of course it was better.... ahh those were the days. the thrill for xur and just wanting that DAMN icebreaker ot hawkmoon to drop smfh. every exotic was just amazing in vanilla destiny, i remember rushing to turn in bounties hoping id get thenpocket inifinty quest. in destiny 2 smfh litteraly nothing to grind for, all the exotics are just soooo lackluster and just boring imo. plus indidnt really even have to grind to get them they just dropped like candy amd got most of them like the first 4 days lmao. Exotics is a very important part of destiny and one of the reasons d2 is currently dogshit.