The game needs a codex or compendium in-game. This is an estimate, but about 80% or the info I have are independent 3rd party collaborations. Resources a lot of people are unaware of. The lore is quite fragmented... there's 2 main sites, Ishtar... which is absolutely terrible, and Destinypedia... that has issues in the past with people deleting information and links... adding analysis and interpretations... which is wrong. We have resources that may bias metas because they partner with content creators for things like weapon rolls. I don't like that. Often a playerbase manipulated by inaccurate and sloppy testing using UI decals, shooting against a wall in private lobby. Or DPS testing against Templar, again using UI decals. This has always been true. There's this "rose bush" Youtube Meta, and then there is the truth. And that analysis, takes time... however, taking your time isn't good for the Youtube algorithm. Often times, right now is a great example... a lot of the charts and docs are still being tested for & updated. We don't know what the metas are, because there's so much stuff... so many changes, often bugs, that it can take months. Now I'm not saying that Bungie should do all the works for us. But if we had a regularly updated compendium, there would be significantly less bad information... I believe there would be a much greater diversity to the meta... having more of that information surfaced to the player in-game or in a dedicated portal on Bungie.net and the App. It would be great to have a loadout builder in-game... just buy D2armorpicker, and integrate those systems. It would change the game for a lot of players, new and old, imo. Teach people to fish. Don't sponsor a guide video that will reach maybe 0.1% of the Player Base. There's a sponsored guide video for Enigma Protocol... I bet you most people have no idea it exists... it's not a great video either. They need a dedicated team for this stuff.

This is definitely annoying, but even more than that, I hate that you have to do homework on 3rd party sites just to understand how the game works. Every description of every exotic, aspect and fragment, weapon perk, and armour mod is vague AF, and doesn't tell you anything useful or important about how the thing actually works. It's the biggest barrier to entry for buildcrafting, especially for new players. At a BARE MINIMUM, Bungie needs to feature things like the Destiny Data Compendium, DIM, Light.gg, D2Foundry, and other critical 3rd party sites in the loading screen tips, so that new players can at least have knowledge of their existence.

Piston has a star at its base. How score is calculated? I have no idea lol.

Actually of of those things ARE explained in game and by bungie. When GM's first came out bungie explained that you get more rewards if you kill all champions . You can see the emote and finish medal in the medals part of triumphs. Failsafe mentioned the planetary piston and it is highlighted on your hud if within 30 meters ...or more if you ADS.

It sounds like you are depending on third parties - some of us enjoy an experience that isn’t spoon-fed to them.