Earlier today I created quite a few polls in order to gauge gamers' true feelings on some of the most controversial topics currently raging in the Destiny in the community. Many of you have voted and left your comments, and while I'm positive that this discussion isn't over, I would like to attempt to synthesize the results. Of course, there could be a number of reasons why the results are the way they are as it is unscientific, but hopefully it can tell us something constructive. The first thing to note is that, despite all the flaws people see, they really are happy overall with the game and will continue playing - a small amount will be waiting for the House of Wolves to see if enough things will get fixed for them to want to continue playing. Moreover, a majority, although not as overwhelming, are happy with the Dark Below despite all its criticisms. People also weren't concerned with the game being unbalanced, despite the complaints of many "nerfers." They were also pretty split on raid matchmaking, but a majority didn't feel the need for it. That said, there are many issues that players want fixed. The first, and most obvious, is that they want more room. Overwhelmingly, players want more space for currencies, especially glimmer, and more vault space. They also want more variety - variety in missions, strikes, and especially bounties and patrols which feel much too grindy. In particular, people expressed that the same strikes and PvP maps pop up too many times in a row. Many would like some way to make sure that we can variety in our playlists. I think that this feeling of "grindiness" also come from a lack of content, which a majority feel is missing. Some variety as I stated earlier may help with this, but so may a better in game story which most felt were missing. I think this stems from the type of gaming community that this game attracted - those who were looking for an epic MMORPG with FPS elements; something in the form of Mass Effect, or a cross between Skyrim and Halo. This is what people were expecting but they don't feel like Bungie delivered. Players are also quite upset with the RNG system. They really want some way for excellence to be rewarded, and for hard work to be rewarded. Either that, or they want trading. Getting coins or materials from a nightfall are raid upset most, as does allowing last place players to get exotics while first place players get nothing. This is likely why people are so upset with both the new gear progression system, and the limited time events (such as Iron Banner). They want their hard work to be rewarded and not to be thrown away so willy-nilly. Interestingly though, the Xur's RNG doesn't seem to bother most. With all these concerns, many feel like Bungie has not been doing enough to give community feedback and to listen to players, particularly in the weekly updates. And, of course, everyone would like to see a third subclass :) [b]IN SHORT[/b]: The players are overwhelmingly happy with the game for one reason or another. However, they would like to see a number of improvements both big and small. They would like to see more content and variety as repetitiveness is an issue, and definitely an increase to the currency/vault space caps. More story is very important and many were expecting more MMORPG elements. The currency/materials systems in place aren't too bad, but could use some reworking, and there are some technical issues that could be resolved. The RNG system definitely needs to be fixed though - people really hate that. The current gear progression system needs to be fixed so that we don't feel like our hard work is for nothing, and limited time events need an overhaul. We would also like to see more community involvement and feedback from Bungie. [u]Overall - it's a decent game, but it needs quite a lot of work to be great.