Starcrossed is too hard for noob/trash gamers. Let's not drag casuals through the mud guys. This is objectively one of the easiest missions. But if you are struggling, get over yourself for 10 minutes and play this multiplayer game with others.

If Starcrossed was too hard, then yeah, this is definitely not the game for you. Beyond easy mission. If it takes you hours and you can't beat it, it only speaks volumes of you, not the game. Sorry.

[quote] See why the game is going under....need casual gamers to pay the bills.[/quote] Correct. Its not bad until the actual boss room, then its just instantly down the sh*tter. I tried solo last week, and I literally couldn't get out of the doorway after the first death. I'd revive and instantly be killed, with 100 resilience. It happened so fast every time, I couldn't use abilities or even shoot, and the enemies literally never stopped firing on that spawn doorway. I tried with a friend and that worked out. If you can find a friend to join, give that a shot. Two people seems to be a sweet spot with Destiny. Casual players make up the majority of any playerbase, so that is the group that needs the most attention and consideration in all design decisions.

for bad players, can we stop this meta of calling casual players bad players?

Yep. Vexcalibur mission was too difficult for me as well. I’ve accepted that there are numerous things I won’t get.

Yes that exotic mission needs removing from the story progression

I've played for almost 2 years now and for me it's pretty easy, but I 100% understand and see how it is too hard for casual players, especially new guys. At least it's not absolutely idiotic like Avalon, so they are toning that sh down, but they need to do it further. The moment they "brought the challenge back", the game started dying and player numbers plummeted. Hard is fun for a tiny % of the playerbase, the huge majority doesn't find it fun at all. This is no elden ring or bloodborne, the majority of people DON'T play this game for the challenge.

Solod the regular version myself and it's definitely a slog until you figure out the mechanics. Even then, still quite a chore solo and definitely demands a decent loadout. Legendary version though...yeah you're probably going to want a fireteam for that

Look up plunderthabooty on YouTube. He makes quick easy to understand 10 min videos of good builds. Simply choose a build, copy it, save it to your loadout. Can make one for each subclass element and have potent builds with the press of a button. Abuse the artifact mods. Polaris Lance absolutely shreds pretty much everything this season. Use the lfg in the app or in game. You don’t need to use a mic. Not everyone is toxic and will help you through it/not quit if you don’t know what to do. It will take you 20 mins and the quest step is over and you get a new exotic.

You're vastly overestimating how much work goes into improving a loadout. You tried on your Warlock, so we'll look at that. - Osteo Striga and Ammit are both very good weapons on their own, but there is no reason to use both of them. Equipping [i]any[/i] special weapon makes a big difference; right now, Fusion Rifles and Wave-Frame GLs are the way to go in most situations - the perks you have crafted on Ammit and Palmyra are really, really bad. It takes 30 seconds to look up "Ammit/Palmyra best perks pve" and find out what's good, because believe me when I say that Gutshot Straight is not that - you have several mods that do little or nothing for you. Heavy Ammo Scout doesn't function if you don't also have Heavy Ammo Finder on and doesn't actually benefit a solo player in any way, this information is contained in its description. Stats only work in tiers of 10, so a +5 Discipline mod taking you from 92 to 97 is wasting both armour stats and space for other mods. You also have 3 different mods that consume Armor Charge instantly, these cannibalise each other because they activate on different criteria. These are not complicated things to expect people to understand, it's 2-3 Google searches and a bit of common sense. I haven't criticised your choice of weapons, as they're perfectly fine items for someone who doesn't do endgame stuff, and I fully respect that The Stag can be a very helpful Exotic for staying alive. These are simple changes that yield a huge return, without min-maxing all of your stat points, reconfiguring your whole subclass or telling you to go grind some activity for a particular item.

"I can't do it so it must be too hard for [i]all casual players[/i]" is pretty funny. Maybe you're not part of the group you think you are?

It’s one of the easiest missions 🤡

[quote]Just like to solo and play the low power end game content - not good enough for raids or dungeons, fine with that - I know the mission was easy got some - good for you. Only get a few hours in the weekend to play and just wasted all of it on one mission I could not finish and now will have to start all over again if I decide to continue playing Destiny. Do not have time for watching game videos and studying different builds. Making it part of the Seasonal quest line was a mistake. Basically I am now done with the game till the Final Shape...if I even still care enough to install it again in 6 months. See why the game is going under....need casual gamers to pay the bills.[/quote] At this point I'm convinced that casuals couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel.