It's taken me a little longer to post this than I'd hoped, but it obviously was a crazy week for me and I did not get back home until late yesterday evening and was pretty jet lagged today. There is a lot of speculation and discussion about the Destiny Community Summit and I know my fellow attendees have been posting their thoughts, so here are my impressions of the event.
To begin I want to say that I understand how incredibly fortunate I was to be invited to be a part of this. I know all the speculations going in about motivations by who was on the list and even within the group of attendees there was a wide range of opinions on what the event would be. I believed the first and foremost reason for the summit and most important goal would be to try to rebuild and repair the relationship between the community and developers, beyond that we had a lot of discussions before hand of what the community would like addressed/discussed. To that end I wrote up a summary of those discussions to take with me as things I hoped we could cover.
As this will go well beyond the forum word limit, I’m going to link the sections below.
[url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/244629481?sort=0&page=0&path=1]Thoughts and hopes going in[/url]
[url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/244629507?sort=0&page=0&path=1]Day 1 experience[/url]
[url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/244629542?sort=0&page=0&path=1]Day 2 experience[/url]
My fellow attendees have written and talked about what their experiences were and I know there is still skepticism in the community as to motivations and intent on all sides, but this event was literally everything I hoped it might be and then somehow proceeded to exceed that exponentially. I’m as hopeful for the future of a Bungie game as I’ve ever been.
Thank you.
Edit: I want to add something else to this as I've been seeing and reading takes on the summit and I want as honest a narrative as possible.
I don't agree with any notion that this is the first time Bungie has listened and that their listening to us at the summit is going to potentially "save the game".
I feel that discounts things we were shown already being developed as well as not only easily identifiable player impact throughout D1, but everything that we've seen in developer comments, TWaBs, updates and roadmaps since launch.
I know we did have very direct impact on some things and were very helpful in thoughts and opinions on a lot of things going forward at the summit, but I don't want to take anything away from the impact of your feedback and the things we already saw them doing and/or know are coming/in development that are directly from them listening to the community at large.
What I saw was a company that has heard your voices and feedback on the game and this summit was another step in that process and a chance for more intimate face-to-face discussions on those thoughts and ideas.
Thank you again.
[spoiler]The measure of this moment is the measure of the hope it can bring and if it's gonna make a difference, the difference will be easy to see.
-Swell[/spoiler]
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1 ReplyThat is all great and all, you made a big post, congratulations. But I dont care about all the people you talked to and how amazing and eye-opening it was! I want to know what [u]they[/u] said about those topics. What did you discuss? All you are actually saying is: I went there, I talked to people, it was fun.
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Only a complete idiot wouldn't see how bungie is manipulating the community.
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Looking at the comments on this thread, I can use this to display just how bad these forums have gotten
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There is no coming back from the steaming pile of overhyped underdeveloped garbage that is destiny 2 Bungie completely ruined there own game for pvp purposes, they are getting what they deserve! Hope they lose contract with activision so they can feel the disappointment that they sold so many of us.
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2 RepliesDon't you just love the people on this forum?
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Just imagine folks this guy is what the player from the crowd they chose to bring in? Man someone get this guy an office.
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You know you're welcome to defend yourself, right? I know as wolves, we easily outnumber and kill the sheep... but you could at least try...
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2 RepliesSo this guy should represent us. Who are you again? 🤔
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4 RepliesI like how the jealousy spews out of the hating trolls, because none of their kind were invited to the summit. They with the holier than thou self righteousness. Thinking that since they hate this game so much, their ideas of improving it are the only right ones. In actuality most of the community more or less agrees with the hating trolls, but is able to stay more even tempered. That's why certain people got invited. I can tell you that Bungie got called out for a lot of stuff, but it was done with integrity. So these "yes men," that everyone keeps referring to were able and did address the concerns of the community, just in a more dignified manner.
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Thanks for your recap. Glad to hear that Bungie seems open to fixing D2.
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Hahaha bet this isn't going anywhere what you had planned out. Haha
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2 RepliesAll I see here is another sheep. Not even going to call you a fanboy because I hate the term, but you really are just a blind pawn in this buying into all the bs Bungie is feeding you. I'm a realist and I'll believe in Bungie again and come back when I see a REAL game get finished. One that is designed for the players and not the players wallets...
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You got rekt! Why do you even bother?!
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You are the last person that this game needs
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1 ReplyI just rolled my eyes so hard, that i fell out of my chair! Out of my pockets rolled..... [spoiler]2 tokens and a blue[/spoiler]
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2 Repliesyour opinions about this game mean absolutely jack squat to me
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OP is playing checkers while Bungie is playing chess
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LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO so we have no info BDobbinsFTW was right once again
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In the Fall “pay wall dlc” players who cant do Raids or wont go in to the cheaters playground aka Trials, will NEVER get anywhere near max level. Players who are solo or in small groups WILL stand out and be excluded because the light level that REPRESENTS them as a player will all ways for the whole fall “pay wall dlc” show them as a lesser player because its impossible to teach max light level. Bungie is going back to supporting the Elitist mindset and spitting on the vast majority of PVE players. Now players will be in the form of a Lesser player thanks to Bungies fall dlc update.
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1 ReplyEdited by Goomy: 4/24/2018 11:47:36 AM-blam!- you, they should have given a first class ticket to lethal viper!
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Never heard of you. NEXT.......
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Edited by Project Zero: 4/24/2018 12:07:31 PM
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Edited by MindfulPizza: 4/24/2018 11:56:40 AMSo it simple have they decided is the game a mmoarpg or a rainbow six clone , ? are we getting destiny back for endgame and pvp , not another 3 years of waiting for content , but the destiny content back , with destiny 2 expansion. at this point we just want a game of service game . and are destiny back . with this expansion endgame faliure, and all of destiny endgame back with new stuff.
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3 RepliesJust sounds like a lot of brown nosing to me.
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Who are you