Interesting topic many have gone over but I'm still interested as to the specific reasons why people have left. I've been playing since beta, I'm a good player (top 5% or so in most stats according to tracker)
Myself, I've stopped playing apart from Trials on weekends sometimes because honestly for 6 weeks on 3 characters I got nothing from hard raids. It's like beating your head against a big rng-brick wall that even when something chips off, it turns out it's a 311 chest.
My fix would've been that nothing lower than previous could be dropped (idk if this is impossible to implement) but if you've previously had a 314, it should only be able to drop 314 and above for you. This seems fair. Again, its rng but then you know the grind will actually get you there EVENTUALLY. Sadly skill only now works in Trials which is why its all I come back for (and iron banner clash was fun) but PvE is not even worth the time and effort, especially with all the other amazing games out recently (personally I'm a fallout guy)
Challenge mode changes absolutely nothing. I'll still get unusable drops. At least in previous expansions if you got an armour piece it was always great the first time.
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I stopped playing after I got sick and didn't play for about a week and read books, got caught up on anime and movies, then Halo 5 came out, Tomb Raider came out, Tales came out and Star Wars Battlefront came out. Just Cause 3 comes out this week and Destiny is the same game it was over a month ago. To me Destiny is a trap it keeps you from experiencing other games and interests. I never played MMO's before Destiny and I'm not feeling how weapons I worked hard to get become obsolete with each DLC, I get why it happens but I still don't care for it. Destiny is like a 2nd job where keeping up with the Jones is the objective. Nope not doing it anymore. I check in here for the weekly updates and to see what community is saying about the game, and I've had a good time playing Destiny, but I've shelved it for now and it would take a lot for me to buy the next DLC, let alone Destiny 2.