Destiny is not a new game, it's not one of a kind, or different. It's actually lowered the bar compared to some other games that have come out earlier. From the sounds of it. Borderlands has more story to it.. and you know what? I actually get that story by playing the game. Not by reading it off the web with my smartphone. Oh and you know what? Borderlands lets me run around in a group of 4 instead of 3. Also, There are no limitations to certain content requiring me to have to absolutely play with people on my "friends list only" for certain content like 'Son of Crawmerax' or however you spell it. Borderlands doesn't try to treat portions of it's community like second class citizens, because they don't want to get initimate with randoms just to play a game for a few hours. The Requirment Bungie put on Raids, basically says. "Add randoms from the internet to your friends list. Learn their names, what they like to eat, what their daily schedules look like, maybe go out to dinner once or twice, etc. Just to play a raid for a few hours one day. Because I'll tell ya what. Once I'm done raiding with one group of 5. I don't want to attempt it again with that same group of 5. I'd rather have a new group of 5 players to attempt it with. Otherwise. THE GAME IS -blam!-ING BORING! Players are what provide my "Variety" Internet gaming, that's what it is all about. Millions of players = LOTS OF VARIETY "Uhhh... we're gonna limit you to just a handful of players out of the millions possible, if you want to attempt this content.... cause we're like dumb, and totally forgot the whole point of what internet gaming is all about" - Bungie