The key word was "interpretation" (Destiny)

by narcogen , Andover, Massachusetts, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 03:31 (3775 days ago) @ BeardFade

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.