Before reading : Make sure to read the entire damn post before commenting. I will troll you so hard if you make a comment that is clearly explained in the original post. Understand that this is both an opinion piece, and a style piece. This post isn't garbage just because you disagree with me, it also isn't correct just because I said so. If you're going to both disagree with me AND comment about it, give good reason so. Otherwise you're getting a trolling marathon. That said; enjoy the list. [u][i][b]10. The Loot Is Horrendous[/b][/i][/u] We are all aware that the loot is horrible. I can't think of any game that has ever existed, that I have ever played, and the loot has dropped even worse than this. Not even Old School runescape ever had drops this bad. When I played Old School runescape, I would get angry if it took a few [i]hours [/i]for a rare item to drop. I would start to think about quitting if it took a few [i]weeks[/i] for an ultra rare to drop. Now I have this game, where both me and my friends can wait up to 6 or 9 months and STILL NEVER EVEN SEEN a drop of certain items; let alone some of them being secretly blocked off and not even know it. Don't even get me started on how crappy the random rolls are on drops that you actually get, if you ever even get them. [u][i][b]9. The Progression System Is Anti-Progressive[/b][/i][/u] Sans the raid activities, while still being very lackluster, almost all progression feels like you're going backwards. Think back to the beginning of the game (Taken King), you fight through the story from level 34, you end up at about 38 or 39 if you didn't "stack up materials before the DLC dropped", and thereafter have a host of new missions to complete leading up to normal mode raid. You complete the raid and unlock new weapons and armor starting at level 300 light and up. Eris also begins to fodder in Court of Oryx missions to help you out. But to this day, any, and ALL missions post TTK Story and Normal Mode Raid (barring the actual raid itself) actually gives you worse gear than the activity that came before it. No, seriously, stop. Stop reading. Stop breathing. Don't even live. Okay. You can forget how much those last two lines don't make sense and continue reading and existing. [i]New activities since launch[/i] give you [u]even worse gear[/u] than what you could earn outright in the first few months. Now I realize that Challenge Mode and SRL and "sometimes" Iron Banner are exceptions to this rule, but with SRL gone, Iron Banner only once a month, and Challenge Mode honestly coming too little, too late; the game has been stale since Week 6. The last 4 months we have been past the expiration date drinking chunky milk. :( Bungie wants the grind and addiction so riddled in this game, they offer as little reward as possible. [u][i][b]8. The Year 1 Lock Out[/b][/i][/u] I'll incorporate both the players and equipment at the same time here. Some of you may have already forgotten, but Year 1 players are completely locked out of almost every single possible activity imaginable right now, including some activities the already paid for prior. Even worse, they lost their battle to get anything back, and to this day either suffer in the old system, or have left entirely without ever having a thought to return. This blatant betrayal is one of the most foul things I've ever seen in a video game franchise in my life. On top of that, the forced separation has also left Year 2 players without Year 1 gear ascending. I honestly believe that the true reason, above all reasons, why Year 2 players cannot have Year 1 weapons, is because no one could design a system where Year 1 items could carry forward in a shared system that segregates Year 1 players from Year 2 players, without the Year 1 players being able to find a loop hole of ascending their gear without purchasing Year 2 content. [u][i][b]7. Time Gated Content[/b][/i][/u] Even if you try to forget that Bungie completely screwed over their Year 1 Veterans that (at the time) didn't want to push past Vanilla or Year 1 DLCs; and only focus on the future, they also screwed over the people who did pay for The Taken King. A huge reason why Destiny was so successful was the [u]BRAND NAME[/u] behind the [i]Bungie[/i] franchise. I honestly believe that if any other name and/or company tried dishing out the same content, it wouldn't have been [i]as successful[/i] without the Bungie legacy. That being said, [u]ADVERTISEMENT and HYPE[/u] are the leading factors for pre-order sales and continued growth of the Destiny brand and franchise. People see their youtube videos, twitch streams, and promotional art, and they just get glued to the product, money in hand. Imagine buying this product with those things in