Custom avatars.

If you want more people to use this forum more, the majority of bungies contact should be here first. I feel like this forum is the last place to receive updates, feedback, and communication from bungie.

Reverse the purge, custom avatars AND karma titles to reward good behavior. Maybe implement a system where if you have a certain karma level you get access to certain titles/ unlock the custom avatar ability so you don’t get a ton of trolls posting dick pics or whatever as their icon.

I would like you to look at how DE ‘manage’ and interact with their community. Then compare it to the dated, stuffy, laboured and slow way that Bungie interact with the Destiny community. Then start a program of change to modernise and expand the interaction. I would like Bungie to focus on the majority of the community that occupies the middle ground between the handful of hours a week players and the streamers that play as a job. I would like a dedicated Fanfic section of the forum. It is not lore. However people put a lot if effort into some of it and it deserves its own, proper, home.

[quote]• What do you find most important to your browsing experience?[/quote] Feedback forums. People post some [i]really [b]great[/b][/i] ideas that get blown over and ignored, and it's nice to see how passionate the player base is. Plus as someone who doesn't play but stays informed about the game, the feedback form is a great place to learn what the good, bad, and ugly are at any point in the game. [quote]• Do you find yourself frequently engaging with forums, or more often browsing associated media/group messaging apps for information/discussion? (Think Twitter, Discord, Youtube, etc)[/quote] Don't use many other social media outlets, plus with the app, access to the forums are super convenient. [quote]• What changes would you like to see that would make the Bungie.net forums a more welcoming place for community engagement?[/quote] [b][u]Engage more.[/u][/b] When mistakes are made, [i][b]own up to them.[/b][/i] I have 100x more respect for people who admit they make a mistake, and take actions to [b][i]attempt[/i][/b] to fix them, than pretend like they never happened at all. Prime example: Both core [i]"discussion"[/i] posts of yours. That was a [i][b]failed[/b][/i] attempt to keep all the core posts to one form. Not only that, you guys contributed to absolutely [i][b]zero[/b][/i] discussion. Over 5000+ posts. Most of them people against cores for infusion, and trolls. A discussion also actually entails dialogue between 2 or more individuals. It [i]does [b]not[/b] entail[/i] you making a post, and ending with, [i]what do you think?[/i] and then [i][b]not[/b][/i] talking to/responding to people in the community within that post. Another thing, is enough with the secrecy. I expect that from the government, not a video game producer. You guys are tight lipped about practically everything before release of dlc. How about giving more information? I'm not saying [i]tell us [b]everything,[/b][/i] but I am saying [i][b]engage [u]more[/u][/b] with us.[/i]

What I find most important are the updates coming out (nerfs, buffs, add-ons, complaints). So that way to better my mind set of adaptation. Sometimes being engaged in to someone’s opinion can be a mistake. So I read, I give a bump or keep it moving. YouTube, I do like when you update it and how everyone looks when they are talking about what they love, especially the latest 14min session giving us feed back on what’s to come for Shadow Keep. That was great. I would like to at least see thing of that nature instead of an hour to two hour video with like three ppl in a chair. I love the engagement you’ve shown with your team (they are not employee’s, they are part of an incredible clan with different fire teams) and their passion. If corporations paid attention all they way down to the littles guy (female or male - its a military thing) and everyone was happy in some sort. Everything would blossom. But these forms could be so crucial and a person can only take so much negativity. I’m proud and happy to be part of your community. What I would like to see change is to have Bungie fire back like DMG did. That was funny. Showing that side shows your not just a corporate person, but one of us. Like I said, you can only take so much negativity. In the forms give: highlights and draw backs. Every time we finish a training session or meetings we have something called AAR - After Action Report. Make a post 1 or 2 weeks later after an update and little by little instead of complaints they will be known as Draw Backs (not mistakes or improvements needed or sarcasm), also Highlights. Reason for this post is to show engagement on what matters most. I know there is a section in forms for it, but if you make it like this post right now, ppl will be engaged. Also on the log-in screen before our Character selection, let players know that there is a feedback option in the app and welcome them to give it. Not many ppl know about this place. For instance, make the post, give your personal feed back (Highlights and Drawbacks). And watch it bloom. Hell do an AAR on your videos too, and upcoming updates. You see, three questions turn in to this. Sometimes guidance can be a little light in the dark, now make it burn Bungie and set the Iron to FIRE!! LIGHT THE WAY BUNGIE AND BURN IT BRIGHT, SET THE LIGHT AND WATCH US FIGHT!!! AAAAAHHHHHH (lord of the rings 3 Ride to Rohirrim lol). Hey real quick, (I really got in to that) is ever going to be possible to at least have around-ish 100 players in an epic battle of MAYHAM (Supers every 3 seconds (dream play)) against an army (no least then 1000 (maybe 5000 for level one)) of hives, vex, taken, the other guy. And bosses included in the army attack too like 200 BIG TANK guys. I would call it Almighty. Or whatever. Just a big open giant battle. That would be insane. Thank god I got that out. Always wanted to ask. Thank for everything Bungie. I look forward when You put this game in VR and make it like ready player one. Pretty sure your going in that direction. See ya Guardian.

#destiny2 should be renamed #thesaltmines and #destinydiscussions should be made for non-toxic discussions on the game

The bungie forums should be the number one destination for all things Destiny. The first and last destination for both player and developer. Communication and thus a healthy relationship would be renewed and strengthened each and every day. As it is now, we've got the fluff/used car salesman of a TWAB (weekly) and whatever [i]grapefruits[/i] you guys feel like hitting over the Centerfield fence (daily). Your engagement is currently poor and generally lackluster. It reads like, [i]' we're saying something without saying anything'[/i]. It's communication without communicating. There isn't alot of integrity present. Finally, you need to enforce your code of conduct. Your audience needs to learn some manners. Foul language should not be tolerated. Curse words are the greatest shortcut to thinking... That's why curses can literally mean anything. There are respectful ways to talk around the curses while making your meaning CLEAR. It wouldn't hurt the forums to think more.

Bungie: We want some community feedback Community: This is what we want and what would be cool Bungie: Nah we like our own ideas better Community: This is what we want Bungie: *Silence*

O developer mine. The forum is flooded with so much hate. It is infested with so many trolls. It is plagued with overall negativity. Frankly, no amount of remodeling will purge the forum of these impurities. My only requests are a better filtering system (sorting fanfics, crucible feedback, qol, etc...) that sorts into your own “channel.” Also, on the channel idea, maybe a way to subscribe to certain people and get notified when they create a thread or become active in another. [spoiler]Note: An army of Ninjas is [b]not[/b] the solution to the toxicity.[/spoiler] Good luck, O developer mine.

Dmg04! Hi DUDE!!! Groups on BNET need some love. They are nearly impossible to find, on both the App and the website. Specifically the App can't even access the private group forums unless it's through a browser. So many users are leaving and joining Discord, and this is just one reason stated by someone else. The App is behind technically speaking, It should access everything the desktop users can. [spoiler]Lee said that; he wanted to add; he would steal your toes, but I didn't let him[/spoiler]

Loading times are a big issue. Bloom on HCs. SRL.