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Bungie Community Managers report feedback on nerfs to Bungie

The Downfall of Destiny 2

00:00 - 00:03 We have released the TWAB.

00:04 - 00:05 It tells players about nerfs to Whisper, Sleeper and so on.

00:05 - 00:07 It tells them about how we’re nerfing Shards again

00:08 - 00:12 And the Orpheus Rigs and the Skull.

00:12 - 00:15 With no mention at all of hand cannon bloom.

00:17 - 00:19 Ah, yes, very good.

00:19 - 00:21 And how much did players love these great, strategic nerfs?

00:24 - 00:26 Sir. Players on Reddit

00:27 - 00:28 the Bungie forums and Twitter.... they...

00:31 - 00:33 ... they HATE these nerfs!

00:34 - 00:36 People are questioning if they should buy the next annual pass!

00:53 - 00:58 Everyone who hasn’t already quit or isn’t planning on quitting Bungie can go.

01:13 - 01:15 This is ridiculous!

01:15 - 01:17 They hate the nerfs???

01:18 - 01:23 Who are they, that they dare question our glorious nerfs!

01:25 - 01:28 Is this what it has come to?

01:29 - 01:31 That the players hate nerfs?

01:31 - 01:34 You’re telling me they actually like fun, powerful exotics and supers?

01:34 - 01:37 That they like to be rewarded for

01:37 - 01:40 the time they put into playing the game?

01:40 - 01:42 Well of course they hate the nerfs. They…

01:42 - 01:46 They what??? LIKE FUN???

01:46 - 01:48 Well of course they do!

01:48 - 01:52 That’s utterly ridiculous!

01:53 - 01:54 Vanilla Destiny 2 was amazing on launch.

01:56 - 01:57 Did you see its review scores?

01:57 - 02:00 They were way up on Destiny 1!

02:00 - 02:03 Everything was nerfed to shit at that point.

02:04 - 02:08 Dual primaries was amazing!

02:08 - 02:13 That’s why we started nerfing Sleeper, Shards, and supers.

02:14 - 02:16 The streamers kept telling us that that’s what we had to do! Don’t the streamers represent the actual players?

02:17 - 02:21 Streamers say we should nerf something, we nerf it!

02:27 - 02:29 That’s the way it’s always worked and everyone’s happy!

02:30 - 02:34 Despite us putting every conceivable obstacle in the way of their fun.

02:34 - 02:36 And still they keep playing!

02:41 - 02:42 Remember “Forever 29?”

02:43 - 02:47 Or T1riot getting his 1k Voices after 101 raid clears?

02:48 - 02:53 If they like fun why do they keep putting up with such bullshit RNG?

02:54 - 02:56 Fine! If they hate nerfs, let’s double down!

02:56 - 02:59 Nerf everything!

03:00 - 03:02 Nerf Outbreak Perfected! That’ll show them!

03:04 - 03:07 Don’t worry. They won’t dare nerf Outbreak Perfected.

03:14 - 03:16 I just don’t understand our players.

03:19 - 03:23 If they don’t like nerfs, I guess we should probably try to win them back

03:25 - 03:26 Otherwise sales of the new annual pass will tank.

03:31 - 03:33 And without Papa Activision’s money, we’re doomed.

03:40 - 03:46 Put out a roadmap every month telling them what they want to hear.

03:46 - 03:49 And release a video with a buffed AC/D0 that makes enemies explode when punched.