A tale of Memes, Full Sets, and Nostalgia.

Hi guys,

It's been a little while since I did a long post, life has gotten busier as the years pass and I'm not wandering the streets as often as I used to, so to speak.

At time of writing, there are over 170k users subscribed to this subreddit. That is a lot of you, I remember when those numbers were tiny. I know in full knowledge that pleasing everyone is impossible, especially a fanbase as diverse as Destiny's, but I have some thoughts on recent events around these parts.

# The line between Destiny 1 and 2 is so very thin...

In recent times, the discussion of Destiny 1 Armour vs Destiny 2 Armour has gotten rather vocal. This leads to a general question of which is better, but **There is no objective answer to this question.**

You can write as many memes or thought posts as you might like, it will not change this reality. We are also not an official portal for Bungie feedback, the influence of memes stops with the fans alone.

Everyone has their preferences - I miss shoulder plates on Warlocks myself, they were cool. But I also really like my D2 armour.

I don't want to silence discussion on what points of armour design people liked - if you liked D1 armour more, articulate why that is, what about it looks cool; and Post your favourite D1 guardians from time to time, don't let the flame of D1 ever die out, there was a lot of cool armour in that game, it's the reason this community exists afterall.

But the war between the two has to end, embrace both sides. Conflict between them is pointless and achieves nothing, no matter which you think is better.

# Full Sets

Yes. These are allowed.

Yes. These get upvoted.

Yes. That's ok.

Whilst I will always encourage and commend creativity, armour sets have pieces that were designed to go together. We are mixing and matching pre-built assets and colours from the wonderful design team at Bungie.

No everyone who upvotes on these sets is here every day, and might not have seen the past few iterations. Not everyone will have a keen eye for every armour

I encourage you to be the change you want to see. Post your own creative set. Upvote and comment on a set you think shows particularly unique flair.

#Memes

I don't want to have to totally crack down on memes - they're a tool of modern expression of shared humour and cultural understanding, in this instance of armour in Destiny.

They get upvoted because people like them. They generate discussions about topics. They are a good thing in the grand scope.

But they aren't the focus of this community either. We are not a meme subreddit, there's already /r/destinymemes, /r/okbuddyguardian and even /r/destiny2 for that.

In the weeks to come I'll keep a more active eye on the memes - if they begin to take over the subreddit too much, we may have to take some action to keep the vision of the sub in-line with its intent; but to me moderating is not about curating a community to a specific end goal, and we don't want to have to silence a piece of internet culture to keep this vision.

# What am I really saying here?

In short - I don't like being 'the mean parent'. I don't want myself, or the other mods, to have to sit down and silence people, that is not in the spirit of community I want to see on the internet.

For a community of this size, y'all are actually pretty well behaved, I don't feel like myself and the other mods have to intervene very often, and for that I want to say a massive thank you.

And I hope it can stay this way, so that /d/DestinyFashion is a place everyone can enjoy sharing on - not a warzone for arguments over D1 and D2, not a place we chastise others for what doesn't appeal to us.