Bungie is probably still reeling from underwhelming reception received by Destiny 2: Lightfall. You can be sure that the devs are busy working on what comes next, in an attempt to turn the tide back in their favour. However, this not only requires putting out a good product, but also marketing it well. Bungie chooses to do this by inviting community members to Community Summits.However, the risk in doing so is that someone could possibly leak information you don't yet want to go out to the general public. That's precisely what happened after Bungie's latest Community Summit, as information about Destiny 2's upcoming Season of the Deep made its way to the public. It was evident that the information was leaked by a community member who was a part of the summit.In response to the leaks, Bungie put out a message on Twitter, talking about trust. "Community interaction and engagement is central to Bungie and our games," said the Tweet." For years, we've invited creators and other members of the community to confidential summits to provide feedback on the future of Destiny. This is a beloved part of the process, but relies heavily on trust.""Breaches of this trust could result in our inability to hold more summits. We take these breaches extremely seriously and are taking actions to reinforce our policies with those invited to these internal meetings." What this sounds like is that Bungie might be a bit more selective with the invitee list next time, and may even ask attendees to sign an NDA, if they weren't already.
Destiny 2 community manager, Liana Ruppert went on to add, "Sometimes this job hurts. I don’t think people realize how attached to folks we are. As a human, not employee: when that trust is betrayed, it *hurts*. Same thing when I was a talent manager: it’s hard when you genuinely care. And we do. Please don’t abuse that trust."
This isn't the only strong statement that Bungie has released recently. The developer spoke out against players using accessibility tools to gain an advantage in Destiny 2's PvP modes. While these tools have been created to level the playing field, it seems some players have been using them to one-up other players.
"Bungie embraces the use of external accessibility aids that enable an experience the game designers intended but will take action, including bans, on people who abuse these tools specifically to gain an advantage over other players," said a sternly worded statement by Bungie.
The developer warned that players who do so will be banned. "Simply using an accessibility aide to play Destiny 2, where a player could not play otherwise, would not be a violation of this policy. Using these tools to mitigate challenges all players face, such as reducing recoil or increasing aim assist, would be a violation."