I mean if you think about it back in D1 there was literally no new content around this time. So I’ll take this over that any day

I'd take the menagerie and 2 raids over 5 boring ass story missions that use the same assets, aren't replayable, have terrible rewards, terrible characters, and a "patrol zone" that you can toss a grenade from one end to the other

What the season pass lack is just the campaign missions. As far as content and lore/story goes, I think it had been outstanding. Don't get me wrong, I love campaign missions, but the replay value of campaign is very minimum. And i think Bungie knew this, that's why they took the concept of seasons. They skip introductory content and goes straight to extend end game activities. Should there'll be new season pass in the future, if one or two of the seasons have campaign, I think it will be very happy.

When I think of DLC's I think in terms of Expansions: Taken King and Foresaken (maybe even Rise of Iron). There were IMO great additions and I believe most would like to have these every 3 to 6 months. Unless I'm mistaken this has never happened. I'm not sure if it's possible (production/ budget wise) even with all our complaining. Expansions take 9 months to 12 months if I'm not mistaken. What most people don't enjoy are previous DLC's: Curse of Osiris and Dark Below. And even though as a fan I did enjoy them - they got stale real fast for most. My impression of the Annual Pass is that this is supposed to be the filler in between Expansions and DLC's - something to do for 3 months while we wait. Is it a perfect system? Nope, personally I liked Black Armory more than Season of the Drifter due to the Gambit Focus - but both were better than replaying Curse of Osiris until Warmind Dropped. I think the Annual Pass needs work but is a step in the right direction. DLC's feel like they work better if they have more size like Warmind, anything less is pointless.

What you need to understand is the annual pass was endgame content not a comet DLC like forsaken, taken king or what shadowkeep looks like The comet dlcs are the story, the annual pass was the stop the drought that D1 was absolutely littered with.

There's hella leaks out right now one of them is the base game being free to play

After Forsaken, there is no point in getting the Annual Pass. Do not waste your money on that scam pass. It’s dead. The only thing to do is wait for D3. All they do is bring back popular weapons from D1 (which should’ve been there from the start, but since they’re bring them back they lied to us because at the beginning of D2 they said they wanted a fresh start) add re-skins, same missions but different directions to go and re skin enemies. Maybe “some new stuff” I don’t know. This is just to keep you going until the next release, which I won’t buy unless it’s a game changer. It should’ve honestly been free. You’re literally and I kid you not, you’re literally paying money for stuff you’ve already have before. Ex. The Last Word and Thorn. Stuff that was in D1 and don’t say it’s a different game because it’s not. Your stuff was sent to D2. They’ve had many years to fix themselves. But I guess not. So sad seeing a game I love before became this way. Anyway, unless you got it as a gift, do not even think about spending a dime on it. (I mean it’s up to you, it’s your money of course.) But Bungie‘s a business, seems to me quality is minuscule, while profit is looked into more. Cheers.

The Menagerie is good but not $35 good. I know some folks like grindy activities like Forges and Gambit, but I sure don't. Rumor has it that D2 Y3 will have a la carte season passes in addition to the Annual Pass. That solves the value problem. The content problem is tricky. Most players don't spend a lot of time in compaign missions. I think activities like the Menagerie or the old Challenge of Elders can work as a substitute for missions, but they need to come often and refresh often. Also, where are sparrow races?

Dude it was literally like 20 mins of the first story mission calm the -blam!- down. And it was to introduce you to the chalice and its mechanics. You people are so insanely spoiled and entitled that it's actually toxic to look at your threads. These threads are so toxic with entitlement that it makes me physically sick. Dear God. You did 20 mins of campaign stuff and the rest of the day you had to do DLC stuff. How much more could you possibly want. Day 1 raid, day 1 activity (AND IT MATCHMAKES FOR YOU FILTHY CASUAL PLAYERS), day 1 DLC rewards. Pinnacles to chase, new STUFF TO DO ON DAY 1. All you had to do is spend 20 mins doing a few menial tasks. Cannot believe 252 other people upvoted this shit post. It is literally unbelievable.

I'm super for new story, but not as it currently is. Right now the story is so awful they'd be better off without it to be honest. I think they would actually need to overhaul the story pretty hard to warrant devoting what dev time they have left to storytelling before this game reaches critical. Just came back to the game and got to the dreaming city, this kind of stuff is closer to what is a valid short term goal for now. The whole new loot and new stuff to do section of things. Want the story, too, but that must come later, it's like having multiple wounds, you gotta handle the one by the artery first.

I guess you never plaayed D1? Its the same format here bud.

For me personally it isn't the story or the lack there of that's the problem. We haven't had a new strike since forsaken and pvp maps since they dropped 3 of the worst maps currently in rotation. If they had dropped a new strike and 2 maps each season i think overall there would be less people complaining

Most players agree this is a terrible start to the new season. Bungie is in the toilet as far as Im concerned.