A pair of datamaniacs who discovered that a Destiny 2 subscription service was planned admitted that they were merely "trolling" when they discovered that a Destiny 2 subscription service was planned.

Like many free-to-play games, Destiny 2's base game is free, but there is a mountain of additional content such as expansions, season passes, and cosmetics that people can put money into if they like. Last week, however, D2 Datamines Discord (via The Game Post (opens in new tab)) discovered a file that shows that Bungie had plans (which have since been scrapped) to incorporate multiple types of premium subscription tiers into Destiny 2, as It was revealed that.

There was no information on pricing or content, but it was expected that the subscriptions would somehow be tied to the launch of the major "Lightfall" expansion, which would appear on February 28.

Reaction to the report seemed divided: not everyone was overjoyed at the addition of a subscription option to an already deeply monetized game, but some players thought it was a good idea, especially for new players.

"New players will be able to access 'all content' with the Forsaken Pack ($19.99), Shadowkeep ($29.99), Beyond Light ($39.99), Witch Queen ($39.99), Lightfall ($49.99), plus two dungeon passes ($20 each) for a total of about $220, which you would think is a little steep," redditor Ross2552 (opens in new tab) wrote." Meanwhile, introduce a subscription that gives you access to all content while it is active. It will probably be popular, and new players will be more likely to jump in."

"I hope it succeeds." FlyingWhale44 (opens in new tab) writes." I know it would be a lot easier to get my friends into this game if they could get a sub for a few months and check out instead of me saying, "Oh, that, I need to buy X for that.""

"I hope it works," FlyingWhale44 (opens tab) wrote.

It could go either way. The whole thing was a joke, a troll, a lie, and Elliott of the D2 Dataminers Discord (opens in new tab) made it all up in a now-deleted statement captured and shared on Twitter by DestinyTracker He admitted to making the whole thing up.

"I was going to leave it at that, but it got really big and some people outside the server are actually concerned, so I wanted to formally apologize and admit that I trolled everyone," Elliott wrote. 'This will probably offend a lot of people, but it was all meant to be done without malice.'

Elliott also promised that future "joke posts" would be labeled as such.

The message has since been deleted, but another message was posted on Discord's "Datamines" channel admitting that it was all a joke.

"It was really immature of me to allow a made-up rumor to spread that far and outside the Discord server," Elliott wrote.

"I take full responsibility for my actions and should never have used my platform the way I did. Joke or not. I am sorry to anyone who is still upset about this."

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One should be careful about telling "jokes" when one is in a position of authority or responsibility, especially when the joke is completely straightforward and completely believable. But what I find really interesting in this situation is the reaction to the initial report. A great many people seem to think that a properly implemented subscription model is a good idea for "Destiny 2," which is not at all what I expected. This report may be fake, but in any case, maybe it's time for Bungie to take that step?