I agree wholeheartedly. I've been wanting power removed for years now. It's completely irrelevant and can lead newer players to believe that raising your power can raise your damage like if the game was an RPG. Imagine believing that raising your power would raise your power, lol. Unfortunately, I can think of three reasons Bungie likely keeps it in the game: 1. Bungie still believes that grinding = player retention. Doesn't matter the quality or fun. 2. Bungie thinks by keeping it, it'll appear more like an RPG. 3. It's a resource sink. This leads back into reason 1.

I actually like Power Levels, however with locked or capped content it no longer makes sense. Either they need to reverse it so Light counts toward an activity or remove it as mentioned. If you grind out 20 levels over content it should count for something, but currently it doesn't mean anything. There is no need to go past a certain point anymore, and so why is there a need for level? Originally the main reason appeared to be that new players aren't tackling end game activities thinking it is normal content, something like Grandmaster Nightfalls for example. However that clearly would be on them for not reading. A similar thing that doesn't matter is crafted weapon levels, after 30 levels it no longer has any relevance other than "big number" as you have nothing left to unlock. In most games, the more you play the stronger you become. We have this still with Adept weapons and Artifice armor. There is no reason that content shouldn't become easier with more time invested. Capping the Power Level at -5 to -25 only tends to drag out the activity anyway, even though it may be easier to "balance" or however you want to justify it. I prefer to have leveling but unless we walk back this level capping it really is not justifiable to keep around.

It definitely serves a purpose. Make number go up, play more. Purpose served.

power lvl mean nothing,only place it is useful is in trials.

It's called progression, without it everything loses meaning If Bungie wants to pretend to be an MMO, power grinding comes with the territory It's already stripped to be has bear bones has possible, Bungie even catches everyone up if they played or not, and XP is meaningless after you get 12 artifact points And yet people still complain, people if you want free power , COD is calling you

the main reason it was originally added was to keep people playing in D1 cus originally we didnt have light levels iv never fully engaged with it as i felt it was just a waste of time so usually in most power enabled activates im doing less damage and taking more damage keeping it or getting rid of it i wont be effected.. i did delete all my sunset stuff tho so RIP my D2 vault is basically empty

I havnt been forced to do anything. I’m about to be 2000 light on my Titian and all I have done is chill in the pale heart and play some crucible.

I havent done a single activity for the powerful gear alone and was able to do everything I want so far. Even up to 30 power below hasnt posed as much of a problem as expected. This kinda confirms that power level is obsolete, but not for the reasons you state...

[quote]I don't want to raid for power drops.[/quote] You literally don't have to? I am 1989 + 9 artifact power on my Warlock and I didn't even play a single Nightfall, Raid or Dungeon since DLC drop. You LITERALLY don't have to, unless you only care about the "pinnacle level" that you don't need anyways to play the game.

You can raid. Have you heard of fireteam power?

[quote]Power level is grind that forces players to do activities they have no desire to do. I don't want to raid for power drops. I want to raid for enjoyment of the activity or targeted loot. Just abolish it. It gatekeeps for the sake of gatekeeping.[/quote] By design the system offers no benefit when bungie programed enemies scale to your level or above you. There's no positive power scaling anymore IE no outleveling content. At least make the system beneficial like earlier iterations of the game.

It used to be part of the good old game, when power up [i]meant [/i]power up. The higher your level, the easier it was to do harder content. Simple idea which used to work. No need now. You could be light level, 10,000 but your power would still be capped at 9,995 so what the hell is the point. And you STILL wouldn't be able to do an easy 2 man quest by yourself 🤬

They should have came up with a better system at the start of destiny 2. Few better ideas are elder scrolls online hit max lvl than a champion point system to buff stuff Warframes gear based system Or a good old fashioned level system I prefer those three over light based that did and does nothing useful

It also shows in trials. What's the point of having a minimum light requirment when people go in 30 light under and beam people to death easily??

I got spoiled with a six month season. Lost sectors 2020 and 2030 is a bit too far off.