According to publicly available information, less than 10 percent of D2 players have completed even one GM. "While there is no official Bungie figure, publicly available data suggests that only a small fraction of Destiny 2 players have ever completed a Grandmaster Nightfall, likely below 10%, with some estimates being as low as 2-6% based on Steam achievements and other tracking sites from past years." Most players are casuals who rarely, if ever, do GM's and certainly won't do Ultimate. Who at Bungie thought this was a good idea? Why should casuals continue playing when they are permanently gimped by your current progression system? The game needs other ways for players to level other than GM's and Ultimate's that don't require limited revives, locked loadouts, and playing 40 to 60 power below the enemies. Just add back the old pinnacle system (in addition to the portal) and maybe even some world drops that provide progression. Maybe if casuals could also get to 450 or even 550 without GM's and Ultimate's, they might then feel inspired to try harder content because they will be going in with better gear and more then likely more hours played because they might be having FUN instead of struggling through one sweaty activity after the other. And to those who are members of the "GET GOOD" crowd, what would be wrong with a player who just wants to do strikes and explore the open world also being able to level to max power at their own pace, playing it 'Their Way." How would this hurt the game? Hint: It won't. Or would you rather have another day with 19,000 players on Steam as we did last week? Or does Bungie want to split the player base into two groups? And why does this matter? OH, I KNOW. CASUALS PAY THE -blam!- BILLS.