Totally. Infusion killed it. Forcing you to use raid gear only is bogus. Using raid gear to infuse other gear to higher levels = using raid gear. Exotics that drop below max are worthless. I'm over it. Edit: to those of you sheep saying infusion is more fun and not at all limiting... How are you enjoying using ALL of the new exotics? I mean you've easily maxed all of them so they can be interchangeable without loosing light levels, right?.. Ohh you haven't? You only have a few exotics you can even use, you say? The fact that these weapons are unusable until maxed and five times more difficult (time consuming) to max makes the game far more limited and narrow. The only place you can freely change weapons is in non-event crucible (irrelevant crucible) and most of them aren't even considered viable options in pvp. Grinding + luck does not = skill. If you tell me to "git gud scrub" I'm preemptively telling you where to shove it. [spoiler]Big FYI to those who have nothing constructive to say, so you post "well if you hate it so much, just quit and get outta here" - I have quit and I am getting out of here. I just hope that by some miracle, a developer or a community manager will see this and pass along the message along with the number of likes and affirming replies so that it may be tweaked for the better. I'm not the only one hoping for a change here, and for you to try and silence what is swiftly becoming more than half of the user population is just ignorant. I've loved this game and put a LOT into it - More than most, and I hope it gets better i.e. Less grind, more rewarding, etc. I don't enjoy raiding for the sole purpose of getting gear, I want to raid AT MAX LEVEL with the freedom to switch it up and use any weapons and gear I please so that I may get the full experience of the game as it was just a couple months ago. If you can logically refute that, I'll give you a cookie. [/spoiler] Final edit because I'm tired: I appreciate the overwhelming support toward the views I've shared. Those of you in disagreement... I see a clear trend. Anger is that trend. I urge you all to turn the focus to yourselves for a moment. I'm just a random guy on a forum stating an opinion. I have mostly refrained from using directly inflammatory remarks toward any particular group (I know I used the term 'sheep', but if you immediately identify as a 'sheep', you have bugger fish to fry than replying to this post) and yet I still see extreme hostility from those who disagree. Here is your gem... You're not mad at me or those who share my opinion. Why should you be? We're just random people who don't know you and whom you do not know. You're mad at the game you put so much into. So am I. We're on the same team, guy. I don't want to quit because destiny has always sucked. I want to quit because it sucks [i]now[/i]. If we yell loud enough, maybe, just maybe, they'll hot fix the suck out of it one patch at a time. And if you're angry just to be angry... See a therapist, cuz ain't nobody got time for that.

I just wish for another DLC. I'll even take something as short as House of Wolves or Dark Below as long as it gives my Guardian room to grow without immense grinding.

I went in to TTK believing that we could become "legend" in our own way. The only way to reach high light levels now is to grind the raid over and over again. I really liked HoW method of leveling with etheric light and PoE armor to reach max level. I personally enjoy strikes and patrol the most. Many nights I do not feel like playing with groups and want to spend time enjoying the game solo/matched fireteams. I have hit 300 light on two of my characters expecting that blue engrams would drop 300+ light gear- none in over two weeks time and I play a lot. TTK has locked many exotics and all the most powerful items from solo players. Many of the best quests require fireteams without providing the matchmaking options for them. I love the game, but currently feel that I am making zero progress without raiding (which is fun to a point). I would like to see ways of reaching the higher light without having to go to an outside source (LFG) to participate in activities. I also have seen many comparing this grind to the VOG raid. While I am sure some of the frustrations are the same, for a solo (mainly) player the gap between raiders and non-raiders has widened. VOG max level was 30, and a solo player could reach 29 and not feel like they were way behind raiders. Now it is 20 points behind (2 former levels?). I am not complaining about having to raid, but having that as the only feasible way of reaching upper light levels is frustrating to those of us who like to enjoy the game alone. TTK light level/infusion also takes much more grinding than the VOG ever did because we now have to grind for two extra pieces of gear, and even when we do get them, they almost always are below max level. TL;DR: Would like to see ways for solo players to reach higher (not necessarily the highest) light levels besides the raid.

Dude i know the pain :/

It's refreshing to see a level headed post like this that isn't spewing childish nonsense. Although to a certain extent I disagree, I just wanted to reply thank you for being mature about your concerns. These are the threads that spring dialogue that actually helps the game get better.

The light leveling system was a TERRIBLE idea. It has done nothing but create a far worse elitist problem than they already had. If they know what's good for them they will rush a dlc to ditch this. This WILL destroy this game unless something is done.

Yeah halo 5 just came out..I'm gonna give that a try for awhile...and I love destiny...I'm just getting tired of beta testing destiny 2

Fallout 4 will fix my Destiny hype hangover.

Still have like 12 quests to do, and more to get, you should have taken it a bit slower [spoiler]sorry if that sounded mean but that's why I feel people get over it[/spoiler]