I was going to put together a larger topic myself on my thoughts of what I have read earlier today, but I think this thread should suffice for getting my thoughts out there. First and foremost, I do not believe that this "update" comes with any kind of a surprise, if you were looking for something new that they already hadn't told us about and you thought today's blog was a direct result of this, you're mistaken, they posted a very similar list a month and a half ago on a weekly update, and this is why I'm exceptionally disappointed in Bungie, you guys can fool some people, but trust me, that's not going to work on me. What I saw today was just pure damage control at this point because the community is in an uproar on the terrible state this game has been left in. So, I'll drop a TL;DR quickly here for those looking for my quick feedback, abandon ship now and take a peek when the first major expansion (TTK Scale, Next September) comes out because the short term isn't going to improve period, but remain vocal on these forums about the issues that need to be resolved. Bungie isn't suffering from a lack of communication, but a lack of understanding, and until they fix this problem, nothing will improve. Yep, Bungie today showed that they are completely clueless as it pertains to how to fix the game in the long term. I posted yesterday on DeeJ's topic that this was a make or break point that needed to serve the long term of the game, and it failed to even address some of the short term problems, let alone completely ignoring the long term issues. It's almost as if the mass of voices demanding reversion of weapon loadouts, subclass nodes, and activity choice were completely brushed aside. To me, it's clear that Bungie still believes this title can one day become an e-sport, and are being completely ignorant to the fact that RPG games do not support this level of play due to statistical differences between player choice. I mean, come on, the forced balancing over the past three years alone is more than enough to demonstrate this, and any long-term gamer who has gone through multiple MMO/RPG titles will be able to tell you that balancing one is completely impossible. Now, the roles are flipped. All of D1's lifespan, the PvP players were complaining about lack of balance in the crucible, ignoring the fact that it served as a fun side activity and was the afterthought of the game, while most players cringed at the balance updates, the model was sustainable, and could have been improved vastly with some of the technological enhancements that D2 now offered. But this time, they switched the game to be dull and balanced, and the PvE players (Who by the way, far outnumber the PvP players) are complaining en-mass about the dullness of this title. No amount of minor adjustments to the token economy, or "quasi-random roll" weapons, or "armor ornaments" will address the underlying issues with this game, the issues that need to be fixed to make Destiny 2 a good game. Things like going back to the original weapon loadouts, unshackling the subclass nodes and offering a larger amount of player choice are key to fixing the underlying root of problems with this game, it's just NOT FUN anymore, the dullness of balance is the problem with Destiny 2. The reason we all loved Destiny 1 was because of those outliers, the names of weapons that will forever live in fame (or infamy) because of how they performed in situational perspectives, this is what is fundamental to a great RPG game, and this is what we were wanting to see today. Instead, Bungie pulled out one of their classic tricks used on every DLC release such far, a [b]rehash[/b], instead this time they rehased their own blog post from a few weeks back, providing more bits of information. Bungie, THIS is your problem. It's not a lack of communication, it's a lack of understanding. The players have spoken to you loud and clear, PvP balance is NOT what we want. We want to go back to the fun experience of the outliers, who gives a damn if someone gets OHK'd in PvP, it's a game! It's meant to be fun and exciting, not dull and lackluster. If you truly believe in the friendship element, then you need to make an experience that is truly memorable, something that we really want to come back and play over and over again. Take this to heart for a change, get out of PvP-land and go back to making games that we want to play. Then you'll start winning back your players.