In the MMO shooter Destiny the community complains about a lack of communication from the developers. Bungie has promised improvements.
“You’re not talking to us”
These are some of the topics in the feedback forum of Destiny on bungie.net:
- When will you make the vault finally bigger?
- When will you change the weapon balance so that some weapon types become useful again?
- What about the lag in the Crucible?
- Are you working on all these things, are you really listening to us, are you doing anything? Talk more with us. Give us a sign that you’re listening.
Players feel like they’re calling into a forest and nothing comes back. One user even states that the feedback forum for Destiny is like a large dumpster that reads “user complaints.”
Much criticism is directed at the link between Destiny and the players, the community manager “DeeJ.” He is not present enough for the players in the forums. “What’s the point of having a community manager if he doesn’t manage the community?”, they ask.
Destiny’s Community Manager under criticism, to receive reinforcement
Community manager DeeJ has now agreed with the fans in their criticism. Indeed, too little feedback comes from Bungie. He himself is too busy with other things to spend as much time in the forums as he would like.
In the background, he is having discussions to ensure that the community’s concerns are actually heard. All in the interest of the players. Because of that, through regular meetings about player feedback and through many other tasks, he is overwhelmed with time. Therefore, the community team will be expanded. So, DeeJ will receive reinforcement. This will be announced soon.
Most problems are expected to be solved in 2.0
He assures that every player feedback is heard, that they are working internally on numerous things, and that there are dedicated teams just to handle player feedback. There is a large public list of the community’s wishes that Bungie considers “predominant.” The lag in the Crucible is not on that list, but technicians are constantly working on improving performance.
In the coming weeks, they want to present further plans for “The Taken King, Destiny 2.0.” With 2.0 many of the current problems will be solved. The individual aspects will be presented in the next weeks, in the Weekly Updates. DeeJ apologizes for having to keep the players waiting. But soon, very soon it will be ready. Help is on the way.
Little change likely before The Taken King
Mein MMO says: It has been apparent since the last Weekly Update that Bungie seems unlikely to bring out a major patch before “The Taken King” to solve current problems. This suspicion is strengthened.
Weapon balance for example, or a change in the vault could be addressed in a mid-patch. That would be quite typical for the genre, and it has indeed been done in Destiny’s past.
However, it seems that Bungie wants to associate all of this with the big expansion – and not make any major changes to the “current” Destiny before they inevitably make some changes. If a mid-patch were still planned, they would have likely announced it already to calm the fans.
In the meantime, one can speculate on who the new “community ally” at Bungie could be. If Destiny announces this separately, it seems likely that they will bring on a YouTuber or streamer who has made a name for themselves with Destiny. There’s a number of candidates from the active English-speaking scene. We are rooting for ProfessorBroman. He seems like someone who can get things done – just like Joe Pesci.