[/u] Be sure to keep this post going and add your comments! If you haven't seen the polls yet, feel free to check them out, vote, and leave your comments! Vault Space: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85035058/0/0 Missions/Strikes: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85031628/0/0 Third Subclass: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85039540/0/0 Competitive: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85039087/0/0 Timed Restrictions: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85038544/0/0 Materials: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85037617/0/0 Currency: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85037076/0/0 Continue Playing: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85036429/0/0 Patrols: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85035793/0/0 Bounties: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85035362/0/0 Glimmer cap: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85034611/0/0 MMORPG: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85034308/0/0 Game you expected: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85033203/0/0 Balance: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85032809/0/0 Glitches: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85032430/0/0 Raid matchmaking: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/84942358/0/0 (not mine) Story: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85031290/0/0 TDB: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85030889/0/0 Xur: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85030409/0/0 Events: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85029804/0/0 Content: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85029141/0/0 RNG: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85028754/0/0 Overall: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85028263/0/0 Gear Progression: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85027620/0/0 Iron Banner 3.0: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/84799539/0/0 (not mine) Currency Limits: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/84591745/0/0 (not mine) Weekly Update: http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/85062620 EDIT: Some people suggested that I gather all the raw data, so here it is. As of approximately 7:30 cst on December, 17, this is the data from the polls. Feel free to extrapolate any conclusions you wish from the data, and leave it in the comments. Also, be sure to leave any suggestions you have for Bungie! Thanks everyone for participating and don't stop the conversation! Enough Vault Space?: [b]Yes[/b] - 44 votes, 8% [b]No[/b] - 485 votes, 92% Missions/Strikes too repetitive?: [b]Yes[/b] - 423 votes, 84% [b]No[/b] - 83 votes, 16% Would you like a Third Subclass?: [b]Yes[/b] - 509 votes, 98% [b]No[/b] - 12 votes, 2% Do you want Destiny to be more Competitive?: [b]Yes[/b] - 132 votes, 55% [b]No[/b] - 110 votes, 45% Happy with Timed Restrictions?: [b]Yes[/b] - 152 votes, 42% [b]No[/b] - 210 votes, 58% Happy with Materials system?: [b]Yes[/b] - 184 votes, 48% [b]No[/b] - 198 votes, 52% Happy with Currency system?: [b]Yes[/b] - 107 votes, 33% [b]No[/b] - 213 votes, 67% Continue Playing?: [b]Yes[/b] - 229 votes, 71% [b]No[/b] - 33 votes, 10% [b]HoW[/b] - 59 votes, 18% Want more variety for Patrols?: [b]Yes[/b] - 253 votes, 92% [b]No[/b] - 22 votes, 8% Want more variety for Bounties?: [b]Yes[/b] - 264 votes, 95% [b]No[/b] - 14 votes, 5% Happy with Glimmer cap?: [b]Yes[/b] - 50 votes, 6% [b]No[/b] - 788 votes, 94% Mainly MMORPG or mainly FPS?: [b]MMORPG[/b] - 295 votes, 69% [b]FPS[/b] - 135 votes, 31% Game you expected?: [b]Yes[/b] - 130 votes, 31% [b]No[/b] - 288 votes, 69% Game unBalanced?: [b]Yes[/b] - 61 votes, 25% [b]No[/b] - 183 votes, 75% Too many Glitches?: [b]Yes[/b] - 147 votes, 59% [b]No[/b] - 102 votes, 41% Raid matchmaking?: [b]Yes[/b] - 410 votes, 51% [b]No[/b] - 397 votes, 49% Happy with the Story?: [b]Yes[/b] - 260 votes, 17% [b]No[/b] - 1273 votes, 83% Happy with TDB?: [b]Yes[/b] - 254 votes, 60% [b]No[/b] - 166 votes, 40% Happy with Xur?: [b]Yes[/b] - 578 votes, 62% [b]No[/b] - 350 votes, 38% Happy with limited time Events?: [b]Yes[/b] - 92 votes, 33% [b]No[/b] - 185 votes, 67% Enough Content?: [b]Yes[/b] - 239 votes, 34% [b]No[/b] - 463 votes, 66% Happy with RNG?: [b]Yes[/b] - 313 votes, 31% [b]No[/b] - 687 votes, 69% Happy Overall?: [b]Yes[/b] - 219 votes, 72% [b]No[/b] - 85 votes, 28% Happy with Gear Progression?: [b]Yes[/b] - 132 votes, 41% [b]No[/b] - 191 votes, 59% Will do Iron Banner 3.0?: [b]All in[/b] - 1300 votes, 19% [b]Maybe a little[/b] - 3644 votes, 54% [b]Not at all[/b] - 1791 votes, 27% Raise Currency Limits?: [b]Agree with all[/b] - 1274 votes, 86% [b]Agree with some[/b] - 185 votes, 12% [b]None[/b] - 29 votes, 2% Happy with Weekly Updates?: [b]Yes[/b] - 37 votes, 34% [b]No[/b] - 73 votes, 66%