Without friends, the game feels pretty lifeless. Bungie essentially conceded this when they said that day 1 reviews would be misleading. But there's no social component to aid with emergent in-game social activity, so for many, many players, it will remain lifeless.
Unlike essentially every other game with multiplayer, this game has no chat system outside of party chat. A key social feature that appears in literally every multiplayer game I've played is missing. This wasn't advertised anywhere, and it isn't explained or even alluded to in the game. How are players even supposed to know that they're getting a gimped experience, that they need to invite strangers to parties to interact? How do players even find out that it's an intentional design choice rather than a glitch?
Right now, it's pretty confusing if you jump in expecting to meet new people. If they aren't going to improve social components, there needs to at least be something that explains the situation to players.
Which of the above options should Bungie adopt? Personally, I think it's dishonest to change nothing. I'd like more social features, but if they aren't going to add anything, they should at least let the player know.
[b]EDIT: If you don't think the game should even explain the party chat system to players, can you explain why? I can't imagine a single benefit to leaving players in the dark.[/b]
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2 RepliesI would think they are working on something. They must be? The game has the potential to be amazing. It's a good game. If we could communicate faster, to more players. If we had a way to comm. with all of our clan/friends that are on line. It can be done. I have seen it. Proxy, or a bigger party chat, needs to be fast Text, works. You could text out to your entire clan online. Emotes, please more emotes. If Bungie would say something. Anything about the comm. it would make so many happy. Think they are waiting for the reviews? Then they can say " yes, we saw the feedback, we are working on it".