An interesting and well thought response. I must also conmemorate you for your knowledge and your extensive vocabulary. People´s opinion on the game they recieved and the future of Destiny as a whole depends on how you see it. As a customer and after having read the official contract between Activision and Bungie, I can only say that is all just business. Among the things that I concur with BDobbins is that Destiny reached out to possibly everyone of its potential customers, including me (pre-ordered it, as I was aboard the massive hype train of this game). It was the comercial success of the decade and of this new generation of consoles. But then again, the dissapointment of the public comes from them as gamers. Imagine if Destiny was released as the "master-piece" that everyone hoped that it would be. Mixing the great gunplay that is has with more gameplay modes for the Crucible (sparrow racing included) and on the single player campaign, a trading system, a way to socially interact with other people other than dancing, a deeper story and more interactable universe and overall less grinding to it. Something of this nature is what gamers wanted from a game that was developed by no other than Bungie, the same studio that brought us the Halo franchise. Alas, it was not meant to be. As a customer, I can see that this is how these companies are making business. As a gamer, I am cynical about whether or not I will pick up my copy of Destiny 2 (depending on the improvements that they make) but I am also curious as if this plan was made or shifted around the time the lead writer was fired. There is no way of knowing, but I am certain that had this game been what we all who pre-ordered expected it to be, then the Destiny franchise would have earned something very few companies and franchies have: The trust of its GAMERS. And with trust, comes a safe time where you can release all kinds of DLC that will only add to what is already a more than satisfying experience. Though this is all just my opinion. If I may ask you then: As of right now and knowing what Activision and Bungie have in store for us, if Destiny 2 came out right now, would you buy it?