This is not an attempt to be a dick. I'm not trying to start a war. I loved this game at first. The beta was great. The first 50 hours or so were fun. As time goes on, I find myself slowly getting eaten away at by the flaws. I'm struggling to keep playing and the thing is [b]I want to like this game and enjoy it still[/b]. I'm having a hard time doing that though. Every day I login and do a few of the same bounties that I did last week, play a few missions I have beaten a few times already, and ignore the PVP because I hate it with every fiber of my being. I am used to balanced gameplay. I'm not calling out any one class or one super or one weapon. It's simply not balanced. I guess, when I get right down to it, I'm starting to wonder if the hype got the best of me. In the beta, I started to have these little doubts. I squashed them down though because BUNGIE FTW and HALO RULEZ YO. Everyone said "no worries, it's just the beta". In the full game, my fears proved to be quite founded. I want to love this game the same way you guys do, but I just don't. I have friends that love it too and I don't even want to play with them for fear of ruining their experience with my passive aggressive discontent. How do I love this game? I want to, but everywhere I look, I see nothing but closed doors, blocked off sections of maps, and wasted potential. I see missing features that should've been there and "rich, cinematic storytelling" that doesn't exist coupled with a slow loading UI for lore cards that should've been in the game itself. I see endlessly repeated quests that offer no individual flavor to them. I see a PVP that makes no attempt at fair, balanced gameplay. I see loot rewards that don't seem to go the player that deserves them. Worst of all, I see all the marketing and advertised "stuff" that it isn't in the full game and all of this is stuck in my mind while I play. I used to be able to just overlook it and enjoy the combat, but even that isn't possible anymore. Should I just trade it in or what? Is it even possible to get back to basics and just like it for what it is? EDIT: After some encouraging and friendly feedback, the prevailing opinion is to simply take a break from the game and I think that's exactly what I'm going to do. Thanks everyone.