Take away the other player dropping in via ship and the reward system and it's the same game...the 'old' destiny that you keep referencing is your own mind hyping up and creating something that it never was. It's the game they intended it be with some changes, it's all bout money ppl...business changes things. You sweet, summer children need to learn how the real world works
Actually that version of Destiny had many mechanics that the current Destiny does not have. I know that a lot of the changes were caused by the choices Bungie made for sales