Maybe you should watch a couple youtube videos first so you have a general idea whats going on. I cant stand when don't take the time to educate themselves a little bit. Worst are people that join a party and ask "how do I get this done" "where can I find this". Its like come on I dont mind explaining sometimes but ffs there are hundreds of ways to learn what yoir trying to do. So before you go haggling people for info do your homework.

Possibly it's a function of the time passed and the relatively negative way Bungie deal with players. Grognards are less likely to quit so they gradually became the majority. That said, if you want a raid team on Xbone do shout up. We're not the most experienced by any means but we're all mates who know each other out of game so its a much more chill environment than anonymous lfg groups.

Because the game is geared towards people on my level. The top 1% of the top 1%. The people who have hundreds of exotic shards to throw away on rerolls. The people who have hundreds if not thousands of coins to waste on 3 of coins. Hell, even some crucible bounties are above the average player.

Wanna know why? Cuz raids are supposed to be top tier activities. Activities that only a few are able to trump. Not every schmuck should be able to finish a raid. Hell, 1% is generous enough, giving that the most of this games player base is neutral.

Agree. I like to play for fun, and also immerse myself in the world. (Of course, in Destiny's case, I look forward to more lore/world knowledge so that I can become better immersed.) I'm one of those players who has invented a backstory for her character. XD Not by intent, mind you. It just sort of happened.

I agree Ryekx, I haven't been able to Raid due to people not letting me join just because I have not run the Raid before. WTF? Can't learn, when you can't play. Gaming is supposed to be fun. You win some, you lose some. Try again!

because all good players quit. Bungie needs money, so they made all changes to milk teenagers more. Most of the quality players quit, all whiners and crybabies stayed and throw their money to bungie.

It's like the 5th or 6th week of ttk. You should know how to do things

A lot of it has to do with Bungie's game design. If you are familiar with Bartle's Taxonomy most players can be classified as one of four types: killers, achievers, explorers and socializers. The game was designed to attract achievers and killers, while having little appeal to explorers and socializers. [b]Killers[/b] are those who derive fun from the game by ruining the experience of other people and that is whether it is by killing them in PvP or going afk during a strike. [b]Achievers[/b] are those that are only interested in getting the best gear as quickly as possible. They tend to only use the most effective methods and best weapons. [b]Explorers[/b] are people that enjoy a game by looking around the world and also by trying to discover things for themselves, like new/fun weapon and skill combinations, finding secrets and running missions in different ways. [b]Socializers[/b] are those who find enjoyment from a game based on the quality of interaction with other players. They are the ones that don't care that much if they win or lose as long as they are having fun with the other people in the fireteam. Unfortunately the game is designed to mostly appeal to achievers (pve tryhards) and killers (pvp tryhards). Explorers are turned off by the game from the shallow character customization, linear level designs, unbalanced pvp (wtih a ton of OHK), invisible walls, and lack of interesting secrets to find. Most socializers were turned off by the complete lack of social tools in the game. With no LFG, OMM,(for high level content) proximity chat, or in-game clan support, socializers play other games. Those are the two types of players that sort of mellow out a fire team and make playing more fun than a chore. TLDR; the game was designed to appeal to tryhards.