I'll be the heathen that includes Lightfall on the "not bad" list, but will admit bias due to it being the first release after I started playing and strand being my second favourite power set.

Liking lightfall is 100% fine. I personally just felt like it was filler. Still better than EoF so far, though.

I can understand that sentiment. I do remember whining about there being 1 activity mission for every 2 "go there and listen to a person talk as though radios don't exist" steps. Come to think of it, it is the reason I despise Osiris and audibly groan any time I hear his voice now.

To be fair, every season was like that 🤣 26 steps with half being activities and the other half being talk to the person about the thing you just did. Still more content than is currently available and worth playing. I love the new armour system, and I like the portal as a concept. But something is clearly broken if you've just been playing K1 since launch. They need to make more content relevant including endgame. I've not played a dungeon since EoF launched because it's not worth it, and while I don't raid, my raider buddies deserve to be rewarded for their effort too.

For me, the portal is a misstep because it removes the "wander around and stumble into an activity" aspect that I enjoy. Maybe I would feel differently if there were more activities on the portal, but I don't know.