[quote] When you make a mistake, own up to it. In “The State Of D2”, you admitted to your mistake, but never said sorry. That’s what the community wants to hear.[/quote] While I agree with the sentiment of your post, I disagree with this statement in particular. They indicated that they goofed up but they never came out and stated HOW they goofed up. It was really a vague and ambiguous statement that was wide-open to interpretation. And when your fans/community are waiting/hoping for fixes to big issues that plague the game, I don't think you can afford to leave them in the dark when you admit to making mistakes. You need to spell out the mistakes you did make so that the community can actually see that you (you meaning Bungie) actually received [i]and [u]UNDERSTOOD[/u][/i] what we have been communicating all this time. And in my opinion, they still haven't. I think before progress can be made they need to admit that they can't move this game forward with a unified sandbox anymore - or at least can't move it forward and have PVP play as THEY desire it to play. If they make a statement like that, then only one of two actions make sense: 1) separation of PVE from PVP or 2) allowing PVP to play fast, chaotic, and semi-unbalanced like it did in D1. They need to admit that the rewards for the games hardest content DO NOT justify the effort it takes to complete those activities. If they do this, the answer is very clear on what they need to do: 1) Increase the quality of the rewards so that the best stuff comes from the hardest content, OR 2) decrease the difficulty of the endgame content to be more in line with the quality of the rewards you do get. Yes, I understand option #2 wouldn't be popular, but seriously, if you want people to play hard content, you need to give them MUCH better rewards than ornaments, shaders, stickers, etc. Give us Y1-like guns that reduce grind in other phases of the game. Let us feel POWERFUL again. They also need to admit that the math just doesn't work for guided games, and ditch it as largely a failure for this game. If they do this, the only option is to open the game up for optional matchmaking for all modes. It's the right thing to do, IMO, and its a necessary step if we want to see TRULY elite-tier endgame rewards return to the game. I can go on and on and on regarding this subject, but you get the idea. Bungie is like an alcoholic, and until they can admit they have a problem and [u]IDENTIFY[/u] the actual problem, they cannot even get around to creating good a solution to the problem. When they give vague and ambiguous answers concerning the nature of the problem, it just shows that they STILL don't quite get it. And its why I don't think you will see any meaningful changes anytime soon. Bungie will misinterpret or misread the community, and we'll get half-assed bandaids that don't bring the kind of changes this game needs - has needed really - since Day 1 of D1.