In December, an alleged subscription service leak made the rounds in Destiny 2. Dug up by well-known data miners, it spread quickly in the community, which was not pleased about it. But now it has become known that all the excitement was unnecessary: It was all just fake!
What leak are we talking about? At the end of December, Elliott, a known Destiny 2 data miner, shared via his Discord the information that he had discovered hints of a “Premium Subscriptions” model from Bungie in the game data of Destiny 2.
It reminded of the subscription payment models that one knows from MMORPGs like The Elder Scrolls Online or Final Fantasy XIV. However, since the plans had not been implemented yet, it was initially suspected to be a “test attempt” by Bungie to change Destiny 2’s payment model in the future.
However, the Destiny 2 community was not pleased about this alleged new and secret information at all. Some found the idea of a subscription model fundamentally not bad, but the majority was simply angry and reacted accordingly toxically.
- For example, the user TricksterClown on MeinMMO writes: “Then the game will finally die. No one will want DLCs anymore, why should they if they have everything with a subscription?”
- And the MeinMMO reader Tronic48 would, if such a subscription model were to come, even stop playing completely: “If Bungie actually considers a subscription (and it doesn’t matter how much it should cost), I’ll be the first not to play Destiny 2 anymore. After such a long time and loyalty, I certainly won’t do that.”
All just faked: The discussion took toxic turns again in the already strained Destiny 2 community and brought many players to place Bungie alone in the spotlight for the idea. In reality, it was all just a fake by the data miners. There was never a plan for a new subscription model in Destiny 2. It was meant to be “just a joke”.
Data miner Elliot admits to major error in subscription leak
Leak sows distrust and anger among Destiny 2 players: The new leak exploded overnight and turned the original joke into a serious matter. Players announced they would leave the game because of it and directly vented their frustration at Bungie.
Only in the new year, several days later, did the data miner admit: It was all just a joke and was only meant to make the community think about such a subscription model. However, the community found that anything but funny. Elliot had to admit that his December joke did not work as planned.
In an initial statement on his Discord server, Elliot stated: “Actually, we wanted to let the thing just continue, but since it has become so big and people outside the server are worried, we wanted to apologize formally and admit that we all trolled.”
Later, however, he revised this statement and wrote:
“[…] It was really immature of me to allow the fabricated leak to go so far and to spread outside of the Discord server. I take full responsibility for my actions and should not have used my platform in this way. Regardless of whether it was a joke or not. I feel pretty terrible and I apologize to anyone who is still upset about it.
explains the data miner Elliot on his Discord server
In the end, his leak only led to a negative mood against the Destiny 2 data miners and a loss of trust. Especially since he usually provided factual and correct information before that.
Did you also believe the leak? What do you think about being trolled? Does this make you more distrustful of leaks or have you never trusted data miners? We would love to hear your perspective in the comments.
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