CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
Banned
It just seems like Bungie doesn't want to put in any extra development time for unique features and options. Everything is kinda phoned in with minimal effort. Maybe all of their efforts are on Destiny 2? Things like not upgrading only the last 3 nodes, or having a unique speeder for Crota are signs of just not caring. Maybe I'm wrong - definitely not a software developer. Some kind of bureaucratic problems are going on in there.
It's most likely to do with House of Wolves and the sequel being developed at the same time (presumably). I think all they care about at this point is future content and cheese fixes.
The artificial difficulty for CE HM is a sign that they aren't interested in adjusting the experience for the current game beyond a few phone-in measures. All attention is now about future DLC and a new game. It's just the way of the world. Makes me wish that this game was it a la WoW and Bungie would just continue to update this for the next 10 years.