http://kotaku.com/five-months-in-hardcore-destiny-players-are-hitting-a-1684813586
This is not a bash. It comes from someone who, like many of us, really likes Destiny but is reaching a point of burn-out. The things that popped out to me are the lack of carrots and poor communication from Bungie.
If you trawl the forums, you'll find many threads dedicated to each point made, but this is a handy summation of the frustration hardcore Destiny players are, and have been, facing of late.
I'm no hater, and like Kirk, the article's author, I know there's an unbelievable game inside Destiny. I'm looking forward to HoW, but until then, it'll just have to be a strike now and again.
Edit 1: You guys all rock. It's been a very clear-headed conversation in here so far, aside from some weak trolls. And thanks for the bumps! I think it's good to read what a lot of us have been thinking.
Edit 2: I'm pretty sure the forum ninjas have buried any Kotaku-related posts so they don't trend. That's their prerogative, and somewhat understandable despite the normal levels of vitriol you can generally find on these forums.
Feel free to bump if you think others should read it but, after over twenty-four hours of pretty constant replies from you crazy, magnificent bastards, it's fair to say that we don't need an article to spur healthy discussion about one of our favorite games.
[spoiler]You guys are -blam!-ing killing my phone.[/spoiler]
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100% agree with the article. Up until this week, our small clan would have 10-12 concurrent folks online all day on Tuesday's. This week, it's been 2-3. A few of us dumb die-hard's are still doing nightfall's and weekly's. I have 3 Level 32's and today I got 8 ascendant shards to go with the hundred, almost 200, I already don't use. Then I got my 3rd copy of the same old legendary sniper and my 4th or 5th NITC from my 3 nightfall's. Last week when Xur didn't sell heavy I quit playing for 4 days. I am sick and tired of grinding glimmer to buy heavy. I am sooooo done with that. I've gotten 5 swordbreaker's and no sniper or rocket launcher from normal Crota. I've had better luck on hard mode weapons. I have plenty of exotic armor for my hunter, warlock and titan, but I haven't had a raid helm fall since I was level 30 so I can't use any of it. I've got everything you can get from VoG. Lately I've played for friendship only but my clan friends are quickly going elsewhere. I've spent most of this evening trying to decide which new game to order to get out of this rut. I am so burned out with this game and so disappointed with how Bungie has allowed a super-buggy Crota hard mode to continue to constantly ruin devoted players game time. I wish I had a dollar for every missing sword I've not seen.