Destiny 2 data miner admits to trolling community with fake subscription news
For games like Destiny 2, data miners play a very important role. They go through innumerable lines of code to uncover hidden secrets with respect to content that is scheduled to come into the game. The credibility of a data miner always depends upon the information they provide and how accurate that information is.
However, in a recent turn of events, a certain data miner within the Destiny 2 community posted some information that spread like wildfire. This information left most Guardians distraught and worried about the fate of the game itself, following which the individuals apologized for the same. But what was this information?
A few days back, data miners revealed that Bungie was planning to implement an alleged subscription service with the Destiny 2 Lightfall expansion. Revealed first on their Discord server, it wasn't too long before the information spilled out, sending the community into a frenzy.
While a certain part of the community was okay with having a subscription-based service, many players were against the idea. However, the data miners finally revealed on their Discord that the information was false and it was a prank.
They added that there wasn't any malicious intent behind this prank of theirs. They also mentioned that the information is related to the current season, in this case, the Season of the Seraph is the only thing that can be data mined.
The fallout from this incident can be looked at from two separate perspectives. The first issue is this: a major part of the community depends a lot on data miners for information about upcoming content in Destiny 2. Now, with this incident coming to light, it will take a lot of work to rely on the information brought forward by data miners. Not all data miners
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