1. Bungie can't control human nature. You have bullies online because you have bullies in real life. 2. It is not Bungie's responsibility to police this sort of thing. It is really the responsibility of the platform owners, Steam, Microsoft, Sony and Google. 3. PC is an especially wild environment. So if you are sensitive to that kind of toxic behavior and have difficulty defending yourself against it....then you might want to consider playing on Xbox. Since MS takes a stronger stand against it than Steam does. 4. I'm going to ask you a very simple question. "Why do you care what people think of you? Especially random people who know nothing about you, and wouldn't recognize you on the street. THEIR BEHAVIOR IS A REFLECTION ON THEM. NOT ON YOU." Ignore it...and if you can't ignore it...BLOCK the people engaging in it. BUT WHY ARE YOU LETTING THEIR ACTIONS HAVE SUCH A PROFOUND IMPACT ON You? The answer to that question is far more important to you, than any efforts to try to control their behavior. The people who do that, will simply move on to bullying other people in other games, if they can't bully the people playing this one.

I read your topic and then some of the responses. I agree with those who have said use the mute and block buttons. In no way should playing a game cause you any mental breakdowns or issues. If so, then you should not be playing. I paly to relieve stress, not create. You should not care what other say if it is not in a positive or meaningful way. Those are Trolls who are everywhere on the Internet. Their lives are meaningless and they only seek out those who they think they can push around. In truth, those are the one's who indeed have real life issues . Let them be them and you just be you and have fun. Most of those are easy to spot as they usually comment with only a few negative words. Or they are the wanna be teachers who critique posts with negativity rather than offering some positive feedback. Myself, I just try and give positive and learn from what I read. Take a breath and try to enjoy the game. Read the forums and do not post if you feel like you are being bullied. I laugh at most on here. Kids will be kids no matter the age. There are some great posts and comments, but there are also many negative posts and comments. That is life.

Don’t pay attention to most of these people, they don’t know empathy, the sad truth is online people show their true colors, all those ugly people that harass and bully, that is their true nature. They are miserable people who only seek to bring down others in place of their own misery, they lead pitiful lives so they seek to gain power and self esteem by bringing you down, and the very same people are here in these forums trying or either diminish the truth of this or attack you further, the “this is the internet” lines, just further proof of the ignorance and bigotry of people on full display, the lack of empathy is truly disgusting. The internet is a vast place, saying to expect toxicity because it’s the internet is like saying victims of abuse should expect it because x situation. It’s really just victim shaming. Those kinds of people are sadly great in numbers and don’t understand that mental health is a serious issue all over the world and no one takes note to think twice about what they say or do and how it impacts others, i had one individual quite recently get arrested because he sent threatening messages claiming he would shoot me. I’ve had people tell me to commit suicide, I’ve had people threaten me, I’ve had people literally attempt to hack me, I’ve had people steal personal information and stalk me. These are people who are gravely mentally disturbed to do these things. They are the ones more than anything that really need help. Those of use that have the power should promptly record and report these things as effectively as possible and try to make this a safer place for others who come here to experience fun. As gamer we play to escape our lives and enjoy a reality that differs from our own, where we can become whatever we want, when people like this take these extremes not only does it shatter that experience but creates a dark onset that shows how really unstable many people are. Like I said before, the people who do this just because it’s online, they might try to backpeddle and say it’s just a joke, but that’s who they really are inside. And it’s disturbing.

Look I care about you. I think mental health is an under-explored topic. So it is in your best interest that this has always existed in both bungie previous games or even NINTENDO games. The problem isn’t the community, it’s the anonymity of the internet. My advise would be to start looking at online interactions different from real ones. Most of them these peoples use games to get away from the stress of everyday, so why should they hold back when they have an issue with their escape?

Block/mute. You have this ability. Use it