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3/24/2019 12:14:40 AM
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Open invitation to any Bungie developers that would like to have a discussion with the forum community on investment and progression

We've now had 7 months of feedback as well as a couple posts from Coz and dmg asking for further feedback on the topic of infusion. The forum community has discussed it to extreme lengths and piled up mountains of feedback on the current investment and progression systems and how things like Cores and "meaningful infusion" affect the player experience. From those discussions, a large segment of this community don't feel we've seen any real actionable solutions to the problem. As a community, we don't feel that these closed discussions amongst ourselves are having any real impact and to the contrary, the relationship between us and the studio is becoming increasingly strained by the growing frustrations and perceived lack of understanding from those making the calls at the studio. We are aware that there is another community summit happening next week and it is our hope that there will be a better representation of views that take into account more the everyday player who isn't looking for Destiny to be a job. The Summits are a good thing and I know I personally hope they continue with new voices getting a chance to go and share their thoughts on the game with each one. That said, this community would love to have forum Q&As with developers on various topics from time to time and discussions that truly go both ways with real give and take vs only our closed talks that are summarized and relayed. We believe this will only serve to strengthen the relationship between the everyday player and the developers and lead to more talking to each other and not as much at each other. This was done to great success in early D1 over the topic of PvP and with the current growing divide between us, would be a welcome sign that these thoughts and opinions we see posted here daily matter. If you want to join us, Bungie, we'd love to talk. Thank you.

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  • At some point, I think we (certainly, I) have to realise that this is not our game. It's Bungie's, and Bungie will do what they are wont to do. Is this truly a new world where studios develop games in tandem with their audience(s)? I'm not sure. some signs point hat way. With the advent of the much more open communication channels via social media, players are able to speak with a louder voice than they used to via email, or reaching back further, snail mail directly to the publisher or magazine or by telephone. However, larger IP, juggernaut IP may not be able to support such feedback and rapid change. I'm not sure Bungie can or even want to make this game [i][b]with[/b][/i] their communities, and we may have to accept that, whether that means continuing to play, leaving it altogether, or something in-between (which is where I am, now). You've been to the summit. It's not really for feedback. At best, Bungie are after confirmation bias. They pick out what they want to hear. These summits are about pushing what's in the pipeline. They're listening. I'm betting there's a whole lot of "yeah, but..." left unspoken from the Bungie side of the summit comvos. There is a culture at Bungie that remains unbroken, and Destiny will not be the IP that changes they way they work.

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