Honestly, this new era of Bungie under Tyson Green, and EoF in general, is way beyond tone deaf. Bungie has always been kinda/sorta tone-deaf, as in nerfing things that didn't need it and the occasional bug; but this version is in a completely different league. There isn't even a word for this kind of tone-deaf, they're basically blind, deaf and dumb at this point. They have no clue what they're doing, both in gauging what players want, what players will enjoy and especially the delivery with more bugs than ever. Everything they've done since EoF released, and it's a long list that's too long to list now, has either divided the community, lowered the population to dangerous levels, and has been the exact polar opposite to everything we've asked for. Crafting, Engram focusing, tonics, oscillation, power level grind, the portal, featured exotics, new gear bonuses, avant garde, now call to arms, etc etc etc. I wouldn't be surprised if they've spent more time apologizing, backtracking terrible changes/nerfs, and making big promises than actually fixing what they broke and developing new content! Every new update gets more wrong than right, and breaks more than it fixes, which yes, has always been Bungie's signature; but it's just at a completely new level now. Well, at least they're evolving? They'll probably get things back on track sometime during renegades, then start the cycle over again with whatever comes next. This is their yearly cycle, pretty much since lightfall. But at least the previous regime gave us TFS and witch Queen, this new skeleton crew regime, post-layoffs, just has no clue what they're doing or what their players want. Call to arms is the perfect example and all the proof one would need of this. Wherever they've been getting their "player feedback" up until now, if anywhere, they need to stop "listening" to those "players."

I just came back to try Destiny after a break and thought id try the salt mines. Cleared 2 anchors but in the 2nd anchor room a mob is stuck in the wall and will not spawn. All that work only for a mob to get stuck in a wall forcing me to restart, this isnt easy either for someone out of the loop with all the meta builds etc. Way to go bungie...thanks

They especially screw up the communication part. If they had been upfront that Light level would impact scoring and that reaching 550 would give you an edge people would have felt less taken aback by the news. But for people in the 300-400 grinding 100 level and scoring in the top 10% is gonna require a lot of investment. Thats the frustrating part I guess. At the same time, remember it’s just for the helmet, everyone else still gets good loot.

I only did 10% scores on Salt Mines and Proving Grounds and am good with just those for the helmet. I hope some sweaty assclowns don't ruin it for the rest of us by getting some score like 4 million and shove us casuals out of the 50 points bracket in those 🤣

I gave Destiny 2 a chance last weekend and played a little while. Yesterday I tried Call to Arms in the Salt Mines. I put on the best I had and started the game. I hoped it would feel engaging, that I could relax, shoot some bad guys and fairly quickly be done with it and then make dinner. But I died, died, died and dined. The areas where full of drone-protected enemies, yellow bar enemies and a big boss in every room. Some "normal" enemies. Then I got kicked out of the game in the midddle of it. I noticed that you only have so many lives. Well, for me it does not feel engaging. I don't have the best gear, My build is not perfect and will never be. I don't have the time to play so much, and on the side watch YouTubers how to play the event and what weapons and armour you'll need, and then play to get those weapons and armour and then lastly play the event. I know good players with good builds can quickly finish it, but that is not me. So that was the first time I played Call to Arms as well as the last. I don't like the concept of punishing the players and making the time they spent in the game feel worthless.

Oh it is punishing. I can't even get through salt mines. I am not good and have crap for gear, which happen when you take a 300LL box and raise a bunch of tier 1 and tier 2 gear to 300 LL. It is not and cannot replace the Tier 3 and 4 gear you should be playing with. I can't complete master level activities so i get no gear and after a few tries I just log out, not worth even attempting. Bungie can keep this POS expansion, they lost my business permanently!!!

[quote] Right now, Call to Arms feels more like a divider than a community event. It should be something that unites all Guardians — PvP and PvE alike[/quote] That’s basically Guardian Games

Ghost writer theory strikes again… It’s a half baked competition… for people who want to compete. Just run the strike bro lol