If anyone asked me about Destiny, I'd recommend D1 over D2. D2 has lots of advantages and improvements, but it's a broken, incomplete game. Half the needed storyline is STILL in the "vault." PvP is a mess and there are clearly no plans to fix it. D1 is an older game that was left on a high point. D2 is a "live service" that isn't getting any service.

I have been playing D2 for less than a year, and even though I am not a long time player, I feel the limited number of pvp maps, and the lack of new ones quite strongly It is a bit surprising, and I cannot find a logical explanation for it, the only reason I would avoid calling it a case of glaring neglect, is out of polite courtesy It is as if this game was designed in the past, and then the original creator had died, or something, and then they haven't been able to carry the game further in any strong way ever since However it seems very consistent all-throughout it's lifespan, which is kind of confusing, it could be the case that some serious editing has been done to the game behind the scenes, in order to smooth it out, but it would have been an extraordinary effort, effort which is in sharp contrast to the quality later delivered in itself, meaning that the editor was somehow a master editor, with the ultimate top-down view, yet somehow, not a master of creating video games, which is odd, considering how the game had started out as a masterfully done, original, and an impressive game, but maybe I am being nostalgic, and easily impressed (I am referring to D1 here) Despite this however, it is very apparent to me, that there was never a plan with this game, at any point in time

Have you tried Splitgate 2 Arena? It's gunplay is not as buttery smooth as D2 but it has a lot of game modes and you can choose which ones you are queued into, you can slide for miles and it's not too serious.

right now, gaming barely has any good popular games.. everyone is playing trash.. pubg? Apex? delta force? marvels? seeing no halo hurts my soul..

Yep, I feel the same way. No other first person shooter game feels the same as a Bungie in house FPS. Someone, decades ago, created something so good in that studio that they have been sitting on those laurels ever since. It's the go to thing that they and everyone else boasts when it comes to Bungie games. The issue, like you said, isn't the gameplay. Never was an issue. It's nice to see someone from the PvP side voicing their complaints about their lack of engagement with and lack of adding to that side of the game. Ever since Beyond Light it has gone from a good flow to a steady trickle to now no drip for the PvP bucket at all.

Marathon. Try it in a few days.