Classic Bungie, s*** all over your veterans and only cater to the new players. It may not be tomorrow or next week, but eventually the player pool will run out of newbies to bend over. Then there will be no one to pull you guys out of the hole you dug yourselves. It's like a restaurant, yes there will always be a initial burst of income because it's new, but once people realize that the food sucks patrons won't come back. In the food business it's your returning customers that keep you going not the new ones. Why, because nothing stays new forever. With the stinkfest you guys call a sequel along with the blatant disregard for your veteran players who wait out the good times along with the bad. Sooner or later your studio will be [i]forced[/i] to close it's doors because no one eats food they don't like.
The latest numbers say that there is less than 80,000 players. Why, because the new players are already playing the new games because that is what they do. Those 80,000 are your vets and those numbers are dwindling because one by one they are dropping out for one reason or many. Yeah you may get a spike in season 3 when GoM drops, but if (when) is falls short of amazing Bungie will be in a worse place than they are now. Those 80,000 players [i]might[/i] purchase the fall DLC depending on the content of GoM, but mark my words new players won't because they have already played D2. New players play what's new and D2 is a year old this fall, whereas Red Dead 2 is not.
Now I'm am [b]not[/b] saying that RD2 is a Destiny killer. I'm saying that players that only play the new will do exactly that. The 2018 fall expansion needs to, I repeat [b][i]NEEDS TO[/i][/b] target your veteran audience, deeper customization, more meaningful story, engaging endgame activities, pvp that is fun and not sawing logs boring. If you rekindle the lost faith that vets are feeling and make them feel like there time invested in this game means something. Than maybe, just maybe Bungie won't piss off the community every damn week. People don't get this upset if they didn't care. Since numbers don't lie if your current trend doesnt fall any further 80,000 sales for the 2018 fall dlc will not sit well with big brother. If Bungie wants better numbers than you as a studio needs to change it's target audience.
The pen is mightier than the sword, yet actions speak louder than words. Bungie, now is not the time to talk. Now is the time to act, and fast.
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They do still have to talk we ourselves must at least hold them accountable to the current roadmap they have given. We must also wait until after the updates before we have an opinion on them, something the community is having an issue with. Now in no way am I only playing devils advocate. Bungie messes up big as a result they are trying to communicate better hence the updates and the roadmap. However the community is also filled with ridiculous amounts of trolls and people who don’t even look at the updates at all and immediately complain on the forums. That is a huge issue in need of being addressed. Bungie has to improve plain and simple, but the community also needs to learn the difference between criticism and constructive criticism.
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I played daily but I've struggled to find any reason to put the disc back in lately. I've been playing MHW, Warframe, Saints Row...and with FarCry 5, RD2 and a host of other games on the horizon I can't honestly see me playing D2 that much if at all. Add to the fact that they keep on making every event barre one PvP focused (A game mode that I just can't get into despite loving PvP games like Battlefield) and I've no reason to play anymore.
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“We hear you.” Figured I’d say it since they are too cowardly to respond.
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Man, this is so true! The pure potential here is amazing and it just pisses me off to see nothing being done with it. I feel like it is becoming a Call of Duty franchise. I get on, play a bit, but I have no urge to do anything except bs with friends while we just do whatever. I remember in D1, man I always had someone pestering the hell out of me to join them and do something. I have had 2 randoms message me since I started playing D2 asking for an extra player.
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Not Bungies fault... it’s Activisions
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It's just as much BUNGIE's fault as it is Activision. They made a deal with the Devil and the player base is paying for it.
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I must disagree. Activision gave Bungie "Carte Blanche" on D2 and all design and decisions were made solely by Bungie. In fact, I'm sure that Activision is keeping a stronger leash on Bungie now because of the D2 fiasco.