In a recent Eurogamer chat with Connor Makar, Megan Everett — appearing in coverage tied to the Warframe side — said plainly that "no one is celebrating" the unraveling of Destiny 2.
Earlier this month Bungie shipped the final content drop, wrapping up a decade-plus thread of sci-fi storytelling. For many players it landed like a sudden stop: Bungie shifted people and money toward its new shooter-as-a-service Marathon (e.g., new live teams) and other internal projects, leaving the old story to wind down.
That shift will likely help competitors such as Warframe — communities and playstyles overlap a lot, i.e., fans jump between gear-driven PvE shooters and live-service worlds. Still, Everett struck a somber note rather than a celebratory one. She called Destiny 2’s move into what she sees as maintenance mode “heartbreaking” and “shocking,” and added that having rivals tends to make everyone try harder.
I speak for myself personally, but I know many would agree with me. No one is happy about what happened to Destiny, its players, and its story. I know we've been compared as "direct competitors" and so on. But I think a game is healthy when it has competitors, and the Destiny developers have done an amazing job trying to develop the story regardless of the situation they found themselves in.