Mental health awareness month can’t come any sooner

The situation is simple, If marathon succeeds bungie will make money, then its up to them if theyre going to continue working on d2 or make d3, no point bringing back d1, just a new d3 or continue d2 although I am up for a new d3 or they will just dump destiny and focus marathon On the other hand, if marathon fails then its ggs, I'll see yall on roblox since creating a new game takes a bunch of money and they won't have anything to continue d2 nor d1

I’m grinding through the night, chasing dreams like a ghost, Gear up the raid squad, rally up for the toast. But every patch drops, got my heart feeling weak, They nerf the weapons, man, it’s making me bleak. Took the Gjallarhorn, turned it into a toy, Used to blast through the foes, now it’s just a ploy. Every season feels like a battle for our fate, Stop adjusting stats, let me dominate. Back in the day, we would run the Tower proud, Now I’m scanning my loadout, lost in the crowd. Hit the Crucible, but my shots don’t land, Feels like I’m playing with a crippled hand. I’m a Guardian, but they’re killing my vibe, When I can’t feel the power that I used to prescribe. Quit nerfing my !@#$%, let me have my fun, I’m here to slay, not to be underdone. Got my fireteam with me, we’re ready to slay, But these balance changes got my skills on display. So Bungie, hear me out, let the players thrive, Bring back the glory, let the real ones survive.

They can't run 2 live service games. They couldn't run D1 + D2. Their staffing levels have slashed.

Lol I always enjoy your comments. Although yours are always down voted as well. Contraindications. In reality, real real! life advice we all should just get along and stop playing and hence stop complaining. I never thought I had to admit something like that but my 25 year old son was/is wiser than his old father. Destiny veteran and raid Lord from the very beginning, he had the balls to pull the plug shortly after the Final Shape launch. It's only a game. Take care!

I agree with a multitude of your positions with a few to counter- [b]#1.[/b] The game isn't hard. Agreed. Prismatic's introduction to the franchise fundamentally shifted the 50:50 Gunplay:Ability Spam vision and balance that has carried D2. It's wholly unhealthy and has put the game on EZ mode. Players I knew pre-Prismatic who seriously struggled in Endgame were suddenly cruising and making competitive boards. It's cheapened the strategic side of D2 for many. Yes, the best of the best are still strategizing their adventures, but for most everyone else, it's a become a button mashing MOBA. And that's a massive problem. [b]#2.[/b] You can use anything you want and cruise through the game. This is a problem for a variety of reasons, the primary being it reduces skill expression and deincentivizes the grind. Using an off-meta subclass or build should only dictate success if the player behind the controls is skilled enough. It shouldn't be that the sandbox is sooo broken anyone can run anything, but that's exactly what has happened. Additionally, most weapons performing at a passable level means players don't need to grind for new ones. We have an arsenal in our Vaults and via Crafting. I could never grind another new weapon again and remain competent and competitive within my community and within this playerbase. And that simply doesn't work in a Looter Shooter. [b]#3.[/b] The game needs a reset. Agreed. For numerous reasons. The primary being our Vaults. As outlined above. We have builds and weapons that could be ridden to the end of time. And while variety isn't bad nor what I am condemning here, there is very little incentive to grind this game in its current state. Because we're all powerful as all get out. I've had numerous conversations about how to address this within D2, but all of them almost always circle back to some form of sunsetting. I still like the idea of us selecting so many weapons for the season from our Vault and then having slots for new ones. Additionally, I also like the idea of a Vault NOT EXISTING AT ALL! You can carry what you can carry. This is fairly in line with a few of your sentiments. It doesn't promote variety, but it does promote skill expression. Another more middle ground concept is just reducing Vault space. I think Armor access is far more important to retain than weapons. Then you aren't grinding for a build, just the weapons to compliment them. Limit total weapon space in the Vault. Exotics cannot be pulled from collections or elsewhere. If it drops in the world, you keep it or delete it and lose it until it drops again. This would promote far more variety in terms of what the playerbase builds and utilizes. Yes the upper 1% would be identical in terms of setups, as they mostly are now. But everyone else? You'd see massive variety and builds that specialize for specific functions. [b]You know like a [i]TRUE MMO[/i].[/b] #4. Destiny 3 shouldn't be for Destiny players. Alright.....then who? Who is going to engage this franchise? It's a Looter Shooter meets FPS meets MMO hybrid. It's a beautiful balance of PVE & PVP. There's [b]NOTHING[/b] like it on the market [i]still[/i]. So who does Destiny 3 appeal to? I think Destiny 3 needs to appeal to Destiny players, but expectations need to shift. Guardians should not be enamored with and salty about the game's difficulty shifting by reducing a god-tier arsenal. Most Destiny players would have a cow if their Vaults were deleted, but that's exactly what needs to happen without Bungie doing it themselves. Where I disagree with Vault resets is with Armor. Because that just gatekeeps builds. You don't want builds fundamentally gatekept. You want weapons gatekept that complete them. Grinding for a meta build across all fronts (ie armor, fragments, weapons) is NOT peak Destiny. Peak Destiny is having most of the build together, then grinding the weapons for completion. And while you do that, one experiments with what they've previously earned. Overall, your words are not untrue in any capacity, but I see why many disagree.

While I don’t agree with all your points I do believe that your sentiment is correct. Destiny needs a reset. Player mindset also needs a reset. For me the biggest downfalls of this game were 1. It became a hamster wheel of content where the magic was redirected to eververse and engagement numbers trumped enjoyment. Content became formulaic and Bungie lost their love for making this world. 2. Bungie tried to give everyone everything - in a looter this never worked. They did this to increase engagement and hopefully micro transactions. If some players are angry they can’t get the best gun, that’s fine. And players need to accept that too. Sadly, I don’t see a reset any time soon. Either marathon does well and Bungie allocate resources to that - keeping D2 a hamster wheel to get as much money for as little development until that model isn’t profitable enough. Or marathon does bad. Sony closes Bungie and takes their best staff. After a while they use the Destiny IP to make something - probably a Destiny classic at this point as remakes are a safer bet in media. If the want and passion for this game existed then I’d still be here hopeful. But that’s what is lost and without that, there is no future.

Totally Agreed