In Destiny 2, the mood seems to be approaching a new low 9 years after the franchise began. This is due to a blog post about the state of the game from August 3. Although it has over 6,000 words, hardly any of them seem to please the players. Especially the statement that no new PvP maps can be brought because there is no workforce available, is causing tempers to flare.
This is the state of Destiny 2:
- Destiny started in 2014 as a “10-year game”, but the shooter has been lacking highlights since the split from Activision Blizzard in January 2019. While new expansions still come annually, they no longer offer as much content as before, when Bungie could spend more resources on Destiny. This was stated by the head, Luke Smith, himself in 2020.
- Destiny 2 managed to attract many players to Steam with the Lightfall expansion, but they have mostly left again.
- Although another expansion is planned, Bungie seems to be focusing on new projects, which the community scrutinizes skeptically, having invested a lot of money and hope in Destiny 2 over the years. A large blog post was supposed to create a turnaround.
Bungie’s love is now supposed to be directed at Marathon – Destiny players view this skeptically:
What was that post about? We have discussed MeinMMO’s detailed coverage of the “State of the Game” post:
- The post came from Game Director Joe Blackburn
- It had 6,400 words
- The post announced 10 gameplay changes
“New developer post made players angry, frustrated, or both”
How is the post received? The website Forbes, which has been dealing with Destiny for years, judges: The post has made players and content creators either angry, depressed, or both.
It is said that the post addressed issues that the community has complained about for years, such as the lack of PvP and Gambit content. However, it essentially told the players, “We hear you, but we will not change anything.”
The post stated that Bungie’s structure does not allow for the development of large new PvP maps because resources are needed for PvE missions. Therefore, they cannot fulfill the “most frequently expressed wish”: This has led to frustration.
Bungie says: No resources for new PvP maps
Translated, it means:
The feedback we receive the most is: There is not enough PvP content, especially there’s too little new Crucible maps. To set expectations: Our studio structure is designed so that we can bring more overarching changes to PvP instead of focusing exclusively on new maps.
If we focus our resources on creating new Crucible maps, it comes at the expense of the bandwidth of many teams who are working on many things that players appreciate, like new stories or missions for exotic content.
“Unbelievable arrogance”
How are the readers of MeinMMO reacting? Indeed, Forbes’ assessment aligns with reactions from MeinMMO readers. On Facebook, reader “Roy Buchmann” expresses outrage over the statement “We can’t do PvP because it takes away from PvE”:
“That is outrageous in itself. First, destroy all PvP and then give players a new map, saying not to expect such things too often because it takes resources away from other things. Sorry, but is that even possible?”
Under our article on the topic, there are 37 comments. An excerpt:
- Snake writes: “That has actually been the end of Destiny 2 for me.”
- Varg comments: “What a ridiculous joke Bungie is delivering?”
- SkullCOD asks: “A joke, or?”
- Walez thinks: “It also feels like a ‘saved time and money’ action to me.”
Internationally, the post is also being harshly criticized:
What did I pay so much money for all these years?
What lies behind it: “Too few resources” has been the fundamental problem of Destiny since its release, and it has intensified since Activision Blizzard’s exit: There are too few employees to develop the game as fans wish.
Destiny has apparently always been designed as a loot shooter that is “extremely costly to develop”: According to everything that is known, it takes an extreme number of working hours for every tiny piece of new content.
Bungie could never afford this effort – maybe at best in 2018, when they were able to complete the Forsaken expansion with two support studios from Activision Blizzard.
This is apparently due to a certain naivety with which Bungie embarked on the entire project “Destiny” more than 10 years ago.
Even though many are aware of these problems, the anger is still present. What frustrates people: While there are fewer and fewer resources for Destiny 2, Bungie is simultaneously charging outrageously high prices for the content and has been increasing prices.
One simply asks oneself: What did we pay so much money for all these years, when the game director tells us: “We don’t have the people for what you want.”
The extremely high sums of money that many players have gradually invested in Destiny over the years is one of the most frequent points of criticism about the game from former Guardians.
More on the topic:
Destiny 2 without Activision Blizzard was supposed to be great, so far it has been disappointing
