It’s a big time investment to undertake a Raid / Dungeon. It’s always best done with a regular crew. Way back, pre-sunset, I ran raids all the time with my regular bunch of buddies. It was fun. But, the sunset debacle changed the vibe of the game. In my own experience, BHQ nerfed ToM to dust; this was a hard Exotic to obtain, and rare. Also, the Tribute Book was soon to close, and a requirement was to slay Oryx…for the completion. Many were scrambling to do such. I played a bubble T with ToM…a lot…and the more I helped clear, they told their friends and they came calling too. My Friends List ran to pages… Then they nerfed ToM…in preparation for D2 upcoming launch, apparently. I voted with my feet…and became a Tenno. Much later, i rejoined Destiny. My Friends List had evaporated to zero. I had no interest or intention to engage with Destiny like I did in the old days… Ridiculous levels of RNG / enhanced throttling and artificial levels of difficulty / etc… nah! Not for me. Instead, I pootle about, doing vanilla stuff…getting old seals / triumphs done, or just contemplating such! I chase the odd quest / item (Trials), as desired. I do use LFG when necessary, though I find it can be a drag more often than not. Yes, there are certain raid/dungeon guns / gear that I’d like to get…but…that’s a bridge too far for me. And I’m okay with that! My solution is to give players the ‘Fast Pass’ option to obtain what they want, when they want…to be able to play the way they want! Just like in WarFrame! Anyone who has been to a theme park or ski resort, knows what I mean by a ‘Fast Pass’… It doesn’t break anything…and it’s an option for anyone to use or not, as desired. 🤔 I’m a chill old tortoise. I’m not in a hurry to do anything. I prefer to play with likeminded players when I do LFG stuff…but…so many hares just want to race ahead and keep racing, as if the wolf was chasing them! 🧐 I can easily appreciate OPs pov…though, I’ve rarely ever heard or encountered racist idiots. I have met a few peculiar creatures, though, once identified - I bounce or they get removed. My experience is that there are many, many more good / reasonable Guardians out there, than not. And I frequently encounter many epic Guardians of the highest order, who are a delight to behold and a joy to watch them do what they do! That goes for PvE / PvP. 👌 My vault is always near to bursting! More guns than I can shoot at once. The new ‘Brave’ weapons are good - even the mediocre ones, including the two raid weapons! I’m grinding for my preferred rolls, one at a time. The drop rate of useless rolls far outweigh the keepers…and don’t mention ‘shinies’! 🫤 I’ve done 2x 50-runs on normal…and that’s 1x more than I wanted. Still, only 2x more weekly bosses left for the seal…plus Worm-2, which may be too much for me to bother with, as I’ve done BH / BS / Worm-1…🥱 Now, I do 10s only…until I get bored again! That’s how I play. Take it easy and don’t get caught up in the dramas of a handful of creatures. There’s lots of great Guardians out there…many running solo…many ready to help! 👌 Ease springs! 🫡 MDGA (D3) 👈