I'll try not be too long winded but I do have something to say if you decide to hear me out. - Since Beta I've logged around 1300+ hours into Destiny - Since Beta I've always played Hunters, still do and no I don't feel like I've missed anything. - I've completed every raid on every difficulty within the day or two of them coming out and then on every character every week after. - I help Sherpa my other clan mates as well as other clans we play with - I also go onto LFG sites to help others complete the raids, many of which become clan members afterwards - I've completed almost every Nightfall and thousands of strikes (I'm sure there's a week or 2 that I was out of town on business travel). - I've went Flawless on every character every weekend Trials has been out. - I've competed in every Iron Banner to rank 5 every time it's out - I've started a clan that at one point had almost 50+ members. I've always had someone on to play with, PVE or PVP (it's now a challenge). - I've seen my online Friends List grow from zero to 175+ - Destiny was my first online gaming venture (for 10 years before that I was on Xbox) - I've defended this game and truly enjoyed this game through all the constant shit decisions from Bungie. I didn't want to sound self centered or "hey look what I've done" but I didn't want to layout a robust foundation on which my options and observations are based on. I was a level 30 early on, same goes for 32 and 34. But now I'm capped at 317.75. The grind to get that high was unreal, it's been a beating and here's why: 1. PVE endgame rewards are absolutely shit! Having gear drop at a variable light level is flat out annoying! I would rather get shards then one more weapon or piece of armor at 310/311 on hard mode! 2. PVP rewards are way more consistent and better! Not everyone can run flawless, but the only positive is it provides high level weapons for infusion. But for armor and everything else you're totally dependent on raid drops. 3. Each week there's a mass exodus from Destiny! I have around 200+ people on my Friends List. Everyday I'd log on I'd have anywhere between 6-12 pages of friends on Destiny. Now I'm lucky if I have ¾ of 1 page online playing Destiny. Reason #1 was a huge contributor to this! 4. HoW Prison of Elders and Trials killed 6 member fire teams! Changing the Fireteam requirements to 3 instead of 6 fractured so many clans and solid raid groups! Members had to form smaller core groups for PVE and now PVP. Kings Fall brought back that 6 man element but many were short handed due to the new normal HoW brought with it. 5. Bungie has been so consistent to nerf or remove anything that has benefitted the player...[b][i]EVERYTIME![/i][/b] - Vex - Auto Rifles - Loot Caves/Loot drops - Raid bugs/exploits (every raid so far has had multiple) - Queen's Armor - Nightfall Rewards - Xûr - Heavy ammo bugs - Removing almost all of the Shoot the Loot benefits - Heavy Ammo Drought - Fusion Rifles - Let's not forget Crucible stayed unbalanced for 8-9 months...Thorn/TLW/Hawkmoon/Shot Guns/Final Round Snipers - Hand Cannons - Gjallahorn - Rocket Tracking - Rocket Proximity Detonation - Nerf and all out removal of Ice Breaker from the game - Nerf and all out removal of G-Horn from the game - Constant loot rate decreases (all game modes) - Absolute SHIT Nightfall Drops after TTK launch - Immediate nerf to 3 of Coins - Secondary nerf to 3 of Coins - Reduction and post light level correction of Black Spindle after the fact. This was the dumbest shit I've seen in a long time, you -blam!-ed up Bungie! You should have said "our bad" and you earned those 310 drops... - Absolutely horrible or non-existent Iron Banner 2.0 drops/rewards - Horrible Hard Mode raid drops... I shouldn't need to explain... - An always apparent disconnect between Bungie and their players. They say they're listening but like my grandfather their hearing is very selective! I'm sure there is a ton more that can be added to this list! The point is Bungie is so quick to remove anything that makes this game less of a "grind" or truly benefits the player. This community isn't as toxic as you think, I've seen some pretty amazing feedback and player input! If they spent even part of their time actually engaging their player base instead of patronizing the media they might be in a better place right now. So myself like so many others are moving on from this point. I've more than gotten my monies worth but I saw so much potential in what this game could truly be and mean to so many others. I don't care if this post gets viewed by 10 people or 10,000. I just wanted to share my thoughts, and whether your's are similar or different I'm glad I got to share a few moments of pure joy in this game with you! [b]PSN (PS4): TACCOMGUY | Clan: TACCO TUESDAY[/b] [b]How much time have you spent on Destiny? Check it out here: http://www.wastedondestiny.com[/b] Edit: Thanks for all the support guardians and many of you have come to the same realization that have over time. Several of us have been here since Beta/Alpha as well which is an amazing feat in it's own right! [b][i]I wish Bungie would bring back the Community Focus to people like us, people who have been here from the start and who have invested a great amount of time and feedback into the game![/i][/b]