningful, then they might as well just sell this shit instead of demanding your time and forcing you to find new players.

Dude, please use paragraphs and make this post easier more enjoyable to read. What the f***?

I think im finally done with bungie... I cant support this game anymore than I have, countless friends I have referred before this scheme, countless hours we have all spent and im entitled to nothing as usual.. exclusive this exclusive that. I hope more people leave this game than join. The game isn't the problem its the disgusting attitude and poor decisions of the corrupt company. This isn't the mighty team that brought you Halo. Don't ever think it is. Those of you that think using a secondary profile will work for RAF by the way... think again

I'm a vet player and I do not find this "solution" acceptable. IMO the only thing that would "fix" this situation is if they would let us upgrade our Year 1 gear, or at MINIMUM, our year 1 class armors to current light levels. It is not a stretch to say that if I use my Ghelion's Cloak from Y1 Iron Banner in year 2, it will not break the game. You can't even make that argument. its a VANITY item. Just slap some ammo/progression bonuses on it, upgrade the light level, and call it a day!

It's a bunch of useless skins and a shitty quest. You probably never use any of them after a week anyways