Considering that at its core destiny is a shooter, I'll never understand the addition of so much parkour/platforming it makes no sense to me. As someone who has enjoyed most of the stuff this year, I definitely believe they've overdone the "challenge" for content and that everything needs to have a base difficulty closer to patrols (the non neomuna ones) and then higher teirs with the slightly better rewards for everyone that wants it. If you would like(and this goes for anyone -blam!- this and needs pve help), I should be on for a good chunk of the next couple of days if you'd like help feel free to message. I'll probably just be jumping into lfgs to help people and have some fun.

I really like the mission, it’s fun solo if you take your time. But it should have never been part of the story quest, that should be accessible to everyone regardless of their skill lvl. Also I was married for 25 yrs, you need a better arrangement, your partner telling you when you can and can’t play is unacceptable. My wife tried doing that to me so I started telling her when she could and couldn’t go out with her friends, she left me alone after that lol

Completely understand you, i am 69 and i hate parkour (that's why havent finished Oryx raid and others) for instance the osiris jumping on Mercury ( ;)) I am dreading Final Shape although i have preordered it. Stay well and try to enjoy it

That’s Bungie’s beautiful inclusive rainbow world where everyone is welcome. Unless you’re not a full time gamer. In that case, you can hit Eververse and then F off to the forums to get insulted by gremlins sitting in their mom’s basement who have never written a job application and wish they were a streamer.

Consider this a divorce...

[quote]I’m an older gamer (60) and only have a few hours in the morning to play before work. I’m stuck on week 4 because I can’t complete “Starcrossed”. I started playing Halo with my son on the first Xbox and have continued thru the Halo series until they launched Destiny. I’ve played every season of both Destiny 1 & Destiny 2, but at this point I think this is my last season. The gameplay has gotten to complicated and my dexterity is just not good enough for some jumping puzzles and when you only have an hour or two to play (I’m married and this is the agreement I have with my wife). Getting to a point in the mission and not being able to respawn and having to start over is just wearing me out. I value my time, especially now that I’m getting older. I’ve been fine not playing Raids and Dungeons because I see that as advanced gameplay, but I’ve always enjoyed the storylines and campaign and it’s worth paying the $100 to complete. At this point it doesn’t look like I can continue. I was wondering if any others are struggling with this?[/quote] I'm hearing an awful lot of excuses and very few plans on how you're gonna improve babe.

I dont mean to come off like an -blam!- but “agreement with your wife” about only a few hours of playing video games? That doesnt sound like a good relationship, but what do i know😯

I am 50 and few. I know exactly you said, I understand you, I married and value my time too. This exotic mission is short and enjoyable. I followed Esoterickk videos about Starcrossed Exotic Mission and Campaign. I create LFG posts on a Discord Server to join a team to do this mission. It takes 30 min to an hour.

They need checkpoints in that mission. Seriously. No harm in having those. We have them in raids and dungeons?

You’re not the only one feeling it, OP. I couldn’t beat Starcrossed solo and I’ve had all the same frustrations and feelings you mentioned. This Lightfall difficulty ramp on normal-> legendary content is making me feel like I can no longer keep up and play the game I’ve been playing since D1 alpha. It’s a terrible business choice right before the Final Shape, because you’re telling any players that fall off the new skill cliff to pound sand right before your big finale. No wonder they’re losing players more and more. I really hope they course correct before Final Shape releases. I assume you had no more than a moderate challenge with the Beyond Light exotic missions like Presage as well?

I’m your age. I’d like to say it’s my age but not really. Only age related things are eyesight and like you, finding the time. I too do not like the ever increasing jumping puzzle element to the game. One thing on season progress, I want to play all three subclasses. Progressing through a season using all three though is a pain. I would like the option (should I chose it) to be able to play all three characters as one. So if I complete a season step on Titan then it automatically advances my Hunter and Warlock at the same time. There must be other players who don’t really want to “main” one character but don’t have the time to level up or progress all three simultaneously.

I’m younger and adept at this game. Nevertheless, I don’t perceive this as a “you” problem. I purchased this game to shoot and blow things up. Not to crawl around in the dark, wonder where to go next and to platform everywhere. The worst part of every raid and dungeon is the obligatory platforming/spelunking.

[quote]I’m an older gamer (60) and only have a few hours in the morning to play before work. I’m stuck on week 4 because I can’t complete “Starcrossed”. I started playing Halo with my son on the first Xbox and have continued thru the Halo series until they launched Destiny. I’ve played every season of both Destiny 1 & Destiny 2, but at this point I think this is my last season. The gameplay has gotten to complicated and my dexterity is just not good enough for some jumping puzzles and when you only have an hour or two to play (I’m married and this is the agreement I have with my wife). Getting to a point in the mission and not being able to respawn and having to start over is just wearing me out. I value my time, especially now that I’m getting older. I’ve been fine not playing Raids and Dungeons because I see that as advanced gameplay, but I’ve always enjoyed the storylines and campaign and it’s worth paying the $100 to complete. At this point it doesn’t look like I can continue. I was wondering if any others are struggling with this?[/quote] I feel the EXACT same way about the game as you do! I'm an older gamer too (72) and I am stuck on Legendary AVALON mission (have been for the last ten months). I consider myself a casual gamer and that mission is [u]Not[/u] for casuals. And like you, I feel I don't want to advance gameplay until I accomplish what I set out to do or can do. That was part of enjoyment/fun factor for me until they made the the game very difficult. Not to mention having to start over many times and lack of checkpoints. So like you, I guess I'll keep my $100 in my pocket. I can only imagine that the Final Shape expansion is going to even more difficult.