Destiny 2 devs cut back communication after harassment from players BungieBungie has issued a response to the Destiny 2 community explaining that recent threats towards the devs, amongst other things, will see a huge reduction in feedback going forward. In the modern age of social media, it\u2019s become easier for players and fans to interact with their favorite game companies and developers. This comes with several positives as it allows the team behind a game to receive praise for their hard work, and also capitalize on constructive criticism to help improve a game\u2019s overall experience. On the flip side, social media has also had a hugely negative bearing on gaming with unhappy players venting their frustration. This has been a frequent occurrence for Bungie\u2019s devs as of late and they\u2019ve let the Destiny 2 community know where they stand. Bungie won\u2019t tolerate \u201creal threats\u201d regarding Destiny 2 Destiny 2 has had a successful run with multiple expansions already in the bag and Lightfall and The Final Shape still to come. Season of the Haunted introduced new content and shook up the game like the many seasons that came before it, but a couple of issues have cropped up as of late. The PvP meta has purportedly been in need of balancing, leading to the Destiny 2 community showing no patience for the devs. Dylan Gafner, Bungie\u2019s Senior Community Manager, eventually responded. Things didn\u2019t stop there though as a Destiny 2 streamer went overboard by threatening to \u201cburn down\u201d Bungie\u2019s studio in Seattle and the company duly responded with a lawsuit. Since all this has gone down, the mental toll has clearly taken it out of the devs who have stopped responding to posts on the game\u2019s official Reddit forum \u2013 something that Gafner would frequently do to communicate feedback with the playerbase. On July 27, 2022, a thread was posted called \u201cI miss seeing so many \u201cBungie Replied\u201d threads here\u201d and the user said: \u201cI know why there aren\u2019t as many, but it still sucks. I hope they\u2019re still checking out the subreddit daily and logging feedback in the background.\u201d One reply to the post clearly didn\u2019t understand the magnitude of the situation and it garnered close to 2,000 downvotes, leading to Gafner clarifying some details. \u201cHere\u2019s the thing, the harassment we\u2019ve spoken about isn\u2019t just rude replies on Twitter or vague comments. There have been real threats towards our people and our studio. We\u2019re taking them seriously, which is leading to an amount of reduced communications as the team plans future protections\/strategies to help avoid these sorts of things,\u201d Gafner said. He goes on to say that Bungie has given him time off due to harassment towards himself and his family and also commented that some of Destiny 2\u2019s issues can take months to rectify and aren\u2019t a quick fix. He concludes: \u201cI agree \u2013 it\u2019s a bummer that we don\u2019t have as much interaction here as of late. The team is planning ways in which to communicate with you all \u2013 some of these plans I\u2019m really looking forward to when I get back in. I can assure you that many on the team are checking out threads each day and talking about your feedback.\u201d Hopefully, Gafner\u2019s words resonate with the Destiny 2 community and some semblance of normality can return so that communications can resume between the devs and the players ahead of Season 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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