Yesterday I've had a chance to finally experience the new patch myself. I am really surprised how a lot of things turned out to be so good, some things not as much and I'd like you to share your opinions. [b]What I like:[/b] -The Tower: The general feel is different. It feels more alive to me. -New kiosks all over the tower, really nice addition. -The vault space! -Chance to see which Exotics we've obtained so far and which ones are we missing. -New weaponsmith system is great, nice that we have an option to test new weapons and it gives us something to do, not just testing by mindlessly shooting enemies. I like the new challenges to test those weapons. -Ghost shells. I'm glad they finally do something. -Quest system. I love this! Made the game more alive, gave us more lore in-game, opportunity to experience the story again + now the missions make more sense (eg. Crota's End DLC quest line starting with Sword of Crota missions, House of Wolves DLC quest line starting with Draksis mission) -New music -New Director overview -Weapon changes. As a big fan of auto and pulse rifles I really like the new feel! I was afraid the weapon and armor rating normalizing would cause confusion and chaos but it doesn't really and now thanks to having normalized attack ratings I can test weapons I haven't tested before. -And many more. I will keep adding when more comes to mind. [b]What I dislike:[/b] -New ghost. More below -The idea of adding defense rating to a class item. I really liked my Cloak of the Sixth Reign and now I can't wear it because I am not so powerful with it's 30 defense. It would be nice if Bungie further looked into this. Can't think of much else. I've stumbled across some bugs but I don't believe it's a major issue and I know these will be fixed prior to TTK launch. (eg. weaponmaster didn't give me any new weapons at first even though I was prompted to talk to him. I had to go to orbit and back to get new weapons. Also when I finish data-gathering the new weapon, there is no option to complete it and I was confused what to do. Quest to reach level 30 hasn't been marked as completed and I had to go to Orbit and back.) [b]New Ghost:[/b] I didn't have any problems with Dinklebot but I seriously don't like the new ghost. For me it drastically changed the atmosphere of the game: With Dinklebot, the atmosphere felt sometimes a little dark and mostly serious. It had that mysterious feel for me. With Nolanbot, I don't have that weird feel of the unknown. I'm not worried about facing any dangers because those enemies he warns me about really sound like puppies. With Nolanbot, it feels like a teenager is reading a fairy tale to you. It doesn't ruin the game for me but it affects it in quite a significant way. I didn't read forums much so my opinion wasn't altered by the community. I was looking forward to a change of having a new ghost even though I liked Dinklebot. I was trying to give it a chance, thinking it will grow on me but no. It just doesn't feel right. It feels like we went from PG 16 to PG 10. [b]Overall:[/b] I really like the new patch overall. I am happy that we've got the opportunity to try out those new changes before the expansion comes out. It gives us an opportunity to prepare for all the new things so we are not just thrown into the new expansion confused.