I'd say my biggest reasons for not buying it is because I knew it would be a bunch of nerfs. I liked Destiny 1 pre-nerf. All of the changes just made the game worse over time. It helped solve a lot of blaring balance issues, I guess, but after awhile the pursuit of balance started meaning less to some. Part of me wished, hoped, thought [i]maybe[/i] that Destiny 1's nerf cycle was some grand scheme unfolding. That they'd release the next game and we'd have a progressive reversion cycle where we slowly got all the same stuff back like we had in Year One. Or that they'd just make stuff better from the get-go. But still balance it so that everything was at its most powerful, but that nothing blatantly sucked. But we've all seen their song and dance for three years now and we weren't going to bet on hope a fourth time around. So I decided not to buy it. And look at what this game is, it's just sad. I don't think the drop rates matter, I don't think the aesthetics are bad. And even the lack of subclass customization might not have been impossible to stomach, if not for the fact that overall this is still a watered down, nerfed version of Destiny. I'm sorry but playing MMO's and RPG's has taught players to play to get powerful items. That's why people are willing to make convoluted spreadsheets using datamined information to come to an evidence-based conclusion on what is better and what is the best. Being able to walk around in a new set of armor isn't what makes replaying a game fun. Being able to spam a new emote every time you replay a certain mode doesn't make it fun. [b][i]What honestly makes replaying it FUN is being able to do it more easily as time progresses.[/i][/b] And for the most part, familiarity is going to make it quicker. But truly making it 'easier' takes substantially better loot. And the fact is, you [Bungie] removed that element of progression from the game and assumed that flat statistics on damage and armor resistance based on armor/light level was good enough. But it just doesn't add the same awe-factor that an amazing Exotic will do for someone. It has no character or flare to it, this system. The Exotics we do have are novelty, many of them bland stats modifiers or just repeats. The few that are decent still don't aesthetically bring their best. The ones with decent aesthetic are either impractical or just plain useless. And I think that's a shame. A lot of people say there's a lot of things wrong with it, but I don't think they quite hit the nail on the head when they overlook random weapon rolls and decent Exotics, or just powerful weapons (or perks in particular) as the biggest threat and influence to the game's vulnerable replay value. [b]Edit: Not having bought the game doesn't mean I can't have played it, folks. I played it for a month past release and attempted most of the content made available, excluding the new Trials. Having been given it for [i]free[/i] through console sharing, I [i]still ended up quitting and found no real incentive to play.[/i] That is the point of my feedback; to tell them that even if it was free, it couldn't keep me hooked. There is no hook. The best hook they have is the feeling of stupidity players get when they realize they want to quit playing the game they just blew $60 of cash on, who in turn decide they'll just binge the parts of it they like or only play when content is 'new'. And luckily enough I have no part in that shit.[/b]