EDIT : Before going any further, even if you disagree, please hit that UPVOTE button. We need this to trend to the top to get Cozmo's attention. An answer will satisfy both sides of the argument. Please. UPVOTE.
So apparently about 1% of the player base has received cryptic messages from a "user" known as Absense Vigil - a figure that has been marked as the secret to the next "hidden weapon/armor/event" - - However, it all seems like an elaborate hoax, and while VERY WELL DONE, it could set off millions on a wild goose chase. Even worse than the time-gated sleeper which you guys PROMISED you'd never release something like that again. On to brass tacks.
Someone has actually received a hidden message that has a picture of hanging bodies that had committed suicide in a forest, with Destiny borders around the dead bodies. People will think that Destiny Employees are sending suicide photos to its members as an event advertisement. I don't care either way, but if it's going that far to prove a point and remain anonymous, you guys need to come clean.
For the sake of not wasting time and/or causing real-life harm to people, I would like BungieOfficial to validate this phenomena or strike it down. I'm not saying to spoil the surprise or even tell us how to solve it, in the fact that it's real. But it is currently the highest UP-VOTED topic in all of Destiny Forums.
There is absolutely no way you can miss it if you click the "forums" tab. So that is my verdict. I want someone to come clean. None of it makes sense. Why would you have an employee anonymously send messages a fraction of a percent of your playerbase? Also. Why use gore and/or suicidal images?
There is only one way to settle this down. We ask for an answer.
[b]What is Absense Vigil, in relation to Destiny Property?[/b]
[i]An event avatar?[/i]
[i]Or a personal hoax by a non-affiliated person?[/i]
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A link to the thread in question, which is nearing *400* UPVOTES :
[url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/200242557?sort=0&page=0]Absense Vigil Hoax?[/url]
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2 Repliesnever gonna give you up , never gonna let you down ............. sing it people !!
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75 RepliesEdited by Cozmo: 4/16/2016 4:12:16 PMNot us. Looks like someone trying to do something fun for the community. Edit: I was referring to the messages from Vigil, if someone is send photos that break the CoC report them to a Ninja.
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16 RepliesEdited by Gunship: 4/16/2016 6:45:05 PMdon't care about bungle and their 'mysteries' Fix the AMMO Un-Nerf ALL the nerfed weapons Allow fracking Blueprint upgrade of the POE stuff Get rid of COINS and make Ultras ALL have a decent Exotic drop rate ADD FRACKING MATCHMAKING FOR EVERYTHING STOP LYING!!!!
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Its hard if you first give people gold and then take it to give them silver and say " silver is the new gold"
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At first I thought it was a leaked grimoire card about Rasputin but then absence vigil sounds like zur in his replies , either a very creative fan , or a story of the nine
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It's a hoax. Get over it.
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You really think his answer will satisfy either side?? He will dodge the questions like a pro then give an answer that doesn't actually answer the question but seems like it does.
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3 RepliesYou guys are hella gullible.
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Can you post the image here or at least a link to it
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I'm sure the suicide thing is from a fake Absense Vigil, like how all those fake account with the names of big YouTubers on them advertising giveaways on shifty sites are fake.
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5 RepliesMillions? LOLZ! There's not even [i]one[/i] million still playing this game.
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1 ReplyEdited by What: 4/16/2016 7:21:17 AM"Its not us. Looks like someone is trying to do a little fun for the community"-Cozmo Well Im going to confirm its a hoax and take that fun away!!!!!!!!!!!! Atleast cozmo is staying true to bungie form. No fun for the community allowed you heard the man!
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3 RepliesI am MonkeyPillows.
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Thanks bungie for the conformation. Who ever did this did a great job though
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I could see "absence vigil" as a title for a quest
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If this thread gets popular enough and cozmo or deej don't reply, then we know it is an elaborate bungie scheme. If a bungie employee confirms that they don't have any influence in the Absense Vigil scheme, then we know that it is a hoax.
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We're waiting on you Bungie
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Response cozmo or DeeJ
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2 RepliesCozmo I summon you in attack mode
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1 ReplyI think it may be fake but after what was going on during the Sleeper Simulant hunt, I think Bungie knows what kind of quests and loot hunts we want to go after.
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This seems different than the ARG/mystery that's going on in the Destiny Subreddit, which seems to be related to VoG maybe.
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3 RepliesThe weapon: http://i.imgur.com/pfLnZWv.png%5B/img%5D
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Bump 4 cozmo
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WTF?!?!
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