Destiny needs some major changes, but an RPG is not what destiny is. It wouldn’t be as fun either. [spoiler]i can’t believe you want the game to be rated M for masochist. You basically want a brand new game called destiny. get a different game if this is what you want. [/spoiler]

Adding my bits to this discussion: 1) Switch all of the RPG elements back to a Character Level system. 2) Start all six stats at 5. Every level up gives one stat point. Level cap at 30 to begin with, all stats should be at 10 by end of main story (calling it "Dawnpath" from now on, signifying the player's journey from being a simple Lightbearer to actually becoming a Guardian) 3) Elements (Solar, Arc, Void) earned every 10th level, can freely rotate between all three. Will determine grenade, melee and Super as per usual, but not attached to class. 4) Every Level Up after 30 gives the player Guardian Points (GP), similar to Paragon Points in Diablo 3. ( Interchangeable, can be reset and reallocated to suit player's preferred style. 5) Enough points in certain stats will allocate a Class to the player. Example: pouring points into Strength and either Resilience or Recovery will turn the player into a Titan. 6) Class perks will focus more on player roles in Fireteams. Example: Titans are the Tanks of the Fireteam, with perks making their defenses and aggro higher than the other classes. 7) Element chosen will determine Subclass and provide unique bonuses to players. Example: Sentinels have the highest defense and perks that provide more protection for your Fireteam, while Strikers have better offense and perks that improve player mobility and area-of-effect attacks. 8) When the next major content drops, GP is reset in exchange for a five point boost in every stat and players can earn stat points again, reaching the new max stat level at the new expansion's Level Cap. [b][i]But what about Crucible?[/i][/b] 9) Crucible unlocks at Level 30. GP is locked out. No classes, no element advantage and no PvE weapons, providing a neutral battleground. 10) Weapons for PvP will be in a more closed off meta that Bungie will be able to adjust and tweak without having to scale against PvE. PvE armor can be worn into Crucible, but Perks are disabled. Keep your look, but not the benefits. 11) Crucible gameplay will focus more on player skill and ability loadout, allowing players to still fight how they want with their preference of weapon types and abilities. However, the focus will entirely be on striking a reasonable balance in terms of damage output, TTK and other things that are vital to PvP. [b][i]But I don't want to play the "dumb" story just to shoot other players.[/i][/b] 12) Shaxx will have a questline for those who want to skip the story and go into PvP earlier. Completion of this questline will be mandatory for all seeking to enter PvP early and will limit anyone who will try to smurf or circumnavigate bans.

Lets go one step further. Every time players kill a certain faction mob a "Faction Rage Bar" increases. All mission/raid/dungeon activity adds to this over time. If players kill enough of a mob and it reaches 100% "Faction Rage", that faction starts a large scale assault on the Tower which disables the vendors until players kill everything ( a number of waves increasing in difficulty). With all players getting resource and other rewards for bringing the tower back online. Players can either sit their and do nothing and lose access to tower vendors or they can join in to bring them back online faster.

Destiny just need new staff. End of Story

[quote]Also PvP could be separated completely away from PvE so our amazing weapons won’t become dismantled trash because of Nerf Herders.[/quote] I 100% agree. If it weren’t for PvP players... Whisper, Sleeper, super return exotics, Izanagi’s, PvE sniper damage, auto-reload mechanics, Wardcliffe Coil PvE damage, and Recluse (just to name a few) would never have been nerfed in PvE!!! EDIT: Is it really that hard for some of y’all to recognize sarcasm lol???