The game survived d1 and d2 launch and d1 sunset so this doesn’t really seem that bad. D1 sunset lost far better guns than this one is and at least for me d2 launch lost majority of main appeals that destiny as a franchise had for me. Problem isn’t what they are doing as much as it is a chaotic direction that seems to change wildly every few years. D1 had an endgame focused progression system with the forever 29 struggle that some of us remember plus the hundreds of hours for gjallarhorn. This gradually turned into taken king launch which is largely acknowledged as best expansion in both games with only comparable one being forsaken and different people like each one for different reasons. This was first major expansion that featured infusion and was also first one after major weapon sunset that is similar to the upcoming one. Main difference is this upcoming expansion is scrapped d3 content while taken king was largely scrapped d1 launch content. As some other replies note there is likely an issue in the environment that they aren’t explicitly stating and choosing to rotate out less used content in favor of avoiding that problem. Rise of iron got us a new slot in form of artifacts and pvp changes which largely led us to the abomination that was d2 launch where game tried hard to shoot for being an e sport and failed, which it has spent a large amount of lifecycle functionally undoing d2 design flaws that didn’t exist in d1. D2 launch was bad for reasons many reasons which anyone who played at launch can probably explain where only real plus over 1 was some general UI enhancements, ledge climbing, and class abilities. Loot game, pvp, rpg mechanics were all largely thrown out the window and appealed to a very small number of people. Forsaken was to date most areas added in an expansion, but for the most part the most notable thing, which was random rolls was functionally a slightly modified d1 mechanic they took a year to undo from d2 launch and add back. We mostly gained 2 large patrol areas with dreaming city being largely considered most impressive patrol area due to the curse mechanics that only really seemed significant if you played at launch where you couldn’t access stuff like the shattered throne until the strong curse week. Shadowkeep I don’t even know where to begin since that was first expansion in both games that I skipped until beyond light was announced, but I’m sure someone else can chime in to poke holes in it. TLDR: game will in theory eventually get a solid direction and go with it, but until then we will find the progression system and general game will change significantly over time and those changes won’t all appeal to people. I doubt beyond light will kill the game and for most part the only things people will miss is pinnacles they suffered through grinding for, which isn’t as bad as the d1y1 rng hell that led some of us to spend hundreds of hours for an exotic that we may or may not ever get. Took me over 700 hours to get gjallarhorn and anyone who played in y1 can tell you how amazing it was before it was nerfed and returned in RoI. Imo cosmodrome is better than all of the things being removed put together so I don’t consider trade off that bad even if we didn’t get Europa and new subclasses too.

You guys are so melodramatic.

For you maybe, but this won't "spell the end" for this game by a long shot. Anyone who actually pays attention to population numbers sees that the population is and has been consistently around the same value. This game has also been top ten for population on steam since it moved to pc. If you personally feel the need to move on, by all means go for it. There's nothing wrong with playing something else temporarily or permanently. I'm currently back on the Warframe grind until the expansion hits for Destiny. At the end of the day, many people on this forum need to take a step back and realize that video games are for enjoyment. Play what you enjoy, period. No amount of crapping on Destiny will make it what you want it to be.

I honestly hope it dies. It's like your favorite sports player that doesn't retire when he should and tarnishes the memory of the good.

If anyone believes they will be returning anything that gets vaulted, other than some maps or game modes, you need to get off that hose you have attached to your tailpipe. I still believe they’re are loading up D2 with D1 assets as a last hurrah before blowing off Destiny altogether for their new IP.

Sunset my gear, sunset my business.