Way back, we, ie, me + my regular bunch of buddies from different countries and time zones, and, more often than not, 1x or more of their other buddies, all looking to level-up / acquire the Raid gear / toys. We raided nonstop. Friends Lists were overflowing. The D1 vibe was like that. 👻 Then things changed: timers and timed events began to appear. The Sunset debacle occurred. Thereafter, the vibe was drastically different…Friends Lists evaporated almost overnight. Players bounced. Me too…to WF (MR24 😎)…then, much later, I returned to Destiny’s shores, but this time, it would be different, ie, how I engaged with the game. And so it was…and still is to this day. I normally steer clear of dungeons / raids, because I don’t like timers or complex mechanics…though I do miss the loot! My D1 vault has nearly all of the good stuff…so, that’ll do! ✅ Black hammer / black spindle / whisper 1 / whatever 2 - ridiculous! 🧐 Neomuna Overtuna - no thanks! 👈 Nether and Dungeons on Explore mode were okay, though I didn’t bother with Court of Blades or GotD - too much neomuna Overtuna mechanics for this old tortoise! 🤮 Icebreaker 2 - nah! One of the best things done, imho, was the epic 12-man mission…and finale scenes thereafter. I also got the 3x tricky final missions done - especially the last one, by joining a discord group…we cleared it virtually on the first run…simply because everyone was mic’d up, and knew the drill. Communication is key to those 3x missions. I’d spent hours making LFG groups that required using a mic; players joined nonstop, not one would use the mic…so, inevitably, we wiped without fail. Somehow, I managed to scramble my way through the first two missions - more by sheer luck than anything else…and some really switched-on teammates! ✅✅ However, Discord is a bit too much for this old tortoise…it’s way too busy and way too ‘noisy’…and whenever I revisit, it wants to flood my computer with downloads+++ 🧐 No! That’s how I engage with the game. I suspect there are many more who do likewise. I love the Destiny Universe - what’s left of it. I have lots of warm fuzzies for the worker bees. It’s a very familiar and relatively ‘safe’ space to pootle about in…and, by that, it’s better than cruising the internet - where one is but 2x clicks from places best unseen; and from watching yet another funny pet video. I just don’t like what the BHQ upper tier mismanagement duffers 🤡 keep doing to wreck it. They’ve been doing it since D1Y1… 😡 That is all. Ease Springs! 🖖