I hear you. Admittedly, when I first hit the moon, I was nostalgic. It was fun. That wears off pretty fast though. I don’t know if your Endgame vs Infinity War comparison is accurate. Seems more like seeing Luke, Leah, Han and Chewy in a new story. To be fair, the moon is also significantly bigger than in D1. However, people making comments here talking about how “you people” screamed for D1 to return are just lying. I don’t mind people sticking up for Bungie, or even Bungie apologists, but when you lie in the effort, you just make Bungie look really bad. Fact is, what people were screaming for was the return of D1 playability - economy, leveling etc. - not content. The closest we got to content was asking for weapons, armor design, faction inventory and crucible. I saw a few posts of people asking for VoG or Crota, but no one cared. Those posts never got traction. All this reuse is Bungie’s idea, and, frankly, OP has a point. Shadowkeep looks like Bungie doesn’t have the skillsets to do anything new. Well, that’s not fair. More like they only have the skills to do so much. But, they do seem to have maximized production with what they have. I don’t think they can get away with it for D3, if it happens, but I do think each new season has to be on par with this current offering. I also think they must address the Armor 2.0 v Mod element limitation, or engagement is going to fall off drastically in the next few weeks, and those folks won’t return. I also think people who bought deluxe should get a discount for each additional season they purchase. Most people who purchase games for a household don’t know what BattlePass means, and they don’t have time to read fine print for a video game. It’s a bad look, even if it was just an oversight. Besides, offering that discount will increase sales, and it’s the kind of move that makes people trust your company, which is retention. If people feel like they have to read your fine print, they will also be predisposed to not purchasing at all. [spoiler]Should people always read fine print? Absolutely. But, if they go into a purchase trusting the company implicitly, they won’t. If they get screwed, it will “feel” like betrayal...bad faith. That’s just the way it is.[/spoiler]

The more i read the forums, after years of not doing so, i realize what a strange fan base bungie must have. Reading the comments under this post makes me just wonder about it.

But they aren't the same! They are the NIGHTMARE of those old bosses. It's all in your head man. I agree, reused content is so overdone in this game.

You'll get over it :)

Yeah, I wasn’t too thrilled about the old bosses being reskinned, that pretty much told me everything I need to know about what I was buying. Is it worth it? Eh... that depends. I’m already rolling in armor and gear repeats, but then again, I also understand what’s going on at Bungie. They’re operating on a strict budget without a publisher. Do I like the scarcity of loot and abundance of reskins? Of course not. But I DO like the core mechanics, which are still absolutely the best of any game of this type, I love the Moon coming back, and the Vex have always been my favorite enemy so the whole invasion thing is cool. Also the moon weapons look pretty cool, despite the weird bondage thing they’ve got going on. No, the narrative still isn’t that great, and yeah, Bungie is still trying desperately to keep us grinding in not so subtle ways, but hey... if I stop liking it, there are plenty of other games to play.

Big facts the dlc is lazy and uninspired, other then the red keep and some lost sectors it's the exact same moon with the same enemy race and the same bosses. It's not innovative or new or interesting. Main draw for destiny for me is the raids and endgame, new raid looks really cool so that's a plus and the dungeon better be sick, otherwise this dlc was worth $15 max.

Big time facepalm lmao