It's been an extraordinary time to be a Destiny player and a bungie.net member the last 8 months. As someone who's been around Bungie and bnet from the beginning, the level of interaction and give/take has been unprecedented. I know that there's heavy focus on Christopher Barrett (who's seen as the Knight in shining armor at the studio), but it's been much deeper than that and what the studio are given credit for and yes there have been missteps and gaps in the coms since launch, but I think the last week has really started to open eyes to what is really happening with the game, the studio and the community. Destiny 2 is a house being built. I know there's the overarching forum sentiment that (x) should have been here at launch, and for the sake of this conversation I would ask that we take it as known that everyone understands that, including Bungie and nothing is going to change what did and didn't make it in. Destiny 1 was a house falling down for 3 years. Yeah it was a nice home and our first in the universe and we loved it, but something was always breaking and falling apart and for 3 years patch after patch tried to stop the leaks and shore up the foundation, but each fix was at expense of something else we loved. Destiny 2 is not the game most expected. Be it the grind, the weapon system, Crucible... There are things that Bungie has changed and tried different approaches with the goal of creating a game that can grow and evolve and a house that can grow with additions without having to tear down what already exists. Over 3 years of Destiny One there were so many things that were asked for and populated community wish lists for the duration of the game without ever seeing the light of day and by the end of D1 it was obvious that the things Bungie could do and implement, they did and the things we never saw just weren't possible within the framework of the game. Destiny 2's reset hasn't been the experience people expected and I would think that includes within the studio, but sometimes to go forward you have to take a step back and I believe that's where we're at. There are things that we as players want this game to be and I can tell you unequivocally that the individuals who go to work each day to create this universe want those things just as much as we do. Destiny 1 wouldn't allow those visions to be realized. So yes, D2 made sacrifices and took chances on game changing systems and some have worked incredibly well and others need to be better, but by making the decision to start fresh as painful as the things lost in the transition might be, Bungie have ultimately crafted with D2 a game that has allowed our thoughts, hopes and visions to not sit on a community wish list for the next 3 years, but to be discussed and implemented. I want anyone who was here for the last 3 years to really think about the significance of not just the last TW@B, but each of the concerns that have arisen over the last 5 months. From Coz asking for initial feedback a month in, to the first Developer response to those concerns that brought us the foundation of the Masterworks system and the beginning of the shift from Tokens as the end all be all rewards. We are seeing a game in D2 that we as players are shaping almost in real time and the developers are actively engaging not just the community, but bnet to ask thoughts on not just general feedback but how we'd like to see specific activities like Trials improved. Yes, there's a lot of work to be done and there is so much more information that Bungie put out that needs to be better curated and more easily accessible to the community, but I never in D1 felt like we had this level of real hope for that game to grow and become what we all dreamed and this level of not just interaction, but direct implementation of our feedback is what we have been hoping for, for years. So whether you've moved on from the game, dabble occasionally or still play and love the gameplay and universe, despite the sentiment that's pervaded that the sky is falling, Destiny as a franchise has NEVER been in a better position to succeed and the studio has never been in a position to truly act on what we all want the game to become like they can now and they've never been this plugged into the player base.