So you think that having everything there for you it is fun? it took me less than a week to make it from level 1 to level 40 light 335 on a new account, and when RoI was released it took me less than 1 week again to make it to light 400. Do you know how long it took me to make it to level 30 back then? And I am the average joe, now I have literally nothing else to do, I even started several accounts to see if I could get that feeling back again and nothing. Thing are given to me now without thinking of how hard they were to get them. Put it this way, if you were given the possibility of choosing 1 weapon (primary, special, heavy), and 1 raid, which one would you choose, I answer for myself, I would chose, Fatebringer, blackhammer (pre nerf) and Ghorn (pre nerf). Raid VoG. I am sure I am not alone here. Now, raid weapons dont feel special, exotic dont feel special (specially weapons), raids are easy and too team focused. Also, I actually never used the cave loot, it was there, never cared much, but thats not the point, now getting an exotic is easy, if you farm it might take you what, 5 minutes to get the first one and then in 10 minutes you could easily have 5 or 6 more? Do you remember how often exotics dropped in y1? and when I mean dropped I mean out of Raids or NF or a legenday engram and if you were really lucky a strike... that's all you had. So yes, things were harder to get but when you get something it was a much better feeling than when I get an engram now and decrypt it. Now if you are still getting excited about opening an exotic engram then lucky you, for me it is just like any other engram. However I did say that certain things were improved in y2 and y3 but that excitement I had back in y1 its long gone. Maybe it is because the game is old but the fact of the matter is that you can get everything in this game now, there is not a single thing you cannot get with the exception of a few legendary weapons that are still RNG (such as longbows etc) and Thron/Ice breaker. Everything else is there for you to take, ghorn, the most seeked weapon in y1, a weapon that when it dropped would make a grown up man squeal like a girl, now it is just a 20 minutes quest that you can easily solo. There is no more exclusivity in the game, everyone has everything (or almost), you want an Imago Loop, ,well easy just do 1 of the 2 strikes that drop it and open the chest... Sure that might look like everything is better, and it is if you are only looking at the rewards, but you are missing the main part which that by making drops easy, the game is no longer special, it is just a matter of playing and getting your trophy.

I agree

Y1 was definitely better