I mean, destiny shouldn't have a competitive mode as its not a competitive shooter....
It should have basic modes plus a handful of wacky and over the top modes.
Competition comes from the person not the shooter/game. A game can only manipulate the chances of it being taking competitively with rewards/incentive.
I like to win regardless of the game, so I take it competitively. My fun comes from winning.
Some shooters are designed to be competitive. If someone has a competitive personality than any game will be competitive in their eyes.
Destiny has too many items and variables that make it very difficult to classify it as competitive. This is solely looking at the game from an Esport viewpoint.
I can apply the same logic to a game built to be competitive, like Rainbow Six Siege, it’s tense, quick, requires almost at all times you’re paying attention.
But in the end anyone can decide in R6, “I am not feeling competitive, I’ll just be lazy and mess around.” Yes a game can be built to encourage you to be competitive. That’s what I said.
From an Esports scene, Bungie does not care, Destiny could easily be set up almost like Overwatch. But Bungie couldn’t care, nor do I think they really have the community to push for it. Most people that play Destiny just complain and want stuff handed to them on a silver platter while they bang their head against a wall playing strikes.