mind, only to find that more than half of the material does not exist when you play the game. A few months later, you find out that the content is being held ransom behind a time-gate that only the creators know about, of which only they can influence. Only by playing on very specific days, with very specific checkpoints (both of which completely secret as well) could you ever hope to stay in the loop. Basically. Play every single day as much as possible and search every nook and cranny. Otherwise, you're going to be left behind. As of this writing, 40% of the Taken King material still remains locked behind a time-wall, even 7 months after the original launch of the DLC. [u][i][b]6.) Non-Proportionate Pricing[/b][/i][/u] Now anyone can say "you can't put a price on a personal opinion" - and that is probably true in any language. However, let's try to be freaking 'real' here, alright. The main game was 60 bucks. The eastern world paid even more. The expansion pass was "probably worth" the 40 bucks if you got it early, and indeed played both the material to the full extent in both DLCs, however, separately, they were complete rip-offs with the price. And as massive as The Taken King is in response to its predecessors, it sold for nearly the same price as the core game, and everyone can agree it did not provide as much [u]NEW MATERIAL[/u] as vanilla did. Again, the Eastern world paid more. Don't even get me started on microtransactions. You could have spent more than [b][u]FOUR TIMES[/u][/b] your entire investment on all game material simply on emotes, horns, and bicycles at this point without even getting started on repeat-masks from Halloween. TL;DR for this section. Dollar for Dollar, you're getting screwed. [u][i][b]5.) Nerfing[/b][/i][/u] This is an extremely sensitive topic for a lot of people. I am included in this and have my own opinions on specific details. That aside, I'm going to keep this short, because I'm not here to start a debate. Plain and simple, Bungie has completely listened to the wrong crowd of loud minorities when incessantly nerfing everything fun and effective in this game. Between cutting the raw damage of shotguns in half across all specs, to completely destroying the fusion rifle race of weapons; everything far and few between has been hit at one point to make the meta of this game the least enjoyable I have ever seen of any franchise, ever. There is literally no balance, and while I don't have a clear answer in the muck they have created, the only thing I can say is that they should reset the entire meta, start over from scratch, and be very unbiased the second time around. [u][i][b]4.) No Separation Of Environment and Crucible[/b][/i][/u] At first glance, you might think this should be number 5. While one side of that is true, don't forget about the consequences of having blurred lines. Nerfs solely based on Crucible activities, affecting Environment players even more negatively than the preceding Crucible woes that brought said change in the first place; there is another cruel fact often forgotten that is far worse for the game. First being content. The raid can only go so far, and that is the pinnacle of the DLC. The drops suck. The depth of the actual activities is lackluster. Advancement is nearly impossible, with most 320 loot coming from activities [i]NOT BEING THE RAID.[/i] People shy away from Environment as is because there is nothing to do. Taken King reused pretty much everything from Vanilla sans the Dreadnaught. Trials of Osiris has forced what little hardcore players that remain to YouTube, Twitch, and otherwise promote the game selfishly. Cons, money scams, improper inflation of activity; all spawned from the games one and only outlet for Precipice activity. This all might seem confusing, I'm actually starting to get confused myself, but the main point is : Environment has stagnated. Crucible offers the only accepted "Top Dog" scenarios. Game changes are being made solely on Crucible. Environment is being destroyed with no counter-force, or additional content. People from both sides are being forced into a melting pot that needs to be two separate, fresh gardens. TL;DR, they way the game stands, you're either on the "winning" side, or the "get lost" side. And the worst part is, you don't get a vote unless you have the highest K/D It's like no matter how you play this game, you always make the wrong choice. Your left as unfulfilled and confused as this explanation I just gave you. ______________________________________________________________________________ Sorry. Massive post is massive. Character limit reached. You can find #3-1 at the link [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/195612176]right over here[/url]