One of the most well-known YouTubers about Destiny and Destiny 2 is Datto, who has been around for 10 years. He has now addressed the community in a video titled “I was so terrible, forgive me.” The reason for the video: Datto had deleted Destiny weapons from the vault over the years to make space. Today he knows: That was a terrible mistake. Because Bungie changed their decision after 4 years and made the supposedly useless weapons useful again. But deleted weapons are irretrievably gone.
Who is Datto?
- Datto is the informative Twitch streamer and YouTuber about Destiny, who has been explaining the game for 10 years. Datto originally came from WoW and can therefore explain complex MMO mechanics in Destiny 2 particularly well. His own gameplay has been marked by bad luck.
- Datto’s career on YouTube has had its ups and downs with Destiny. His most successful videos came at the height of Destiny, with The Taken King in 2015, where he achieved between 3 and 6 million views with videos on the then-special quest weapons. Today he has around 150,000 views.
- However, one format became Datto’s downfall: he cleaned out the vaults of content creators and deleted weapons in the process. The space in the vault is limited in Destiny. And “old weapons” became worthless over time because they could not be brought up to the current power standard due to “sunsetting.”
Datto deleted weapons of the Destiny players, now regrets it
He is now apologizing for this: This deletion of weapons is the core issue. Datto apologizes in a YouTube video for the actions of his fictional company “Datto Vault Cleaning LLC.”
He says he deleted weapons in good faith to make space in the vault, and he could not anticipate the impact his actions would have on others: Now, since Bungie has decided that the supposedly useless and outdated weapons he deleted would indeed become useful and valuable again.
He states that he never believed in the depths of his heart that Bungie would reverse the sunsetting after such a long time.
He will now “fire all employees of Datto Vault Cleaning and close the company.” Datto apologizes for all the suffering he has caused with his decisions and ideas:
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I never thought something like this would happen.”
What’s behind this: Datto is making a wonderful parody of the “I messed up” apology videos from YouTubers who are trying to save their careers – brilliantly staged, with a dog and a partner who looks exceptionally pained throughout the entire video while supporting her husband.
This is all a big joke, and the comments are enthusiastic about the seriousness with which he carries it out.
The video may momentarily alleviate some frustration over the actually tricky situation Bungie has put players in. Because Bungie has actually rewarded stubborn players who have refused to clean out their vault for years.
There are lasting wounds and very strange “Someday I’ll definitely need this again and then I’ll be upset if I threw it away” behavior patterns that have been rewarded.
More about Datto:
Destiny 2: Datto cheers for World First, but the awakening is brutal
