I am not talking about the people who just play the game because they enjoy it. I am talking about the people who feel the need to come on these forums and dismiss any and every single shred of criticism without reservation- constructive and non alike. Anyone who does not agree that the game is perfect is considered a "toxic" or "a hater". The people that blindly defend the game's shortcomings never really address the criticism head on, but instead they resort to the typical ''if you don't like it, leave", "go make sure your own game" etc. Why are these people an issue to me? Because they're enablers. They enable Bungie to continue to do shit like throttle XP without telling you, then doubling down on their decision after being caught by doubling the xp needed to level up, locking players out of content behind a paywall and only backtracking when enough noise is made that it can harm sales, or releasing game features that are broken ( 3 of coins) and leaving it as is until early 2018. These people look past these glaring issues and make "haters" and "toxic" people out to be at fault somehow or that it is okay for Bungie to do this because it's a business. [i]Battered woman syndrome begins as an abusive cycle with three stages. First, the abuser engages in behaviors that create relationship tension. Second, the tension explodes when the abuser commits some form of abuse: physical, psychological, emotional, sexual, or otherwise. Third, the abuser tries to fix his wrongdoing and apologizes. This third stage is frequently referred to as the “honeymoon” stage, and involves the abuser making amends for his bad behavior. During the honeymoon stage, the abuser is forgiven, and the cycle starts all over again. As the cycle continues, the victim starts to feel that the abuse is her own fault. When the victim takes responsibility for her own abuse, this develops into “learned helplessness.” The victim feels helpless because she has convinced herself that the abuse is her own fault, yet she cannot understand why the abuse continues if it’s her own fault. She becomes convinced of her helplessness, and that the abuse cannot be escaped. Thus, battered woman syndrome develops.[/i] TL;DR- Your hyper defense complex of the game is counter-productive to your own investment. Edit- There are a lot of people replying that these people I am describing do not exist. My question to you is, what forum are you visiting? Lmao in the time I have posted this thread which I mentioned will probably get no actual replies to the criticism I am giving i.e., giving Bungie a pass for XP debacle, locked content, releasing broken content like the 3ofC or Prom. Lens. Instead, here are some of my favorite replies [quote]domestic abuse is a serious thing and nothing at all like a game... you should be ashamed for making that comparison.[/quote] [quote]Look guys! Another fascist trying to make you feel bad for liking a great game.[/quote] [quote]Opinions are like a$$holes. Everyone has one. Except yours types long wind cry baby babble infecting a forum and community with your trash stench[/quote] [quote]More like exposed a trash bag loser trying to rain on the enjoyment of others. Enjoy the douchebag role. It suits you well.[/quote] [quote]The people who do not play but still post garbage like this on the forum are worse than battered....[/quote] [quote]Wow comparing a video game to domestic abuse... IT'S JUST A GAME.[/quote] [quote]The fact that you compared a video game to actual abuse is pathetic. Not even going to try to argue with this stupidity.[/quote] [quote]And yet you bought the expansion and still continue to play it by your character level, gg.[/quote] [quote]At least you're not crassly generalising and lumping hundreds of thousands of people in one of two aribitrary groups generated by your addled mind. No wait... ....thats exactly what you're doing. My bad[/quote] [quote]Slow down, take a breath, it’s a video game, you’ve gone way to deep and thought way too hard.[/quote] [quote]What you mean is is "stop using words I dont understand because I cant see an argument because not only am I judgemental, but Im also fking stupid" Muted.[/quote]