I think Bungie needs to rework their approach to difficulty levels a little bit in order to make them more [b]accessible[/b] to players who cannot no-life the game. In D1 difficult content such as the Nightfall and Hard Mode raids were difficult for average players but there was no real gatekeeping as the power level needed to participate was [b]reasonable[/b] to achieve. In D2, however, you now need to get to a max pinnacle level AND typically +20 on your artifact. This means that you need to have decent RNG with limited pinnacle drops AND grind out 200+ seasonal levels to get +20 on your artifact. [b]This is more of a TIME issue vs being difficult to achieve[/b]. Not everyone has the time to average 2-3 hours a day to get to these power levels in a timely manner in order to be be able to jump into the most difficult end game content before the season ends. This does not mean that the content itself should be easier, just that the requirements to play it should be. It should only be about team coordination, load outs and skill. I know that there are many people who think it's "fine as-is" and nothing needs to change. Why does it matter if it changes so long as the integrity of the challenge still remains? The challenge should be in the activity itself, not getting to that magical participation number. My suggestion would be that, at a minimum, those who at least play the game regularly (ie 3+ hours every week?) should be at that magical participation number by the time the seasonal story ends. Yes, the pinnacle grind is a bit easier to achieve now that we do not need to also grind to a new hard cap, however you are still heavily dependent on RNG and some people simply do not get to acquire all the pinnacle drops each week for various reasons. If you are fortunate enough to play a lot and this power grind is "easy" then good for you. Just be considerate to those who are not able to sink as much time into the game, especially since the power grind restarts every season.