* Subclass Quests – RNG Really…. I didn’t even get off EDZ before I got both for all 3 builds.. * Strikes – RNG um D1 strike rotations were the same * Crucible modes – RNG this will change * Light Level – RNG if you pay attention you would have figure out how to get around this * Mods – RNG – not different than loot drops for the new system * Faction gear – RNG ok… * Vendors – RNG ok… * Raid rewards – RNG and?? This is different how? * Trials rewards – RNG This is different how? * Public Event rewards – RNG not that different. What is is that you always get a reward win or lose… and by RNG you could get an exotic engram * Clan rewards – RNG it says Beta on the thing so * Shaders – RNG – T this is different how? * Sparrows, ships, and ghosts - RNG from Eververse (and no more drops from raids, events, etc) could be different but as they don’t provide anything to power level not sure its needed for the 5% of players who care * Ammo - RNG (and yellow bars dont always drop heavy!) yellow didn’t always drop ammo in D1.. what were you playing. Again learn how to get around this * Weapons - STATIC ROLLS, no more rerolling to customize perks I think the new system is better. No more elitest rubbing it in that they can dominate pvp with the God roll while all other get to enjoy the struggle. Makes things more stream line * Skill trees - STATIC TREES, no more mixing skills to customize playstyle this was obviously done to prevent certain skills being pared that are wayyyy to op when combined…..wombo combo much…(might still be a thing) * Infusion - STATIC 1:1 INFUSIONS, no more infusing any primary into any primary to customize playstyle, you get locked into using whatever weapons are highest light. So even if you prefer scout rifles, you'll probably get stuck with a useless sidearm This is by far the best change. Now u actually have to play the game to reach max level.. Imagine that. I don’t have to be sad when my no life friends are around the same level as I am and I only play in the evenings * Clan - STATIC EXPERIENCE BAR, only 10,000 xp a week regardless of clan size. Does not scale. Large clans fill this in a few hours and get bored, small clans struggle all week ok you got me. I would also like a higher cap for each member.. like 100k cap * Perks - NO RNG PERKS - Luck in the chamber and similar perks have all been nerfed right out of the game and replaced with useless things instead said something above on this * Xur - NO EXOTIC ENGRAMS - Xur now only sells starter/trash gear for a few shards. No more engrams, no more coins, no more weapon bundles, no more AMMO SYNTHS don’t need synths when ammo is a plenty. Id rather look fwd to a few common exotics being sold than the better ones that take away the fun fact that I have it and other don’t. * Raid - NO RAID PERKS/LACK OF DROPS - Remember when raid gear helped you do better in raids with specific perks? NERFED. All these Calus coins from beating checkpoints and opening the locked chests, I should be able to at least buy cosmetic raid gear right? NOPE- SLOT MACHINE. it is certainly not my favorite system most specifically for raid and raid gear….but ill live with it Overall Destiny 2 is a much worse, heavily nerfed version of Destiny 1 based on these facts that are clear to anyone. Poor design choices all around. All the wrong things are RNG. 99,999 glimmer isnt enough when you need to blow 300,000 to get one RNG kinetic mod from the gunsmith to raise your light level. 999999 glimmer cap is just fine. Its called playing the game to obtain more glimmer. overall you speak a lot to hating the slot machine aspect but then preach about needing to be able to stand at a vender and cash in 1billion glimmer for the god rolls…. Wait that’s really familiar to something I was just reading…hmmm There is plenty of grind in D2. Yeah its new and there are a lot of things to come. PS. If you no life a game then yeah its gonna dry up fast

Clan engrams? Would be nice if you even got what your clan earned 100 percent of the time. Still haven't gotten my nightfall and crucible clan engrams and it's hours before reset.

I'm shocked at the responses here. D1 was pure trash at launch and a year later.

"Shaders should be single use, but RE-USABLE - as in able to unequip them and apply them to a new piece of gear." That's LITERALLY the opposite of Single-use.

Technically, everyone is EARNING their gear now, as opposed to buying it all. Remember when scrubs thought buying stuff was earning it?

The static rolls and static sub-class trees..... That's the problem with D2. If we had random rolls and fully customisable subclasses this game would be amazing. At present the static rolls make this game have a very defined lifespan for me as a gamer. D1, I could play forever chasing that agg balls matador..... D2, I get Nameless Midnight and there's nothing else to know about that gun. No idea why Bungie though the static weapon rolls would benefit the game. The D1 vendors got around the rng by selling a couple of god rolls so everyone had a good weapon to start off with.

Luke Smith wanted people to say there was too much content. And there is too much useless content. The adventures do not reward players, lost sectors are pointless, the only reason to do a patrol is clan rep, the strikes are few in variety and pointless in loot, flashpoints are the only reason to do a public event (yes I know the tiny chance of an exotic after hours of events, but that is not worth the time), the end game is the raid, the nightfall, and trials. It is already a content drought weeks in.

Scam of the year

You probably don't play vanilla if you're claiming this. Everything you just said has had rng in destiny 1 except the subclasses. The subclasses aren't hard to get at all. Stop being a drama queen and focusing on the least of the problems. Rng has been changef for the better to satisfy children like you but you always have something to whine about.

I can't even bring myself to want to do this raid. Tripling the mechanics with no boss fights was a huge mistake. Who in the hell decided that running through hoops (literally) was a good idea. Do task A, do task B, engage boss. It was a wonderful formula. Now their idea of fun is everyone has to do one task, in a certain order, at a specific time, several times. No boss. All while talking over one another. Oh, and let's add artificial difficulty by limiting revives. I think the emperor encounter looks fun, but the rest is utter nonsense.

Dude I really don't think you remember the original Destiny all too well if you're complaining about RnG. Year one Destiny was nothing but RnG. When Destiny first released there was Vault of Glass, Nightfall, Iron Banner, and the Queens Rep (wasn't there for long). If you completed the raid on all your characters you were pretty much screwed until next week. The Dark Below? They left the previous raid behind. Same concept. One raid, all RnG. All exotics, except for quests were RnG. House of Wolves brought Etheric Light which made previous raids relevant to an extent however the only way to obtain end game gear was through RnG. Then Taken King came. It became much easier to get to the end game through the new infusion system. 3oC let random exotics drop which helped with the RnG grind. Rise of Iron was the worst DLC to date. It was a DLC of handouts. I remember getting my Gjallahorn out of the Vault of Glass exotic chest and I screamed when it happened. In Rise of Iron they handed them out like candy on Halloween through easy quests. Original Destiny was always RnG. Way worse than Destiny 2 RnG. There are so many more opportunities to get end game rewards in D2. It's called a grind for a reason. Stop asking for handouts.

After three yrs of destiny 1 we are now on week 2 of of destiny 2 and I'm bored. Gotta wait for Tuesday to do anything. I won't be playing this for 6 months much less 3 yrs and that breaks my heart. Truly love destiny but they -blam!-ed up. There is no reason to grind