D1 was my 3 year addiction. My first exotic Suros regime. Took it to pvp ..recked havoc with it. That was a fun time. First exotic i bought from Xur Gallahorn. Nobody knew how good that was. The friends i made. The help u got and give other players through content. Those were good times.

Again this comes to mind. Won’t take credit as another poster here made this statement but. Destiny 1... Become Legend. Destiny 2.... Become bored 😢

D1 was an amazing game. D2 feels like it's still a beta.

Been there since D1 Alpha. And sadly, even in Y1 when the systems were under-developed, the grind was unforgivinf, leveling up was punishing, there was still this sense of wonder, mystery.. there were reasons to explore, and loads of grimoire to catalog. And lots of hidden bounties to uncover (RNGesus tho!)... Pocket infinity, invective, thorn! Heavyweights! The Vault Of Glass was epic, and the LOOT from the VOG was and still is some of the best they’ve ever designed. I’m sure a lot of players who have stuck around sense the , probably spent more time just grinding The Templar for Fatebringer and Atheon for The Mythoclast than ALL of their current D2 time put together. “Oh my god” loot drop moments... yep. Actually caring about the drops. Though, must say. From alpha/beta to D1 they actually nerfed Factions and shaders. Not many remember maybe when you could actually buy stuff. Though they replaced it with a crazy RNG grind with no set level specifics. Then came The Dark Below, which, while deeply flawed produced THE best Sniper Rifle there ever will be in Destiny, period. The Black Hammer. Back when Raid Gear and Weapons actually was worth the time. Can’t forget The Word Of Crota, the elusive elemental primary grind. And the one thing it did best, Hero Moments. When you clutch Crota with that sword right as he enrages and 2 people die, and he topples over and loot pours down the right side of the screen, you are Super Saiyan God Guardian for the next few minutes, lol.... Also introduced another one of Destiny’s best features... patrol invasions! Rather than just popping into existence and attacking you solo (like in D2), world bosses actually spawned in with an entrance and when you killed them you could wield their weapons and have some patrol mayhem for awhile. The House Of Wolves... Ascension! Which they later took right back away and nerfed into “infusion”. The Prison Of Elders. Skolas was a mofo. But!... it was nothing for fireteams to sit there and battle that lvl 35 for 3...5...7 hours failing again and again and again and again AND again. Lord Of Wolves, Queenbreakers Bow.. FINALLY got to use the enemy’s weapons against them, in an actual weapon slot, not a temporary drop. Enemy specific perk random rolls and all types or new customizables from a new vendor... “kill them baaaaaack!” The Taken King... the Turning point of the franchise. The height of the game in terms of grimoire and questing.. Calcified fragments, The Book of Sorrows.. hidden chests and Chest keys... Exotic swords... Touch of Malice... dual normal and prestige sets.. challenges... Court Of Oryx! Strike remixes and branching / randomized strike encounters... But ALSO the death of Ascension and Elemental Primaries (the beginning of the Destiny 2 armor and weapon system manipulation) ROI and Age of Triumph... strike scoring! Actual strike scoring.. not BS “Nightfall Scoring”... Heroic strike specific loot.. chest keys... enemy and boss specific guns and armor.. non paid Record books... record book gear progression... ornaments... etc etc etc etc... But ALSO the beginning of the Destiny 2 set-up nerfs.... (still mad at Bungie for nerfing TRUTH of all weapons, but it was foreshadowing). Destiny 2.... kinda fun... but, also, All Nerf Everything. Secrets and collectibles.. nerfed. All guns, except AR’s nerfed. Subclass trees... nerfed. Patrols.. nerfed. World bosses... nerfed. Crucible.. nerf. Exotics... nerf. Infusion, nerf. Xur, nerf. Heavy machine guns... nerf. Nerf nerf nerf. Lol Rocket launchers are actually the perfect example. The complaints about rockets in D2 makes me laugh. Because all these changes were supposedly made to enforce “variety”, yet theres so many complaints about ppl only seeing rockets as worth it (I always use fusions way more in D2, well Telesto). Yet, in D1 there was WAY more variety and diversity, and rocket launchers were WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better. Basically they took what rockets could do in D1 and split them in half to make 2 types of rocket launchers in D2. You get a fat one with tube, reload or clusters, no tracking. OR, you get a skinny diet one WITH tracking and nothing else special about it. Yet, you had WAY more viable choices in D1 🤔

The House of Wolves, which was in year 1, was the best era of Destiny.

This is about right. Destiny 2 is a serviceable shooter with excellent mechanics and graphics, a worthy effort to be purchased, played for a time, and disposed of at GameStop. Destiny 1 was a way of life.

I still remember my first VOG clear. It was amazing. Got a fatebringer along the way and the ransoms I was with flipped their shit. I didn't know what it was but I felt proud to beat the raid and get that gun. I put me on cloud nine and couldn't wait to do another one and log on the next day. That feeling is gone

Wish you'd been there from the start? As a D1 beta player and pre-order imbecile, no. You don't wish you were there from the start. ROI was the least punishing version of D1, and by then I had had enough of it. Vanilla was awful except for VoG.

All they needed to do for D2 was add guardian customization, make the end game content more substantial and deep, and they had a perfect game. Well, a real economy would have meant something too. You get the point.