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Edited by LordNuker08: 5/18/2019 2:17:04 PM
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This is why Bungie is Nerfing

Here is a link to Datto's explanation on why he thinks the nerfs are justified. It's a long talk and requires a lot of patience to listen if you are really really annoyed by these nerfs. If you don't want to be bothered then my 3 line summary is below [spoiler] OP guns and exotics like these enables players to bypass the challenges which Bungie makes for new content. There is no need to be over powered in anything except end game activity like raids so we don't need these cheese weapons. People won't work for new exotics if they already have existing exotics that help them finish the raids etc. [/spoiler] I respect Datto's opinion but the only problem with it is that he doesn't represent most of the community (as evident on first page of these forums or Reddit). I am sure a lot of players will agree with these changes and will continue to play the game. Since these people have high calibre skills they don't worry about cheese or power fantasy like rest of us who are complaining here. Bungie has always said that they listen to our feedback and change stuff but they always invite elites like Datto and others to give feedback in their events. I don't know what they say but apparently somehow the end result is ok with these high calibre players (I know other non streamers who are ok with this too as they complete 3-5 raids every week and are super at it). So Bungie is rewarding their top players which is probably a fair system because the winner gets all. Now, I am not happy with any of this but here is how I interpreted this debacle. 1. Most of the people complaining here are not the ones who were invited to any conference so our feedback was not present. 2. Our 10000+ upvotes are less that millions of followers of these influencers so it's irrelevant. Its simple maths guardian! 3. We (player base in mass, not just ones here complaining) have created champions like Datto to be heard on our behalf. He is like Kardashians. If he says anything about something it will be taken more seriously than what a homeless person says (who is never heard because he wasn't invited anyway). 4. Destiny is what Bungie wants it to be and what they can sell. I will give you a practical example of all of above. There will be a new raid and it will be steamed for world's first. With these nerfs in place it will be more challenging or it can't be cheesed easily. This will attract viewers and forum community coming together to solve it (just imagine a bigger event version of recent outbreak quest where people watched YouTube and made solutions etc and helped each other. This made destiny popular again). I don't necessarily agree with it but this is the simple sales rationale of this game. We can complain and dance about this nerf but we are just an irrelevant minority who can be replaced. If, I was Bungie, I would want to replace us because we have made it clear that we don't agree with them. Simply said, the streamers and influencers will bring in more enthusiastic new player base who will eventually replace us and generate more cash. So how could this have been avoided? We need influencers who on the scale of Datto who agree with us. This is not in place at the moment. If you have watched right wing political movies you will know what I'm talking about. Until this happens, we are just useless/cashless minorities. This also explains to me why ending trials was so easy for Bungie. Trials won't create new money for them as it doesn't generate hype like it did in D1. Yes, because they messed it up. TLDR; our feedback is lost because brand champions are happy.

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