Braken

OK guys, cut it out. You're derailing the thread way too much. It appears the majority of the people asking for leaderboards do not want gameplay-affecting items locked behind them. This is perfectly fine, and for their sake, I do hope DE listens and implements a leaderboard system for this coming operation. Lets just accept that people have differing opinions on the rest, and leave it at that.

The Dex items are re-released every anniversary, along with a new one. So bad example there. And the Braton Vandal is supposed to be available through the upcoming relay rebuilding event. The Mara Detron also has a chance to show up each time Baro comes around. Also, none of those were tied in with event performance the first time they came around. People aren't saying there should be no rewards for challenges, just that any leaderboard/clan performance-based rewards should be purely cosmetic. P.S. Best not to mention the Founder's Primes, as discussions about those tend to get rather... heated. I will say I'm entirely for them becoming available to the public, though. But that's all I'll say about them.

Discussed, but never acted on. And this has been for YEARS.

There's enough content gated behind clans as it is. Be happy with what you have already. You're only proving sh00chu's point about the toxic people these things attract... The ONLY things that should be awards for "pushing" ones-self are cosmetics. Nothing that affects gameplay in any way should be locked behind "leaderboards".

Yep. It's been in open beta for over 3 years now. It's amazing how much has changed.

They've gone later than that before. Much later.

They definitely do have passion. They've worked overnight on getting many of the game's major updates out.

Knowing the devs, they'll be working overtime. They already are right now.

A "few times before" is a bit of an understatement. Most, if not all, of the major updates have not been released exactly on time. So I'm honestly not surprised about this one. The best thing for people to do right now would be to either go to sleep, or do something else. Then check back in tomorrow. Sitting here in the forums while your waiting just makes the wait more stressful.

Oh, I agree. What I said was mainly aimed at AAA studios. Small/indie devs (Like DE) are the way to go nowadays, it seems.

I'm going to go off topic here, but I feel this needs saying. "How good they have it now."? Really? If anything, the gaming industry is almost at an all-time low. Hek, I'm only 24, but I miss the days of games that were released 100% complete and full-blown expansion packs were a thing. Now? Just look at some of the biggest games that just came out, like Halo 5 and Star Wars Battlefront. So little content compared to their predecessors, and in Battlefront's case, pre-determined DLC that costs WAY too much, and should've been added to the game from the start.

So no one falls for it: Check the date on that post. It was from July.

Ahem... Update: We are optimistic and focused, hammering out a few fixes. Today is still the day. And, in what you read: See you Thursday morning with more information!

Read the first post again...

Guys, look at the first post for updates.