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Best way to improve relations with the community is to get some sleep on launch day for The New Hotness(TM) and then jump right into matchmaking with us the day after.
It's been far too long, and they've kept us in the dark for so long. Bungie is near and dear to my heart, and yet I feel so "distant" from them in a sense, when it comes to developers.
I've got devs from BioWare, Epic Games, Naughty Dog, Ubisoft and even 343 Industries that I routinely chat with, and yet few of any from Bungie even communicate.
After launch of Mass Effect 3, I was playing multiplayer with the lead writers, producers etc. Giving them ideas, talking with them. Heck, I was one of the first to badger them about a retaking Omega storyline. And voila, a few months later it's now a DLC about to come out. They said it's because they listen to fans, but when I asked them, the producer and writer who responded said it was an interesting idea. When I brought it up again during a multiplayer session, he said he passed the idea down to the writing department and that it could work and that I was one of a few players/fans who mentioned this.
Now I'm not trying to brag or nothing, but even though I have nothing to do with the games industry or what they do, it feels like you become part of the game with them.
I've chatted with Neil Davidge (score for Halo 4), Sam Hulick (score for Mass Effect 2,3) and yet I have never gotten a single reply from Marty.
Obviously Bungie is hard at work, but how could a studio who was renowned for their community, who have probably the best site out of any dev I've ever known feel so distant?