FreeFalling

34 | Shooting other Guardians since 2014 | Husband & A Father |
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@kallsyms I'm so ready

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@cuteonlyvibes Destiny

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@knitehawk 9/10 I think I'd try to run iron reach and Icarus mod tho.

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@MyNameIsByf Pvpwise? Rifled/smooth, accurized, slickdraw, opening shot/iron reach/closing time. Range MW. Don't put a QD mod slickdraw gives you like. 100 handling. Use range/Icarus (my personal favorite). GL my friend. 🫡

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@SSG_Jonny So basically FL has already "built in" full choke perks. Therefore rifled/smooth, accurized, slickdraw, opening shot and range MW. You can use the QD mod but slickdraw gives you like a 100 handling anyways. So id go for Icarus.

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@sparebender Did smoothbore got fixed to be actual good now?

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@GernaderJake Rocking this wallpaper since launch.

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@thisfreefall Took the words straight out of my mouth. Destiny was the reason I'm still here. 12y ago my dad died, nothing seemed possible or to work out. I've battled depression. Destiny helped me get through these dark times. & Accompanied me til my life went back on track & 2 present time

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We keep showing up. We keep being respectfully loud about Destiny. We’re guardians - we are used to waiting months for more content. We aren’t going ANYWHERE!
🪧🪧🪧 #WeWantDestiny 🪧🪧🪧
#Destiny2 #SaveDestiny #D3

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@trulyyblu Blu, don't hurry to bury Destiny. Sony aren't stupid. I'm pretty sure they're rebuilding Bungie and then make moves. 99% that D3 is a go they just can't say anything yet until all the pieces are in place in this chess board.

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@thisfreefall Sad sad day

[Gazz @Gazz_54]

Even the voice actor for the Guardian in both Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 hates Marathon.

Let that sink in. The person who literally voiced the character millions of people played for over a decade is publicly against Bungie’s new direction. They killed support for Destiny 2, the game that could still make them money, just to push Marathon — a game that’s already dead.

This isn’t just bad business anymore. It’s actually embarrassing how disconnected Bungie has become from the people who actually care about their games.

Who else thinks this is the final nail in the coffin for the Destiny franchise?

#Destiny2 #Bungie #Marathon

[Divide @DivideGaming21]

Imagine your ultimate goal was to grow and remain independant as a multi-IP studio only to destroy the studio entirely.

- THE RISE -
It's 1991, Bungie was founded and made Marathon (not an extraction shooter)

It's now 2000, Microsoft buys Bungie, Halo becomes huge, Bungie wanted independence, they leave Halo with Microsoft to sign a publishing deal with Activision in 2010 to make a new franchise "Destiny"

- THE PEAK -
Push forward to 2014, Destiny launches big but incomplete, heavy criticism for story, repetition and cut content but no other game on the market felt as good as Destiny, players kept coming back each content drop.

It's now 2017, Destiny 2 launches, Bungie were "weeks" away from shutting down but they over-delivered with Forsaken in 2018 with help from other studios, it saved Destiny 2 (for now)

In 2019, Bungie and Activision split, Bungie had full control without publisher safety nets and now had to fund itself but Bungie got free.

In 2020, the pandemic hit, everyone was playing games and staying at home. Quantitative easing began, money supply was expanding globally at a rapid rate. Bungie resorted to over-hiring, expanding the studio. beginning multiple incubation projects, they scaled for temporary numbers thinking the pandemic would last forever.

- THE DECLINE -
In 2021, Destiny 2 introduced the Destiny Content Vault, removing the majority of core content, damaging its reputation and making the new player experience overwhelmingly bad.

In 2022, Sony accuired Bungie for $3.6B, Sony saw Microsoft and other major companies buying up live-service studios and publishers and didn't want to miss out of having none, so they bought Bungie at an over-valued price on the promise of Bungie having multiple successful live service games and their "expertise" of live service knowledge, at the time, Sony had planned to release over 12 live service games by 2025.

Bungie's former CEO Pete Parsons decides to buy vintage cars. Bungie also expanded their studio to a new HQ of over 208,000sq. ft, hoping to expand into the Film & TV industry with Destiny-related content.

In 2023, Lightfall launched with strong numbers, but was a disaster and failed to hit revenue targets by 45%. It resulted in layoffs, morale collapse, and players disengaging from the game with a rapid player falloff. The game in itself by this point hit the peak of monetization chaos, overpriced cosmetics and bundles and a very complicated new player experience that felt overwhelming.

In 2024, The Final Shape launched, it saved reputation but failed financially, the playerbase sunk rapidly as players felt their journey was complete. It resulted in more layoffs. Bungie's focus shifted towards Marathon while advertising a new "Episodic Structure" that was basically just Seasons but less content, and less frequent, at the same price.

- THE DEATH SPIRAL -
In 2025, Bungie lost it's trust again, stolen artwork for Marathon, lawsuits, etc, while it's new Destiny saga with The Edge of Fate expansion failed to even achieve a third of Final Shape's player count. It was clear things were only getting worse as content continues to get smaller and less frequent. The day 1 raid was a disaster with over 70% of day 1 clears being cheated.

Renegades launched in December of 2025, player numbers were even worse than Edge of Fate.

In 2026, Marathon launched as a "great game" but failed financially, it launched as an Extraction Shooter, which wasn't what the first game in the 90s was. It was built for trend-chasing, not for sustaining a world that players want on a long-term basis. Marathon's launch resulted in Destiny 2's major update being delayed, and eventually, cancelling Destiny 2's Live Service game permnantly.

By June 2026, Destiny recieved it's final live service update the Monument of Triumph. The end of Destiny 2 which no longer gets anymore updates.

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(ok just speculation lol)
In September 2026, Marathon launches it's third Season, introducing new ways to play with expanded PVE content, it fails to attract a new audience and bring players back, it's downtrend of player numbers continues.

By 2027, Bungie starts losing Marathon devs, with more layoffs, a smaller strcture to how Marathon recieves content and Bungie starts to dissolve into Sony.

By early 2028, Destiny 1 and 2 Servers go offline, Marathon continues to remain with a niche playerbase, but the company's size by this point has been massivly reduced which talent moved into other studios within Sony.

By 2029, the global money supply expands rapidly, higher risk-on assets become volatile, Sony greenlights a new Destiny project with a release date expected by late 2030s.

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@Bungie This can't be the end. 💔

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Ran into this Gem 😂

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@WishYouLuckk I actually loved it.

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@thisfreefall Never thought Guardian Trump would be in my 2026 cards but here we are LOL. MDGA! Make Destiny Great Again!

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Wasn't in my cards for 2026 but WTH 😂

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Eyes Up, Guardians 🇺🇸

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The Destiny community feels like nothing is getting addressed, even tho the huge support & petition. The Silence from Sony/Bungie feels brutal, but this isn’t over.
This is the real test, can Destiny stay relevant after the update hype fades?
Be patient & consistent. It's a test.

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@The_KozmicKat @Zavallr Welp if d1 is still running so will D2. Keep playing, were on a test here on how long we will run before the "hype period" will go out. Then we'll see Sony reaction to the whole thing..