Great post. Y2 is absolutely horrific. I'd like to say that Bungie management, decision makers, or whatever they maybe are seriously hurting this game. The hoards of programmers are not to blame. They don't make the decisions, they just code them. Herald Ryan, Luke Smith, that gun guy you mention, they all have a direct hand in ruining a wet dream. One of Bungie's biggest issues is they're refusal of the MMORPG genre. This has effected communication. MMO devs communicate better as well as plan better. When IB came out for the first time after TTK released they completely screwed up rewards. They encouraged players to grind for gear and after everything was said and done no one got shit. Bungie's response? "Whoops". Whoops doesn't cut it. Whoops and here's rank 4 and 5 players free <insert item>. People wasted their time based on Bungie's mistake and Bungie did -blam!- all to fix it. Honestly Bungie needs to cut some decision makers. Replace them with individuals with a clue, the capacity to genuinely accept they can have bad ideas, the capacity to let go of bad ideas, and an understanding of MMOs.