Board Thread:Destiny Forum/@comment-69.228.33.19-20140721002858/@comment-25548717-20150131122540

I think the OP gives far too much credit to Bungie in this instance.

One of the major criticisms of the game, from the outset, has been the sparsity of the plot. We have speculated here, in various discussions, that this may have been because Bungie lost one or two of their key employees during the game's development cycle - one of which was the lead writer...

Sorry to come across as critical. I really don't mean to be, and it's nice that you're raising these questions and sponsoring such a good discussion. However, in this specific case, on this specific topic, I don't think Bungie got close to this level of detail. That's absolutely not to say that future upgrades won't bring it along. After all, just look at the sales on the release day. They have the funds to spend another few years writing more content, extending the graphics capabilities, and building out the game architecture. All of the things we've talked about - like trading weapons and armour, more locations, expanding things like spaceflight to include an interactive experience... all this and more could happen in the future, and it's odds-on that Bungie will expand and develop the storyline to accommodate the functional changes they bring to the game.

But is it there now? No. Not even close.