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.

Update: The new community manager has now been announced.

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In the MMO shooter Destiny, Variks is selling the sniper rifle “Veilshadow” this week. Experts consider it a good weapon to learn sniping in PvP.

Among the new weapons in “House of Wolves,” expectations were generally higher. When you ask guardians about their favorites, they mention the Fatebringer from the base game or “Black Spindle” from the first DLC Crota’s End. Numerous other favorites can also be found among the “old” exotic weapons, while the three new ones have yet to shine.

Of the weapons from May, only the Vestian Dynasty has made a name for itself. Everyone received it after completing the first quest – and well, some shotguns like the Matador 46 are also well received.

However, because the properties and perks of each weapon can be re-rolled, much of the cult around the weapons has faded.

Variks has a sniper with training wheels

One of the “new” weapons dealers who has disappointed so far is Variks – the vendor for the Prison of Elders. This week he is selling a version of the sniper rifle “Veilshadow.” And it seems to be one of the better weapons, even though it can’t be re-rolled and has pretty bland stats.

Because: The weapon has solid base stats with high impact and relatively high rate of fire. And above all, it has a high hidden value in “Aim Assistance,” which is the aim help. Therefore, experts from Planet Destiny believe that this weapon is excellent for beginners in the Crucible.

Because this high “Aim Assistance” forgives inaccuracies when aiming and ensures that in the heat of battle, shots more often “hit the target,” meaning precision shots that would whiz past the opponent’s ear with other sniper rifles.

Our friend Nexxos is also positively impressed by the weapon and expected much less of it in the Crucible.

Both Nexxos and Planet Destiny recommend the Short View-SLH 10 scope in Column 1 and then either increased magazine size or improved stability in Column 3.

Conclusion: From the base stats, the weapon is ideal for the Crucible, but from the “properties,” the perks, unfortunately not. Nevertheless, it is a worthwhile and affordable investment for PvE players who have yet to try sniping in the Crucible. With this, hitting is truly easier. Variks is selling it until next Tuesday for a weapon core. You can get that in the Prison of Elders.

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In the MMO shooter Destiny this week, a new bounty called The Silent Reaver has been added. We will show you how it works.

The Silent Reavers are a new sought-after bounty with Petra Venj. You won’t need any Aether Keys, no Aether Container, and no Public Event, you just need to start a patrol mission, go to the described location, and eliminate the enemies.

However, there is a catch; you will have to do this mission three times since the “Silent Reaver” only appears at the location once, but you need to defeat three. Maybe Bungie will patch this later.

The bounty The Silent Reavers on Earth

The bounty The Silent Reavers in Destiny takes you to the Cosmodrome in the area of Caves.

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A new week begins in the MMO shooter Destiny . On Tuesday, July 14th, a new weekly Nightfall strike is determined, a new configuration begins in the Prison of Elders, and Variks offers new rewards.

After the turbulent weeks around E3 and unfortunate interviews, a kind of summer calm has settled in Destiny now – much like the rest of the Western world; one could also speak of a summer lull.

The last expansion was 2 months ago, the next is still 2 months ahead. But not everyone is done with everything yet and is just blasting through the game content out of boredom with the Destiny blues on their lips. There are also some latecomers who still have something ahead of them.

What Destiny players, regardless of their mood, will find this week is explained in our article about the Weekly Reset on July 14th.

Weekly Nightfall Strike goes to the Nexus

Sekrion awaits the Guardians. It is a No-Burn Nightfall, we haven’t had that in a while. Modifiers are Grounded, Brawler, and Angry. Guardian melee damage is increased, in the air you take more damage, and the enemies come without stopping.

Weekly Heroic Strike features Valus Ta’aurc.

The Cabal, affectionately called Rockets McDickface, is back again. Cerberus Vae III is his home. The modifier is Grounded – so no jumping around. With Solar Burn in recent weeks, the once tough opponent was a joke; let’s see how the Guardians find him without modifiers. A while ago, Bungie took away some of his health points.

Everything about the Prison of Elders starting from the week of July 14th

In the 32-entry, Kaliks Reborn awaits

Last week, he was responsible for the Guardians cleaning the floor of the 34 arena with their faces; now he is causing chaos in the 32 Prison of Elders: Kaliks Reborn – here is a guide to him

1. Cabal/Specialist – double special weapon damage
2. Fallen/Switch – enemies deal increased melee damage
3. Fallen/Airborne – players deal more damage when in the air
4. Fallen/Exposure – Guardian shields are increased but do not regenerate
5. Fallen/Grounded – players take more damage when in the air

In the 34-entry, there’s a reunion with Gulrot

The ogre, named after a Norwegian carrot, is roaming the 34 arena. And here is a guide to Gulrot.

1. Vex/Airborne – Guardians deal increased damage when in the air
2. Hive/Grounded – Guardians take increased damage when in the air
3. Vex – Void-Burn
4. Hive/Angry – the enemies cannot be stopped even by effect hits
5. Hive/Exposure – Guardian shields are reinforced but do not regenerate

And once again Skolas

The new Skolas, who can no longer have a burn, has proven to be relatively disappointing thus far. In 4 IDs, there were only two different configurations of the modifiers (Small Arms/Lightswitch and Brawler/Juggler); today, this is what’s on:

Catapult and Angry – so there is indeed a different configuration.

And these are waves 1 – 5.

1. Hive – Exposure/Brawler – Guardian shields are reinforced but do not regenerate/your melee damage is increased
2. Vex – Ground/Airborne – Guardians deal more damage in the air but take much more
3. Cabal – Catapult/Arc-Burn – grenade cooldown is lower, arc damage is significantly increased
4. Fallen – Specialist/Juggler – special weapons deal double damage, enemies do not drop ammo for the weapon with which they were defeated
5. Fallen – Rinnsal/Primary – abilities have an increased cooldown, damage with primary weapons is significantly increased

What does Variks have this week?

Variks is selling the sniper rifle and gloves this week.

• The Hunter variant has 106 intellect.
• The Warlocks have 114 discipline.
• The Titans 53 discipline and 53 strength.

The gloves have a chance to generate Orbs of Light when the wearer kills Fallen in melee. They increase grenade throw distance and decrease reloading speed on special weapons.

Tips, tricks, and guides?

Throughout the day, we will showcase videos of successful and interesting runs through this week’s challenges. You can pick up a few tips there. Not that you need it or anything.

Traditionally, Nexxoss and his crew take on the Nightfall. He does this in German with a slight Swiss accent, calm, relaxed, with Fatebringer, Efrideet’s Spear, and the weapon whose name shall not be spoken. The guide goes through the passages step by step, giving tips on safe spots and general behavior. Very worth watching.

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In the MMO shooter Destiny , Bungie presents the best video every week. We add our own favorites.

This week Bungie’s letter to the community, the Weekly Update, has been pushed back by a day, and they presented the new quest system. However, there was a curiosity from the Crucible that made it to the start on time: What happened here?, one wonders after watching Bungie’s video of the week.

Our favorite video of the week once again takes place in the Trials of Osiris. There, a player is practically hopeless, their two teammates are down, the opponents are rushing for the final kill, and that is just the beginning:

In the video, someone returns after being outside with the dog for a moment and finds themselves… surrounded.

And here we see a great moment of teamwork in the Crucible:

In PvE, little is happening, the Guardians are already playing with radishes, but we received this video from one of our readers to show this new “spectacular” world-first – Crota reversed – … well.

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