I want to know what Bungie was thinking (Destiny)

by DerekT07, Tennessee, Friday, September 26, 2014, 05:21 (3951 days ago) @ Kermit

You don't speak for all newcomers, I bet. You've been abrasive. Let some stuff blow over. Lay off the rants and tone down the curses. Tell us something funny that happened while you were playing Destiny. Don't focus on WINNING THE ARGUMENT as your raison d'etre. Think about why you are here. Do you like Bungie or Destiny or the people here? I should hope, but maybe not.

This is fan site with a long history of not being as rough and tumble as most other corners of the internet. It's a great place, really, but it may not be to your taste, and that's okay. Many others have made missteps (myself included). People in this thread have been given "breaks" when things got out of hand. Surprised? We're not perfect, but I bet you won't find a more interesting, more articulate, and dare I say welcoming group. That's kind of the expectation here, but you get what you give.

Eh, I can see just a little validity in the argument that *BO is not welcoming simply through the fact that it does seem to be such a tight knit community. For me, as a lurker of HBO since the Halo 3 days and mostly lurking DBO until release day, I find that the problems getting into this community are mostly on me. My problem is that I'm a rather quiet/shy individual, so I tend to keep my mouth shut even when I might have something to contribute. However, if I want to make friends here, I have to speak up and engage in discussion with others.

My advice would definitely be to be more positive at the least. This is a fan site, and constructive criticism should be how you go about expressing negative feelings, not just saying the game is disappointing (not necessarily saying you haven't made constructive suggestions). I've learned a lot in my time at HBO and DBO. Not everybody gets along all the time, and there will be people that don't like you, car15. I'm sure if I'm involved in the community for a while, someone will eventually not like one of my opinions, and we might have an argument. Those arguments aren't the point of this community though. It's meant to bring people together.