Most D2 players flat out don't trust Bungie anymore. Not only have they been mailing in their seasonal content for years now, but their last campaign was abysmal. Taking an extra 6 months on development won't change things. I've got a group of 12 friends who all have been playing since alpha. One has purchased the next expansion, and nobody else is even considering it. I'm relieved to finally be done with it, personally.
As someone who watched their friend play through Destiny 1 for hundreds of hours, I don't know what anyone was expecting? That game clearly did not respect it's players and their time or money, yet still made insanely good profits, so why would they do anything different?
Remember how much they paid Peter Dinklage for his voice acting, and his character sounded absolutely phoned in, and lazy, to the point that they eventually had to replace it with much better voice acting by someone else who was cheaper
It was about availability for future recordings, not price. If cost was a concern they wouldn't have had Nolan North rerecord all of Dinklage's existing dialogue, just replace him going forward.
