With the "annual pass" being so bereft of new content, I get the distinct feeling they view D2 internally as "fixed" with the release of forsaken, or as fixed as it's going to get. They have done enough to placate people, but they know big numbers of players or dollars spent are never coming back to this game. Much as Bioware decided ME:A was a lost cause and pulled everyone to work on Anthem (at least they were straight up about it) I feel Bungie has done the same here. The annual pass is no more than what we had in D1 with the "Live" team I think they were called? A small team to give the impression this game is still being serviced by the devs.
At this point it appears all possible resources are on D3 to my eyes. Maybe this is good news for D3, but it's certainly not good news for D2 which we are expected to play for 2 more years.
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7 RepliesAll of you that are upset with BA/Annual pass don’t see it for what it’s purpose is and what it actually brings to the game and how important it is for it’s continued survival. Does anyone remember how great ttk was? Like D1 felt amazing during that time and all of the content lasted a good 8 or so weeks before it started to get a little stale. By week 12 I was done and ready for the next piece of content. And then week 16 went by...week 20...24,28,42, 52 weeks before we got any significant piece of content between year 2 and 3. I know there was some minor updates and events but they had no content at all. I stopped playing After week 12. And the biggest drought in D1s history killed the spirit of the game and any reason to invest time into it. When ROI dropped it was good for awhile and the major update that followed with all of the raids was great. But that whole damn year was lost. Forsaken launched and brought with it amazing content, some of the best we’ve ever had and I still enjoy doing lw 5+ times a week doing sherpas and helping other people out with quests and such. It’s been 16 weeks and only some of forsaken content is beginning to get a bit stale. But hey, now I have something else. Now I’ve got black armory, the forges, new gear, new weapons, a new raid, and more stuff still to come in January and February to add enough spice to keep me interested from week to week, day to day. And then there’s jokers wild, which will have weekly quests, a new spring event, exotics, gambit gameplay changes, and more. And then penumbra which is genuinely interesting and I’m very excited to see what kind of raid and content comes out of the mystery box it’s setting up to be. Now between year 2 and year 3 of D2, I can continue to play the game instead of give it up and lose interest entirely. Without the annual pass, the game would suffer...hard. 9 times out of 10 I will criticize bungie for decisions they’ve made, but for this I understand the bigger picture of why they’re doing what they’re doing with this content.