Destiny 2 lead admits the MMO is terrible at onboarding new players after deleting the first third of the game

Destiny 2 lead admits the MMO is terrible at onboarding new players after deleting the first third of the game - VideoGamer

Destiny 2 associate game director Robbie Stevens admits that onboarding in the game is terrible for new players.

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Destiny 2’s own team is finally waving the white flag on its clunky newbie experience. Assistant game director Robbie Stevens owned up to ten years of terrible onboarding, blaming everything from locked-away story content to relentless, confusing pop-ups. With player counts plummeting, Bungie’s latest expansion, Edge of Fate, is meant to be the first step toward making the MMO feel welcoming again.

Instead of tossing fresh Guardians straight into seasonal grind, Bungie’s trimming those annoying in-game ads, streamlining tutorials (a.k.a. New Light), and planning a curated “best of” intro that actually tells the whole Red Wars–to–Forsaken saga. It’s still early days, but if they nail this, even someone who’s never touched a shooter might actually stick around.