Hey DMG!
Glad to see that you guys have a lot to discuss over the next few weeks/months/years (hopefully not months or years, but creating a game CAN be difficult) and ill be honest i do look forward to what comes out of those discussions!
Im not a year 1 Destiny player, i joined when Taken King was released and I fell in love with this game. After a few months of playing I had met about 20 other players and we were running Kings fall daily, mostly failing but having a lot of fun in the process. When we finally beat Kings Fall we were ecstatic, best day ever! Everyone in that fireteam had to work their asses off to get the right gear and the right build to successfully beat that raid. I was rocking a god damn Hung Jury as were a couple members of my fireteam, but each of us had a unique roll that complemented our playing style.
This is what i miss about D1, unique weapons, unique builds, RAIDS and Nightfalls that were actually hard and rewarding. All of these attributes of D1 is what kept my clan playing, we did it all, every week, together....it was awesome and you guys broke that!
Of the 50 ish members of my clan right now 5 people play regularly! Thats 10%!!! They arent pissed about Eververse, heck they aren't even really pissed about the Curse of Osiris / Dawning flop. Its the fact that theres no REAL incentive to grind out this game, the end game content is garbage, it feels rushed, it feels like your forcing us to get it done quicker and the trade off is crappy loot.
Cayde promised me loot in D2, i want my loot, i want to make my Guardian an original, not a cookie cutter version of someone else's Guardian. Wheres our incentive to run the nightfall 20 times a week trying to get everyone through it, wheres the incentive to run the RAID over and over again (ok well not over and over again because its too -blam!-ing easy!), wheres the incentive to do the Quests and Adventures?? Ok the weapons forge is kinda cool, i would like to see something like that for all the other planets adventures...
Sorry I know i'm all over the place a bit but i sure hope i'm getting my point across, end game content needs to be completely overhauled (from the ground up, start by getting rid of Luke Smith), loot drop system needs to be improved greatly, Factions are pointless (give them meaning or remove them), allow guardians to actually customize their guardians with unique (ish) weapons and armor, make milestones worth grinding out!
I could seriously sit here and give suggestions for hours, days, etc...But the above are my Major bitch points, and i realize that Bungie is limited to what they can actually do, but like others have already said be honest about what you can do and what you cant do! Your honesty and your whole hearted effort to fixing what you broke will be appreciated by those of us that love Destiny!
Cheers,
J3D1T4IT
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