There could be a stand-alone raid released a little later, like VoG was. https://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=12764 In the meantime, you are still getting TWO new modes, one of which is supposed to be unlike anything we've seen in Destiny yet, possibly even the horde mode so many people were begging for. (Trials of Osiris and The Arena). Don't judge until you've tried them. You just might love them. Do you want half-assed content released the moment there's just enough code to function, or do you want QUALITY CONTENT when it's FINISHED? This community asks for an ungodly amount of changes to current content while demanding new content at the same time. They're doing what they can to give you the best of both worlds. Calm down. The community did nothing but complain about the raids and cheese them to death. Now it's essentially being removed for improvement like Queen's Wrath. Good job. You guys asked for something new, and you're getting it.