I will make an effort to keep OPs fact-based... (Destiny)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Wednesday, August 12, 2015, 17:48 (3489 days ago) @ Kahzgul

If that's what you need to do to tone it down, then please do. Thanks. However, you can use skills like tact to be less insulting. If your friend made a cake and you didn't like it, but she put her heart and soul into it, you wouldn't be so mean about it. You can talk about what you like and don't like about the game like a considerate person.

If I paid my friend $80 for that cake, I'd be pretty upset with my friend, too. I'm sorry that you think I'm not a considerate person. I happen to think that I have valid opinions and a right to be upset. It's okay, I'm taking steps to prevent this in the future by vowing never to pre-order again. Destiny is not the only game that hasn't lived up to the hype of late, and it won't be the last. It is, however, hugely disappointing to me to see a studio I have idolized for more than twenty years turn out to just be mortal after all. It's a huge blow. I hope you can understand that, even if you disagree with my opinions.

They've always been mortal. You assuming they weren't isn't their fault.

After the big blow up here the other week I've heard talk of watching out for the negativity police--the implication being that we can't be negative and express negative opinions about aspects of Destiny. That's never been the case.

What has been the case is that frequent posters have been gratuitous in their negativity, expressing the same points ad nauseam and seldom missing an opportunity to infect a thread or post with snarky comments about the game, presenting their judgments as indisputable facts by virtue of their repetition (and in some regard that's felt true). It's not a matter of the rest of us not having the courage of our convictions that this persistent negativity affects the tone of the forum. We're social creatures, and we're inevitably affected by who we hang around. Sometimes I think fans who stopped posting had the right idea, but what's weird is this is a fan site, not a grousers site. The grousers are the ones who usually move on.