Senior Developers Leave Bungie

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It has been a…tumultuous month for staff departures at Bungie to say the least, and even if people appear to be leaving on good terms, fans are starting to get nervous all the same. Yesterday brought the news that two high-profile figures at Bungie were leaving the developer, Joe Blackburn, the former raid lead who was promoted to “broader responsibilities” this past November, and narrative lead Jill Scharr who worked on the well-received Forsaken story. Both announced their departures within ten minutes of each other on Twitter at the end of the workday, and had nothing but praise for their time at Bungie.

And yet these two are joining weapon specialist Jon Weisnewski and sandbox design lead Josh Hamrick who left the company at the same time almost exactly a month ago. That makes four key departures in less than 30 days, and fans are starting to wonder…if something might be up.
 
People are in for a rude awakening if they don't see what is happening at Bungie. Destiny 2 has been slowly declining for a long time now.

-They've still completely ignored fans on balancing PVP (leaving only the pro Youtube streamers happy)
-They've not put any real loot into the game in months. Every "season" there's a single quest for a single gun. They've completely forgotten what a loot shooter is about.