I can't help but feel like these detracting posts are from people who don't even stop to think about their complaints.
- At length, they have addressed why they have not, and will not, implement a chat system in Destiny. You can cry and moan about being "forced" to LFG on an app or website all you want, but that's seriously a "first world problem" to cry about. Since the game's release, I joined one of THOUSANDS of Discord channels dedicated to helping people make/find groups for the Nightfall and the Raid. I literally open Discord, in that aforementioned channel, and I type "@everyone LFG for raid, 2 spots open" and I am literally flooded with requests. This is an excuse for your laziness or you simply don't want to find a group, nothing more. The game is not broken for it. The game is better off without a in-game chat. It would turn into Overwatch, and let's face it, that game's community/chat is garbage. I've never used it, and the game is just fine. If you want to play the game, play it. If you want to find excuses for why you're not playing, well, let me know how that works out for you.
The game is entertaining enough to me to justify pressing Alt+Tab and typing in Discord. Claiming that's "too much" is really a ridiculous claim, since most of us play other games that require us to use a VOIP. Imagine if people made this much of a stink about World of Warcraft not having a functioning in-game voice chat.
- The other point I'd like to address is that everyone still thinks, and believes, a video game, in total, should cost $60. Games have costed relatively the same for a decade. Technology evolves, prices get inflated. I feel like everyone expects game prices to remain the same. Paying $60 for a game and 2-3 months later paying $15 for more content that keeps me busy isn't as bad as some of you pretend it is. I understand not everyone has that kind of money, but if you don't have $15 to spend on something that will entertain you for at least a week, I don't think you should be complaining to Destiny like it's their problem. You're just broke. It's not like they're asking for another $60. I make over $15/hour, so if I were to start huffing and puffing about how I can't be bothered to spend that much on a game that's going to entertain me for days, possibly weeks, it just feels borderline disingenuous. I don't expect everyone to have that same sentiment, but c'mon, grandstanding about it? Really? It's $15. People buy Blu-Ray discs for $25 and watch the movie once... How can $15 for a game expansion be too much?
Some of these complaints just feel like they're complaints because that's what's trendy to do these days. "Let's complain and whine about something until I get my way."
These aren't terrible, atrocious business practices.