{"id":58354,"date":"2023-11-30T14:56:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T14:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/30\/destiny-2-starter-pack-removed-from-sale-after-massive-fan-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T16:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:28:54","slug":"destiny-2-starter-pack-removed-from-sale-after-massive-fan-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/30\/destiny-2-starter-pack-removed-from-sale-after-massive-fan-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Future 2 Starter Pack Eliminated From Sale After Large Fan Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An enormous fan backlash has brought on\u00a0<em>Future 2\u00a0<\/em>developer Bungie to tug the sport&#8217;s new Starter Pack from sale.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Destiny2Team\/status\/1730010653241618890\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a post on X<\/a> (previously often called Twitter), Bungie says that it has been &#8220;monitoring the dialog&#8221; round what followers like and what they do not like after yesterday&#8217;s Season of the Want launch.<\/p>\n<p>A part of what followers apparently aren&#8217;t having fun with is the Starter Pack, which Bungie says &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t be one thing bringing pleasure&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/techraptor.net\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_inline_desktop\/public\/images\/destiny-2-starter-pack-the-final-shape.jpg?itok=hl8o0Vnm 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/techraptor.net\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_inline_mobile\/public\/images\/destiny-2-starter-pack-the-final-shape.jpg?itok=iNAqz5Tj 1x\" media=\"(max-width: 991px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"60c821e5-e48c-4fdf-a2b7-42eaa0c6eeda\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/techraptor.net\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_inline_mobile\/public\/images\/destiny-2-starter-pack-the-final-shape.jpg?itok=iNAqz5Tj\" alt=\"A Guardian leaping to attack an enemy with a double-bladed axe-style weapon in Destiny 2\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"\/><\/picture><figcaption>Bungie is &#8220;monitoring the dialog&#8221; on the subject of\u00a0<em>Future 2<\/em>&#8216;s latest additions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response to destructive participant suggestions, Bungie has pulled the Starter Pack from shops, acknowledging that &#8220;there are different components of\u00a0<em>Future 2<\/em>&#8221; new gamers ought to begin with earlier than &#8220;chasing these Unique weapons, cosmetics, and improve supplies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As identified in a narrative by IGN, previous to the pack&#8217;s elimination, it had attracted satirical person tags like &#8220;Capitalism&#8221;, &#8220;Crime&#8221;, and &#8220;Psychological Horror&#8221; on Steam, in addition to a &#8220;Blended&#8221; person ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Per Forbes&#8217; Paul Tassi, the pack in query, which contained three Unique weapons, three beauty objects, and a few improve supplies, was &#8220;actively misleading&#8221; and contained objects that had been largely ineffective or straightforward to earn in\u00a0<em>Future 2<\/em>&#8216;s present meta.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/techraptor.net\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_inline_desktop\/public\/images\/destiny-2-starter-pack-removed-the-final-shape-2.jpg?itok=H15I3vV2 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/techraptor.net\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_inline_mobile\/public\/images\/destiny-2-starter-pack-removed-the-final-shape-2.jpg?itok=EDez1Dwa 1x\" media=\"(max-width: 991px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"4260dbd1-61f9-4099-bb7d-7e07fcb96f4e\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/techraptor.net\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/content_inline_mobile\/public\/images\/destiny-2-starter-pack-removed-the-final-shape-2.jpg?itok=EDez1Dwa\" alt=\"A Guardian holding a bladed weapon aloft in Destiny 2\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"\/><\/picture><figcaption>Gamers have responded negatively to\u00a0<em>Future 2<\/em>&#8216;s Starter Pack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to addressing the Starter Pack, Bungie additionally <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Destiny2Team\/status\/1730011033589412100\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">responded to negative feedback<\/a> relating to &#8220;asking gamers to return to the Blind Effectively as a part of the primary week&#8217;s story&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The studio says gamers will not want to return every week, and that you will solely be returning as soon as in Week 6, with the Blind Effectively switching to &#8220;an opt-in exercise&#8221; after that time.<\/p>\n<p>Unfavorable suggestions for the Starter Pack comes at a foul time for Bungie. Earlier this week, the studio formally introduced a delay for upcoming enlargement\u00a0<em>The Ultimate Form<\/em>, pushing it from February to June.<\/p>\n<p>The additional time will, Bungie says, enable the builders to craft an &#8220;even larger and bolder imaginative and prescient&#8221; for the enlargement pack.<\/p>\n<p>Bungie additionally apparently laid off round 100 workers\u00a0in October after poor gross sales and low participant retention for the controversial\u00a0<em>Future 2\u00a0<\/em>enlargement\u00a0<em>Lightfall<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to attend and see what lies in\u00a0<em>Future 2<\/em>&#8216;s future. 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