This should always be remembered whenever this scenario happens again in the future and corporate cocksuckers trot this line out.
It still astounds me that not only did Soyny pay billions for Bungie but that multiple layers of management, marketing, etc no one raised enough of a fuss to question putting aside their only money maker for an extraction shooter of all things.
someone didn't play renegades introduction quests, which are fucking free and the game constantly annoys you to do it.
Correct like the entire rest of humanity I did not play Destiny 2 Renegades
It was absolutely a "dysfunctional, abusive relationship" game, not dissimilar from what you'd hear about from DBD veterans. "Fuck this game, fuck you guys, never playing it again, see you all again Saturday."
Don't forget that the DCV was announced at the same time as weapon sunsetting, and I don't think people were anywhere near as attached to old campaign content as they were to the gunz they'd ground for.
That's a shame. The original project payback was supposed to be a isometric looter shooter/ARPG incorporating aspects of Diablo, Helldiver's 1 and Monster Hunter. All to make a more approachable new entry point into the franchise. When it was canceled I was initially disappointed, but seeing it what it was twisted into I'm glad it never got past testing. Just another thing that Bungie ruined the potential of, add it to the pile.
In the industry, no one is allowed to dissent, they are ejected immediately, so no one does it.
The Destiny2Team reddit account has been around for a couple years. It was created after they faced backlash for some change that was being made so that it wouldn't be directed at a single person when communicating with the fanbase.
I still think it's genuinely insane they didn't make some extraction mode where you play as normal ass humans trying to scrounge for parts or whatever. They can't respawn, so there's your lore reason for why you lose all your shit. You don't have Light, so there's why you're a weak ass jobber getting your ass beat.
IIRC it was created after Deege/DmG4? got phone booked by r/destinythegame and they sent a bunch of pizzas to his house. They sued the reddit user and then created the Destiny2Team account to anonymize posts made by employees and so no one employee would be blamed for a poorly received post.
There is a mention of such place in Destiny lore by Drifter, I also think the very next cancelled DLC supposed to in Old Chicago and it had mysterious creature hunting Guardians (I assume killing the permanently). But technically as I know resurrection of Guardians are not fast process like in the game, so Guardians are already perfect in-game explanation for having same character across runs.