I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of the community and Bungie's lack of presence on the forums. I'd like to add that the forums are not well-moderated. Community leaders should participate and, well, lead community discussions over crucial topics such as weapon balancing and game enhancements. Rarely do I see a moderator reply to a post unless it is in response to a compliment. It would go a long way to see the community manager post a poll or ask for an opinion from the community. I don't know if this is done using another medium or not at all. The most recent event that illustrates the developers lack of communication was its use of Twitter to convey the early end of Iron Banner. The last event closed early as well and Cozmo vowed to communicate that type of information via sticky post in the future but failed to do so. This community should be the hub of Destiny related information that should then be distributed to other mediums. Not the other way around.