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4/30/2019 3:48:16 AM
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I agree with most of this (goal was to make an e-sport of D2 and all changes geared towards that end). Only thing I disagree with was when you said Bungie’s line about making the game more casual was a load of bullshit. It wasn’t a total lie, it was a half-truth. Simplifying the game to appeal to the widest audience to increase the e-sport draw had the same end result as making a game for casuals. That half truth is what made “the casuals” such a convenient scapegoat to deflect as much blame as they could from the disaster Bungie’s true intentions turned into. At least for the ignorant masses that either didn’t want to or couldn’t see what was really happening with the game.
It may seem like semantics we are disagreeing on, but it’s an important distinction. If there wasn’t any ring of truth then “casual” wouldn’t be the equivalent of a four letter word with this game.
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Edited by kellygreen45: 4/30/2019 10:19:51 AMThe worst kind of lies are when you bury it within a truth. Plus it makes the wrong group the target of anger. Many people are fighting getting rid of cores for infusion because they are still under the Bungie-facilitated misperception that Destiny 2 turned out the way it did because of casual players. It didn’t. It turned out the way it did because they wanted another e-sport to go along with Overwatch. The LIE is how do you sell a game designed for shooter gamers and pvp to an rpg and pve audience....after you’ve stripped it of those elements. “Broadening the appeal of the game” wasn’t a reason it was a rationalization for what was done looking for e-sport credibility. Likewise I don’t think it’s a coincidence that most of the team leaders responsible for vanilla Destiny 2 being the way it was are slowly being purged from the company. They are all leaving to “pursue other opportunities” at the same time. Which means Bungie is cleaning house and having another management shakeup. Only in the middle rather than at the top. I think the people who always saw this game as rpg-shooter finally got the game away from the pvp faction who tried rebrand the game in D2—and nearly destroyed the franchise in the process—-and are showing them the door. Luke Smith is running the show with the game, and I believe he doesn’t want this e-sport faction fighting him every step of the way like I’m sure they did when he tried to salvage Destiny 2.
