Read your post. Completely disagree with the conclusion. I was a have not, in your words. I didn't get tally until after xur sold it the second time. I never soloed anything. But I did raid I had fun in nightfalls and I couldn't care less about the stats or perks on the armor as long as the light was high. I was fond of that because things were unique and challenging. Bullet sponges sucked yes and rng still hates me. But in year 1 there was much much much more to do. So much more to collect that you actually wanted. Now the grind isn't worth it because there is so little to do and everything has been nerfed into oblivion. Exotics aren't unique anymore and my subclasses all feel weak AF. It has become a chore now to do anything raid related because it's not fun and unrewarding to deal with the remaining player base. Let's face it year 1 was better. Flawed but so much better than the current state. You made friends at loot cave. You had 2 raids and skolas to do. What now? No loot cave. A short raid we are woefully over leveled to complete.