I can't disagree. I bought the game expecting it to be at least as good as D1, with more QOL improvements, not less.
By this time in D1, I was complaining about how dumb it was to cheese the Crota's End bridge, and how our light level was gated by weekly radiant shards/energy. I was also still on the hunt for the mythical Ghorn, which was my weekly frustration. But, all of these things were about gameplay systems that were tweaked over time. They weren't about the quality of the content, or the functionality of the game.
Now, I'm complaining that I log in and have absolutely nothing to do. And I don't. I get a few engrams that become insta dismantles for shards that I don't need. There's no currencies that mean anything and help me power up. My character doesn't feel any different at 335 than at 325 or 305. None of the gear or stats mean anything. The weapons don't have any randomness or tinkering to them. The worlds are tiny and not worth exploring. Strikes don't really give you anything. PvP is extremely slow and casual, and I don't have the option of what mode I want to play.
It's unbelievable how this time in Y1 of D1 was so different than Y1 of D2, and not in a good way.
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I'm sure I have some nostalgia goggles on but I'm sure this time in D1 year 1 I was still playing at least weekly and Tuesday's was always raid day where my regular fireteam would smash 3 crota raids in a few hours. We had it down. We would even match people's classes up so we had a good mix. Now I log in maybe once a week and use LFG to run the nightfall and then sometimes a bit of crucible but I feel like it's kinda pointless. There is no need for me to do anything and my fireteam is long gone. I have not even tried the new raid yet (mainly because I really can't be bothered but also because all the posts I see are "must know what you are doing, must be max level even though there is literally no benefit, must blah blah blah etc overcompensating bullshit) It's a shame
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here here! d2 is deader than d1!!!!
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this should be pinned to top of forum