Watch and listen carefully at 2:20 and on. "All of this, is playable space. We hope to send you there ONE DAY. it is playable geometry that you COULD go to. We COULD go there right now. " So what's the problem? Right now we are limited to going to places that they have developed content for. I expect all of those places will be open to us over time as invisible walls are removed, missions and strikes and enemies are added in, etc. He specifically spells out that they hope to send us to those areas one day. He doesn't say launch. I had a couple of *ideas* about what the game would be after I would watched promotional material and vidocs. Yes, I expected certain things right off the bat like being able to go to all of those places, and for the game to be a little more WoW like with the shooter aspects blended in. In terms of trading and the playable areas specifically, and more social aspects and fully explored factions & story. THAT SAID, much of that was expectation I had based on my translation of the promo material and because that was what I WANTED to happen. I made assumptions that this is how it would go, but now seeing the launch product and their plans for short and long term, and going back and watching those promo materials and vidocs, they actually NEVER indicate that all of these things would be immediately available, and are usually pretty good about continuing to stress the "eventuallies" and "some days" and the "continually developing game" even right from the beginning. I think we as a community failed to listen and translate their words fully and hopped on a train of assumptions (me included). I can freely admit letting myself get carried away with this, and bragging about what would be out loud like some fanboi prophet of glee. That said, I'm happy with the game as it is and do feel they were as upfront as they could be as they developed. I'm sure they themselves didn't have a 100% idea of what would be included in the final release during early marketing versus what content would come later. There was probably a general overall idea that certain events would come later, but just put yourself in their shoes for a moment as they try to guess ahead: there was probably much content in a gray "linking" area that could have and likely did go either way (launch versus dlc). Guys, we've been rehashing the same, what, 12 COD maps just to buy dlc four months later to rehash 3 more, then do it again 4 months later, then buying the next title. We have 4 planets with a half dozen missions each, a strike each, a full line of multiplayer maps, we have a raid, and each one of these things have fully variable/adjustable difficulties to keep them relevant and more challenging as we go. We get daily missions for pve and pvp, weekly missions of different types. Daily bounties. MP maps with variable modes just like COD and other shooters. Would any one aspect of this game hold up on its own? No. But put it all together, I think they weave an awesome start to a new world and game style for us to discover and more importantly, help guide as it develops. Sure some of it is a rehash but look what we've been playing all this time? Even WoW contains a lot of rehash of "gather these fangs" or "gather this skin" and just rehashes a weekly reset of the same raids. At the time of launch, even WoW only had 2 raids, neither of which had the complexity of VoG whatsoever. Wow does have quite a bit more going on than just that, but most NPC's will have you do these sort of quests at some point or another, and for $60 per game/xpac and $15 per month... more SHOULD be expected in that example. We've gotten new content and gear injected into the game free every 2 weeks and probably will continue to until the first paid DLC and on. Sure, we're still mostly playing existing missions, but it's for new rewards for factions that are going to have more meaning as they are explored. These guys have really done well and I'm far from mad at them just because I had assumptions based on what I wanted to hear. I use WoW alot because there are good parallels to make in that example that pertain to Destiny. I joined vanilla WoW and hit my first level 60 not long before BWL was coming out, the game was quite different then. The following are just the things that come to mind that I watched changed during my time with WoW: - I watched flying mounts get introduced into the game - I watched "epic" mounts get put in - I watched entire raids get inserted where nothing was before - I watched entire new worlds come to light - I watched previously worthless map zones suddenly have use - I watched Battlegrounds get introduced (level 20 suddenly safe again) - I watched matchmaking/LFG for raids & pvp get created - I watched Arena come about - I watched entire factions come and go - I watched new races get born - I watched new classes become available - I watched old, boring zones completely transformed to become relevant in endgame - I watched characters & lore play out and evolve - I watched trading improve - I watched skill trees grow & completely metamorphasize I realize WoW was not the first MMO but they were the first to do what they did with the genre. I love talking with people about the early days of WoW, and honestly now that it's all said and done, those are some of the more fun conversations and memories of time in that game. I have tried to go back and it's barely recognizable as the same game I began with, sometimes I even have a hard time getting around or figuring stuff out now. Just like Destiny is doing now, first of its kind, and we're on the ground floors of a growing world. I can't wait to see where it goes, and I know one day we'll talk about battling Archon Priests and Devil Walkers and purple eyeballs, and bosses that were just rehashed bigger versions of normal mobs... and we'll have that talk knowing we helped build what everyone will take for granted later down the road. My intentino with this post is not to sugar coat that things are perfect, but to illustrate that there's no need for the personal animosity and anger that the community is leveling at Bungie, because of some perceived deception or blatant lie. We should instead focus on helping them improve. I agree there is much room for improvement, and the desire for that should be conveyed. Disappointments should be conveyed to Bungie, enhancement requests should be presented. Wishlists, ideas, all of it. I believe I disappointed myself to a certain degree when it came to the game's launch state, and I don't think that fault lies with Bungie entirely. And that doesn't mean I blame them for my expectation. But I can look back with clarity and realize that despite my assumptions, I still have a fun game that is improving every week. I wish they had over-delivered to a greater degree, but they didn't. That's unfortunate... but now we try to help them fix it. Most of the posts around here are apalling in tone, attitude and language that we are aiming at OTHER REAL PEOPLE, GROWN MEN AND WOMEN who just don't deserve that at all. I'm trying to present a different take on the situation that might help people see some reason and maybe try to adjust the community's perspective a little as they try to pursue the game we all dreamed of. Edit: For clarity, I'm not comparing Destiny to WoW or saying they are alike, but simply pointing out that there are experiences and certain aspects of both that parallel each other.