**Please don't skip over this if you think it's some long a rant. I quote from an article that's why it's long.** Just my two cents, but I noticed that all the people who are exited about the dlc and such seem to be higher levels. It probably goes to say that they realize the game is actually entertaining and is why they are higher levels. Wait a second... Isn't that what video games are for? I quote a few questions from a Eurogamer article with Bungie president Harold Ryan written 10/29/14: [quote][b]One of the things people criticised Destiny for was the lack of story in terms of how it played out within the missions. For example, there was a general lack of characters, exposition, cutscenes and dialogue - the kind of stuff we've seen a lot of in the Halo series. Is that something you will address with the story missions in the DLC?[/b] Harold Ryan: What you'll see in this expansion, it's going to be a very different approach to telling a new story to players than the thematically-driven story from the original launch of the game. It's going to feel much more loot driven and story driven in that it's going to feel faster-paced with more action as you go through it, and with exposition. The important thing about Eris is, this story is going to be her story, and she's going to send you on a mission that's a lot of fun. [b]I'm sure you sure the recent leaks with players able to see a lot of this planned content already in the game. Based on what you've told me, a lot of that doesn't seem to be in The Dark Below.[/b] Harold Ryan: There's a bunch of shared-world content we've shipped on the disc specifically to limit download sizes for people. Both inside the US and all over the world, how much you download on your local home internet connection can be a problem, and even how much storage space it takes up on your console. So we share a lot of assets across all the activities in the game. When people get into areas that aren't unlocked right now, they're seeing pieces we built and shipped ahead of time, but they're by no means the finished experiences or even the finished content. [b]But when we can get into these areas already and see this content, there's a feeling at the content is finished, cut and saved for DLC.[/b] Harold Ryan: No. Eris and her story were built over the last three months, long after the game was done. For example for The Dark Below, that included the activities and the bosses and all of the polish of it.[/quote] Hope that clears some things up. I agree the story sucks, but I think they will redeem themselves with the new style of storytelling. I personally love this game for its graphics and the world. I also play more pvp then pve so the crappy story didn't affect me much. To end things off, I wanted to make a comment about the Destiny community. You guys, every time Bungie comes out with a patch or an update, that answers much needed fixes, it seems that the community changes to criticize the update in any way possible. Making a game is hard work, especially if it's new. Halo 1 was not the best game and not as polished as Reach was, so please just give Bungie an opportunity to make fixes without their community ranting in the background. Constructive comments are good, that's all I ask. Thanks for reading.