I don’t think it ever has been. It just felt more fresh back then because we hadn’t had our hands on the Destiny franchise for as long

No fr there used to be times I’d just explore locations like the dreadnaught and just kill enemies doing bounties and collecting planet mats. I enjoyed that. The random enemies moving against one another and the random Randal the Vandal enemy types that showed up was what made exploring fun. The locations felt alive. Destiny 2 doesn’t give me that