To the Teams at Bungie, This is not a rage post. This is not a demand letter. This is an appeal from someone who understands what Destiny has been, what it still is, and what it could remain for decades if preserved correctly. Many players are grieving Destiny 2 because they see active live-service development ending and assume the universe itself is dying. I do not believe that has to be true. Destiny 2 can survive as something different: not an endlessly expanding live-service treadmill, but a living archive world. And if that is truly the direction Bungie is taking, then there are a few decisions that will determine whether Destiny remains socially alive for future generations or slowly collapses into inaccessible fragments. The most important of those decisions is matchmaking. Not as a convenience feature. Not as “casualization.” Not as hand-holding. As preservation infrastructure. The biggest threat to Destiny’s long-term survival is not server shutdowns. It is social entropy. Right now, even during active support, it can already be difficult to find: - Grandmaster groups, - dungeon groups, - raid groups, - exotic mission groups, - reliable Fireteams. Over time: - Discords will shrink, - clans will dissolve, - creators will move on, - external LFG systems will weaken, - and the original Destiny playerbase will age out. That is simply reality for every online game. Without integrated matchmaking and passive player discoverability, raids and dungeons may technically remain online, but eventually become practically inaccessible to average players. A preserved world is not the same thing as an accessible world. Rite of the Nine already proved this point. Many players, myself included, engaged with dungeons and content we had never previously completed because friction was lowered. That event demonstrated something extremely important: When access barriers decrease, participation increases. That was the precedent. It showed that: - players want to engage, - players will engage, - and many players simply need lower-friction pathways into content. The Portal system further demonstrated that Bungie already possesses the infrastructure philosophy necessary to make this possible. That is why the absence of broader matchmaking became so frustrating to many players. Because we could see the future possibility sitting right there. Optional matchmaking for: - dungeons, - Grandmasters, - exotic missions, - and eventually raids would not destroy Destiny. It would preserve Destiny. Not every group would succeed perfectly. Not every random team would clear every activity. That is not the point. The point is preserving: - human collision, - spontaneous cooperation, - skill transfer, - onboarding, - social discovery, - and the feeling that Destiny is still inhabited. Without those things, the game slowly becomes a museum after closing hours. With them, Destiny can continue breathing for many years after active development ends. Beyond matchmaking, there is one other major preservation request that I believe represents the fairest middle ground possible: Everything currently active in Destiny 2 today should remain accessible and progression-valid in the archive state. At bare minimum: - all current destinations, - current activities, - current events, - current systems, - and current gear ecosystems should remain intact and normalized into the modern tier structure. If possible, restoring iconic legacy content beginning around Forsaken would represent the ideal historical preservation layer: - the Dreadnaught, - Trials of the Nine, - The Farm, - legacy activities, - classic destinations, - and historical social spaces. Not merely for nostalgia. But because these are emotional landmarks within Destiny’s identity. Destiny was never only about loot. It was about: - places, - memories, - atmosphere, - rituals, - and the feeling of existing alongside other Guardians. If Destiny 2 is becoming a permanent archive world, then preserving those emotional landmarks matters just as much as preserving executable content. Most importantly: please preserve the possibility for future players to still find each other. That is what keeps online worlds alive. Not expansion cadence. Not monetization. Not hype cycles. Human discoverability. If matchmaking survives, there is hope that Destiny remains inhabited for generations. If it does not, then eventually even the greatest raids and dungeons risk becoming inaccessible relics remembered only through YouTube videos and old stories. Destiny deserves better than that. Thank you for everything you built. And thank you for the years spent among the stars. Per Audacia Ad Astra.