
The key word was "interpretation" (Destiny)
Sure, it sounds like that. So I'll admit that Bungie considered "who". That being said, I still think they made an incorrect interpretation of the data. The fact that so many people feel like the game still isn't balanced is empirical evidence of that incorrect interpretation.
What?
I could just as well argue that the game will be as close as possibly to perfectly balanced when absolutely no one thinks it is balanced. Even if some players, like yourself, are willing and able to actually form an opinion on the balancing by using passionless objectivity and statistical data, many other players would be reacting emotionally, seeing a nerf to their preferred gear as a negative change.
If Destiny could be perfectly balanced by a considered nerf, of varying degrees, to every item in the game, the community reaction would not reflect this. It would be overwhelmingly negative.
You're right-- it's a trust issue. Those who are convinced that Bungie is either dishonest, incompetent, or possibly both, will accept no rational explanation whatsoever for changes which are made, and will continue to hold up their armchair observations about the perfect game that could have been made if only more people would listen to them. It's been going on since the Halo 1 pistol.
Complete thread:
- I'm done with Crucible -
ChaosSociety,
2015-03-17, 05:07
- I'm happy suros is no longer mandatory - Durandal, 2015-03-17, 10:25
- I'm done with Crucible - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-17, 11:36
- Still not convinced by the AR nerf -
someotherguy,
2015-03-17, 14:04
- Still not convinced by the AR nerf -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-17, 17:35
- DYK for life...
- Robot Chickens, 2015-03-17, 17:36
- Exactly - someotherguy, 2015-03-17, 23:40
- DYK for life...
- Still not convinced by the AR nerf -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-17, 17:35
- I'm done with Crucible - iconicbanana, 2015-03-17, 14:10
- I've struggled with the extra nerfing to ARs, too -
BeardFade,
2015-03-17, 14:35
- This ^^^ - Kahzgul, 2015-03-17, 14:46
- Yeah, them numbers is BS. -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 15:15
- BS Example. -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 15:30
- You're going to want to stop posting -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 15:39
- You're going to want to stop posting -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 15:54
- You're going to want to stop posting -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 16:36
- You're going to want to stop posting -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 16:42
- You're going to want to stop posting - Earendil, 2015-03-17, 16:51
- You're going to want to stop posting -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 16:42
- You're going to want to stop posting -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 16:36
- Just posting to point out TTK =/= DPS - someotherguy, 2015-03-18, 00:05
- You're going to want to stop posting -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 15:54
- TTK isn't the only stat that matters -
Durandal,
2015-03-17, 16:29
- Very true. Practicality is big. -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 16:37
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 16:50
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 16:54
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 16:58
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
MacAddictXIV,
2015-03-17, 17:19
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-17, 17:25
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
MacAddictXIV,
2015-03-17, 17:48
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-17, 17:52
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? - MacAddictXIV, 2015-03-17, 17:59
- Crit isn't how I would have balanced it -
Durandal,
2015-03-17, 23:59
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-18, 00:08
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-18, 00:15
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. - iconicbanana, 2015-03-18, 00:24
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-18, 13:34
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-18, 13:42
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-18, 13:53
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-18, 14:02
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-18, 14:16
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. - iconicbanana, 2015-03-18, 14:20
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-18, 14:16
- I think we should be spastic AR toting friends.
- MacAddictXIV, 2015-03-18, 15:57
- + 1
- CruelLEGACEY, 2015-03-18, 16:41
- I think we should be spastic AR toting friends. -
MacAddictXIV,
2015-03-18, 18:30
- I approve of this plan - Durandal, 2015-03-19, 15:46
- + 1
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-18, 14:02
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-03-18, 13:53
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-18, 13:42
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-18, 00:15
- It might have been fine with less of a dmg nerf. -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-18, 00:08
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-17, 17:52
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
MacAddictXIV,
2015-03-17, 17:48
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? - iconicbanana, 2015-03-17, 20:11
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
Cody Miller,
2015-03-17, 17:25
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
MacAddictXIV,
2015-03-17, 17:19
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 16:58
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 16:54
- Would it have been better to just remove crits for AR's? -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 16:50
- Very true. Practicality is big. -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 16:37
- You're going to want to stop posting -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 15:39
- Yeah, them numbers is BS. - Earendil, 2015-03-17, 15:35
- BS Example. -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 15:30
- You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 15:28
- You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 15:38
- You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 15:43
- More a trust issue than a numbers issue. - iconicbanana, 2015-03-17, 15:47
- You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
Xenos,
2015-03-18, 00:35
- You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-18, 00:47
- You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
Xenos,
2015-03-18, 00:56
- *You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-18, 01:03
- *You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians - MacAddictXIV, 2015-03-18, 16:04
- *You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-18, 01:03
- You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
Xenos,
2015-03-18, 00:56
- You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-18, 00:47
- You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 15:43
- The key word was "interpretation" -
BeardFade,
2015-03-17, 16:20
- The key word was "interpretation" -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 16:43
- The key word was "interpretation" -
BeardFade,
2015-03-17, 17:09
- The key word was "interpretation" -
Robot Chickens,
2015-03-17, 17:30
- You're the best... around... nobodevgonihavmesaow... -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 20:45
- You're the best... around... nobodevgonihavmesaow... - Robot Chickens, 2015-03-17, 21:38
- You're the best... around... nobodevgonihavmesaow... -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 20:45
- The key word was "interpretation" -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 17:45
- What is "lethality"? - iconicbanana, 2015-03-17, 20:09
- The key word was "interpretation" - narcogen, 2015-03-18, 03:31
- The key word was "interpretation" -
Robot Chickens,
2015-03-17, 17:30
- The key word was "interpretation" -
BeardFade,
2015-03-17, 17:09
- The key word was "interpretation" -
Earendil,
2015-03-17, 16:43
- You guys and your simplifying of the Bungie statisticians -
iconicbanana,
2015-03-17, 15:38
- I've struggled with the extra nerfing to ARs, too - Cody Miller, 2015-03-17, 17:50
- I'm done with Crucible - Cody Miller, 2015-03-17, 17:30
- You forgot D -
someotherguy,
2015-03-18, 02:24
- You forgot D -
Ragashingo,
2015-03-18, 03:25
- Ha! I hadnt considered this.
- someotherguy, 2015-03-18, 11:38
- You forgot D - dogcow, 2015-03-18, 14:04
- Ha! I hadnt considered this.
- You forgot D -
Ragashingo,
2015-03-18, 03:25
- Fancy Airsoft Gun My Foot. -
Ragashingo,
2015-03-19, 01:45
- Fancy Airsoft Gun My Foot. -
Korny,
2015-03-19, 02:00
- Fancy Airsoft Gun My Foot. - Claude Errera, 2015-03-19, 14:00
- Fancy Airsoft Gun My Foot. -
Korny,
2015-03-19, 02:00