Bungie isn't out of touch even though I would like to believe so. The main problem is that they are just being stubborn, just doing things their way but they're not really looking at how their actions are affecting the game when it comes to the player base playing the game. This game went from D1 to where it was created with a loot based system giving gamers the incentive to want to grind for that loot to, a barebone loot system with nothing really to do but grind for material. A loot based game that material it more important than creating actual loot to chase? This is why you don't keep constantly changing everything in the game, the crew working on the game and have a lead that had no clue of what he was doing leading a sequel. IMO Luke Smith's vision of Destiny and how the investment team has handled this entire game they have managed to kill the concept of Destiny. On top of it, people like Datto that suggested the cores to be used as a form of an infusion made matters worse and they think this game is in a good place? D2 is an insult to D1 period.