Bungie has revealed that the recent lack of communications with the Destiny player base is due to the rise of online harassment and death threats against the game’s developers and employees.
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The explanation came in response to a Reddit post that simply said “I miss seeing so many “Bungie Replied” threads here.” This, naturally, had sparked an argument with some people saying it’s a normal reaction to harassment and others arguing that the harassers are a minority of the community.
This has led to a Destiny Community Manager, dmg04, to respond and elaborate that the issue runs deeper than what can be seen on Twitter.
“Here’s the thing, the harassment we’ve spoken to isn’t just rude replies on twitter or vague comments. There have been real threats towards our people and our studio. We’re taking them seriously, which is leading to an amount of reduced communications as the team plans future protections / strategies to help avoid these sorts of things.” said Destiny Community Manager “I will be very clear in saying that I appreciate the studio in the amount that’s it’s helped me personally after some serious harassment towards me and my family. I’m taking time off in part because of this. Just because you can’t see it directly in a given tweet or forum reply doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen.”
He then clarifies that the recent measures weren’t meant to punish those who give respectful feedback, and that Bungie is already working on new ways to communicate with the Destiny community.