Exotic missions were so good because they were surprises, secrets, something destiny has largely lost, partly due to data miners and leakers but also the standardification of them, like a lot of things in destiny they no longer have that identity of discovery. Realistically, whisper wasn't that complicated, but it was novel. The community discovering something with the impact of whisper or outbreak just doesn't feel the same as it did then.

Just say you want a handout and move on.

[quote]Remember when exotic missions were really cool optional activities you could run once to get something really cool? They were a huge break from the norm and were a really neat thing. There was always a sort of hard mode to complete for more bonuses too. Bungie has completely lost sight of what made them so good. The missions this year (d2 year 10) are alright on their own, but absolutely requiring them to be done for core progression of the story ruins them. Requiring an absurd amount of additional clears is a bit of an idiotic maneuver in my opinion. Does anyone actually even like running the exact same 25+ minute activity over and over again? Bungie, stop doing this. Exotic missions should feel special. They should be optional. They should not be designed to be grinded. Stop making us do the same 25+ minute mission with little to no differencese between runs 3 to 25 times a season. On a related note, increasing the reflective flakes from 1 to 4 (3 to 9 on expert) is still horrible. For 25+ minutes of repetitive work, it should be at least 10 (20 on expert) if you're going to require a ton of them just to progress certain missions. I honestly could care less about the tonics they can craft. It's that I NEED to unlock all the recipes to continue with core progress, and I can't unlock recipes without crafting an unnecessary amount of tonics that require ingredients only found via completions of the exotic mission. You know what? The better solution would simply be to not have them exclusive to the mission after you beat it once, or maybe have a better way to unlock tonics. This was horribly thought out and I do not want to see this mistake ever again.[/quote] Careful, I said exotic missions should not be mandatory and be optional and then got attacked for it. I don't even do seasons anymore. I just do bounties and patrol and that's it when I feel like it.

I think you forget what exotic missions were. They weren't one and done for most people unless you got carried. You had to do several steps just to even gain access. Then once you gain access you ended up running those missions dozens of times because they were hard, and had a timer on them. You had to run them, over and over just to beat it or wait until a few seasons or a year down the line when you could effectively overlevel it. Then you still had to run it over and over on prestige mode to get the catalyst.

I just want fun content Not overly tedious and boring content. I've already completed this season the first few days it was out, so now I get a month or two off until new content. Absolute terrible business model. The drop feed content wasn't much better, but at least it encouraged you to log in every week. New model is terrible.

Absolutely right. In a vacuum, every Exotic Mission is well put together and enjoyable. The problem is when Bungie makes us run it countless times for arbitrary reasons. At first it was just to upgrade the associated weapon. But this time, they locked a Tonic ingredient behind the mission. So even if you all catalysts and intrinsic perks for the weapon unlocked, you still need to run the mission for that one ingredient. It makes everyone go from being impressed and satisfied, to despising and resenting the mission.

I just find it boring same as the last one, with mundane repetitive mechanics. Honestly I think it's probably me, the sense of surprise has gone now. It's an old game, I don't play much any more. Everything has been regurgitated so many times how can it possibly feel fresh.

I miss real exotic missions like OG Whisper and Outbreak. The community coming together to solve actual puzzles like Izanagi, and more. This watered down mission forced into the storyline multipe times feels like a lazy and blatant way to infalte playtime. Exotic missions do not belong in the campaign or in the main story. The main story should have had a simplified version of Kells Fall with matchmaking that you run ONCE to unlock the exotic version. Fixed. The game designers have failed us again.

Not only that… you can’t even start the exotic quest without purchasing the season pass 😂😂😂

Believe it or not this wasn't that bad There's no ridiculous jumping puzzles, no timer(except for the Crystal rooms).the only downside for me was beating the secret boss and not getting anything for a reward 🤷‍♂️