While sat enjoying a quiet Boxing Day I'm wondering why I've lost the urge to switch the ps4 on and play destiny, why was year 1 such fun and where has it gone? I realise some people won't read the wall of text below so I've put the conclusion up here in the spoiler, the reasoning is below it if you are interested in how I got there. If you disagree with the spoiler I urge you to read the reasoning before jumping to conclusions. My views are pretty much from a pve perspective, I barely play Pvp due to slightly slow internet which is exaggerated by the poor PvP setup in this game. [spoiler]So I realised, I'm bored of shooting the same enemy (just adds) for minutes on end, emptying magazine after magazine on one add without even getting a look at the main enemy or any other adds. Any weapons that we did have to counter these health monsters have been nerfed, left behind, or don't exist now(elemental primaries, fun exotics ) Tedious. It needs more adds but with less shields/health, or weapons that counter their shields/health. These encounters can be the same length, just with more feeling of achievement and involvement. The fun is being a powerful guardian who matches or dominates his enemy. Having a BFG is fun! Being the weak little underdog is getting (has got) boring. [/spoiler] I figured the rot started for me when TTK dropped and my "godlike" guardian on his Etheric boosted raid gear was now outgunned by a green gear wearing noob, but that still didn't explain why I don't enjoy it now. I ran though the obvious answers, poor or irrelevant activity reward and constant weapon "balancing" making all my weapons virtually identical. While the the rewards are a factor, it's not huge, as I still used to play for fun when not trying to win anything. The weapon balancing issue isn't wholly a factor but is part of the problem. Equipping a big gun that did monster damage was fun. They don't really exist anymore, exotics are barely any different to a good legendary. They were "exotic" for a reason, they were OP, they kicked ass. They were a weapon you equipped, knowingly forfeiting another monster weapon in a different slot. Now I often find myself running purely legendaries. That's not right. Then it dawned on me, the problem of not enjoying it for me started with PoE, the introduction of hoards of ridiculously tough, yellow bar enemies that swallow every bullet/rocket/energy bolt you can carry, without dying, but still one shot you back if you dared to pop your head out of cover, and that's just the adds! This trend of making more and more invincible enemies has continued into TTK, where during taken corruptions several yellow bar enemies spawn and release a constant stream of dark ball attacks at you. Strikes are full of elemental shielded enemies, but we're not allowed elemental primaries, deliberately to make these encounters drag out. So by trying to extend playtime they have drained the fun out in the process. Like watering a nice drink down, yes there's more of it, but it tastes like shît. On a slightly different note, I love using hand cannons but am sick and tired of shooting fresh air when then taken constantly "blink" on the harder strikes, so I barely use them now. You may not agree with this, that's your right. But It's how I feel, it's why I don't even want to turn on the game I loved for a year. Guardian down.