I know the petition is over, but I feel like throwing my two cents in regardless.
I've seen Destiny evolve since beta. I've seen the meta swing from auto rifle and fusion rifles to whatever to pulse, and now scouts. I've seen my fair share of laggy matches, sometimes due to my internet and sometimes not.
What I haven't seen is a simple apology for the recent fiasco involving the crucible.
In not one of the moderator/dev posts, "fixes" or "updates" section, have I seen the simple phrase "we're sorry".
"Sorry for doing this without notice,
Sorry for not knowing full well what it would do to matchmaking,"
Or "Sorry for how things turned out."
Instead, we get a dismissive "we're working on it. It'll be fixed. Don't ask us to turn it off, its a thing now. You'll like it, trust us."
I feel as if I've been treated with disdain, or at any rate, flat out dismissed.
SBMM wasn't asked for. It wasn't offered up for debate, or even mentioned to the community until well after it had been implemented.
I play alot of crucible, mostly because it's the only entertaining thing left for me as I devour content at a ravenous pace, and mostly because I enjoy goofing off with my friends. About a month ago we start noticing the various reported glitches and horrible lag spikes. I thought it was just me, honestly, because my internet, while acceptable, has a bad habit of crapping out when it so pleases.
Turns out, it was from this travesty.
The normal crucible matches, as others have stated, are either lag-filled-teleporting-shooting-around-corner-matches, or have simply became high tension games where you bring your A-game and best players, or risk being mercy ruled and/or spawn camped a few minutes in. That, of course, is if literally no one is lagging on either team, which as we all know, simply does not happen. (It didnt even when it was still CBMM)
I don't find myself enjoying such game modes any more.
Don't get me wrong; I'm not against playing others of similar, equal, or greater skill. The 1st rule of chess is you must play a better opponent to become better yourself.
What I am against is being shot through walls, around corners, watching players teleport back and forth, take no damage or randomly falling to my death from a height of around 1ft.
This turned, unexpectedly, into a bit of a rant. But don't get me wrong, I'm not angry, or "salty" as the kids say these days. I'm not super upset, throwing tantrums or cursing the gods as it would seem others have taken to spending their time on these forums.
I guess, more than anything, I'm just disappointed.
Disappointed in the direction things are moving,
disappointed in the lack of new pve content and the "state" pvp is in,
disappointed in the lack of transparency (where is our roadmap for year 2?),
disappointed with Bungie in general.
I'm sure not everything is your fault fellas, but as I'm sure activision told you, "I find this model to be unsustainable".
So, in conclusion, (as so many of you will offer up so quickly, 'why not just quit then?') yes, I will be looking into other games to play.
Not because I want to give up on destiny,
but because I believe destiny has given up on me.
I want to believe the IB numbers won't lie. I want to believe things will be fixed. Unfortunately, I have no hope or faith.
Maybe I'll be surprised. We'll just have to see in a day or so.
Regardless,
Good day and good luck, gentlemen.
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Great GREAT post. Seconded