I feel as if Bungie and their devs were to start considering their own game as an MMO, rather than a, " shared world shooter" they would be making way better improvements on Destiny. As of right now, the game has aspects of an MMO, but only in the smallest sense possible. Yeah, it has a social hub where multiple players go through to get bounties, gear, etc; however, that social hub can easily feel like the loneliest place ever since there's no open form of communication between players in the Tower lobby. There's enough players online that it could be an MMO, but you could probably only interact with about 6 at most, in a large fireteam or raid. Factions exist, but besides ranking them up and buying maybe that one gun or getting that shader you wanted, they have no effect on the game. There is no events that involve factions competing against each other in any form. Nothing else happens after you've chosen to represent them, no in-game consequences or additional benefits, except maybe just an armor set with more intellect or strength. Clan's are fun simply because you can be connected with a larger network of people at once, which helps the game not feel so socially isolated at times, but just like factions, no effect at all when in-game. There's probably stuff I'm forgetting, but I rushed this comment.