Beta D1 Player here. Survivor of many dark ages. Exotics decrypting to blues. Xur's exotic Y2 transfer and EXP wipe. D2 is in an okay spot right now. Definitely better than when I left. I said NOPE shortly before Warmind dropped and then came back shortly before Season of the Drifter was ending. My breaking point during that time was when they changed the effects of Karnstein Armlets on my Warlock. I'm a space wizard, I don't shoot bullets, I shoot magic. So taking that last bit away from me from when the cooldown rates were so incredibly slow I was out. Some of the things I wish for Destiny 2: - [b]Factions[/b]. I remember leveling up my faction rank like crazy cause not only to say "I'm at Dead Orbit rank 300." but that chase for those Dead Orbit shaders. And who could forget the legendary roll of Dead Orbit's Hung Jury? Also remember when your rank with a faction was proudly displayed on the UI when you'd talk to a vendor? Was super fun to try to get my rank as high as I could. I don't even think they have that any more in D2. - [b]Strikes, done at your speed[/b]. Ever wonder why we look back on D1 strikes with such fond memories and why a lot of D2 strikes just doesn't capture that magic? One word: "Immune". In D1, most strikes were only limited to how fast you could take down enemies and bosses. No immune phases, no artificial waiting (well where bosses are concerned anyways). It felt good to be able to nuke a D1 Strike boss in seconds. Made us feel powerful and unstoppable. Guardians, by year 3, were even speedrunning through strikes and it felt good! - [b]Nightfalls, done at your speed[/b]. What was it about D1 Nightfall Strikes that just felt so damn good? Well, again, that's easy. We spent so much time rushing through Strikes and nuking everything in our way, Nightfalls would come around and slow us way down. Such a stark contrast from the norm is going to illicit some magic. Instead of skipping through the strike, leaving grenades in our wake like a flower girl, we were forced to think about the strike's mechanics in ways that were skipped over in the Strike playlist. Never once did D1 Nightfalls artificially stop us from advancing (minus the defense objectives every now and then), merely our skill and positioning. Take any D1 Nightfall strike boss, never an immune phase, so what slowed us down? The HP gated add spawn. Get the boss too low too quickly you were now dealing with not only a boss, but 2 waves of adds. That many bullets firing on us at a Nightfall level forced us to halt attacking the boss and actually deal with the adds. Unlike D2 strikes, D1 Nightfalls never stopped us from attacking the boss, but it was definitely going to punished us for trying. Guardians making our own fate, not the game slapping "IMMUNE" onto it. - [b]SRL[/b]. Most Guardians today don't even know what that term means nor are they even aware that Guardians used to celebrate a Mario Kart like Destiny hybrid in the City, the Cosmodrome, the Ishtar Academy, and the Reef. It was fun and something to do besides just grind grind grind grind. It was fun and silly and a hallmark of what Bungie used to be and is attempting to rekindle: Fun for the sake of fun, screw what the rules are of what is supposed to be. - [b]Trials of Osiris[/b]. Me, personally, I never understood the appeal of Trials. I viewed it as more a sweat shop, devoutly to be avoided. lol An infuriating game mode, but I will not deny that it resonated with many of my fellow Guardians and praised as one of the greatest PvP modes of all time. Why this game mode was removed in the first place goes beyond my understanding and would be a huge boon to Destiny 2. Just some of my thoughts of what would help Destiny 2.

Liberals/Casuals ruined D2 liked they did this country. D1 blew my balls clean off it was a great game.

Honestly if D1 had enough people in it to keep it alive I’d still be playing it.

Day 1 vet here. I no-lifed d1. I enjoy d2, I'm just not going to lose sleep over it

Ive done everything in the d1. I get on just to find nothing to do except replay activities, grind for stuff I havent acquired yet like the Kings Falls or WoTM Sparrows? Ect. Its no different to my current situation in D2.