Vanilla was fantastic- primarily due to it being like nothing we have played so far. TDB was meh, however HOW was a step in the right direction, with an actual feeling of customization and uniqueness. However, since TTK, it has been one step forward(HOW) and three steps back with TTK. Year 1 guns seemed powerful, without being ridiculously overpowered, you just felt powerful while using these weapons. Year 2, there's no "wow" factor in anything, just mediocre. Loot also made you happy previously, now 99% of it is just instantly dismantled because of the flawed light level system. Speaking of which, the loot drops themselves seem to be controlled by a bunch of brain dead monkeys, because you can grind for hours and get jack and shit. In conclusion of text wall, this game has lost its luster, not because of the age of the game, but because of the direction the development team took it in, that direction being of grind, grind, grind, for gear that just isn't comparable to what we had before.