In Destiny 2, the mood is not great. A fan has traveled to Seattle to give the developers of the shooter some high-fives.
On reddit, a player shares that he spent a day at Bungie’s headquarters holding up a homemade sign: “I love Destiny 2 – Free High-Five!”
Once he got past the security guard, there were high-fives for the devs
The fan says: I was already in Seattle visiting a friend, who was working all day, and I went to the headquarters on Friday with the sign to cheer up the developers.
While he admits that Destiny 2 deserves criticism, he believes that it has recently gone overboard and become negative and harsh. He wanted to show Bungie that not all fans out there are just complaining and grumbling.
After the young man got past the security guard and was able to wait for the devs at the entrance of Bungie, his plan actually worked.
He stood there at the Bungie headquarters for five hours, chatted with developers, and handed out a lot of high-fives.
Bungie employees are people just like you and me, they want a better Destiny 2
He shares:
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- The Bungie employees are aware of the negative feedback and it weighs on the morale of the team – but the employees are determined to improve the game and the mood
- The developers enjoy working at Bungie and on Destiny 2. They want Destiny to improve – from the conversations, it seems clear: Bungie is functioning, people love the teamwork and the family atmosphere in the studio
- One of the frequently criticized individuals at Bungie is M.E. Chung, who is blamed for the lack of a general chat on PC – she says she was once just as angry a fan in Ultima Online and complained about the devs just like fans are now complaining about her. Fans think Bungie deliberately chose to exclude chat – however, the general chat on PC probably wasn’t feasible at launch.
- In conversations with individual developers, the fan got the impression that some features simply were not finished at launch. A lot of things are not as they seem from the outside.
The fan concludes his post with: The developers are just like us. Feedback is valuable, but this distrust from fans and the pressure we exert makes it even harder for the developers. How about spreading a high-five instead of a slap?
On reddit, the fan’s post receives a lot of support, even though he cannot silence the critical voices.
Mein MMO says: Nice gesture. With criticism, there is always the risk of going overboard and becoming unreasonable when attributing “motives” to others. Whenever it is said: They did that on purpose because they are stupid/greedy/lazy, you are on a dangerous path. Such an action serves as a reminder that the employees at Bungie are doing their best, especially when Destiny 2 was created under difficult conditions.
Next week there might be more reason to be cheerful:
