I find it stupid since we got a free spark of light to jump to lvl 28, why now turn around and go hey for a stupid amount of $$ u can go to level 25 whats the point of that???

New players buying there way to level 25 effects me because... It will ruin the overall skill levels of future raids and high tier events and the pool of players average skill level will decrease and us vets will have to deal with shittier fire teams. With the abundance of veterans hanging up there mantels in pursuits of other games we left behind will have to turn to the new generation. This new generation will be filled with those who don't know a challenge outright because they were high enough level to skip the vanilla story, wich most consider a good tutorial on tactics concerning every type of enemy arch type that the player faces in the future, most will have an ingrained idea that you can easily gun your way through everything because of this, instead of adapting or even trying to learn tactics on the new bosses that are veering away from the normal bullet sponge form we had year one. We all have met the kind of player I'm talking about, them dieing more often then you can run over and Rez them, the one that questions why they die so much while bashing everyone else as inferior, the difference is that while the ones we know and hate got that way because a veteran player carried them through the story and most other content without actually teaching them how to do it(I'm guilty of this but iv since then corrected my mistakes) however now bungie will be playing the role of the carrier and those who accept will not have the mentor figure to correct them in game from the bad behavior, the game as a whole will suffer due to this as more and more players that rely on LFG will become frustrated and in the worst case scenario quit. All the while as this type of player base grows , bungie, the caterers of those most outspoken, will slowly bring the requirements of endgame content down, taking the enjoyment and challenge from the now smaller and more diehard group. This group will contain the vets who now must watch as the game they love is brought down to levels were only children can have difficulties, looking around you may have already started to notice the difficulty of endgame dropping, be it nightfalls or missions in general. The reason this effects me is because I have to watch as this game loses its diehard fan base and carry on as more and more people lower this games difficulty to pander to casuals who will pick this game up and drop it just as easily. That is how stuff like this, especially pay to level items that are now[b] on sail[/b] effect me.

It affects me because I was lied to. Bungie said cosmetic items only.

Anything you kids do for destiny affects me You guys fund and support a game that will ruin gaming Look at how games are getting more sectioned off. Battlefront is a result of seeing the success destiny had Ultimately this will lead to deteriorated games that we had last year and the year before. More to come, thanks for ruining my kids gaming future

Has anyone seen the recent addition GTA's micro transactions. $99.99 for $8,000,000 in game currency!

This affects me because it adds new players to the game that will have significantly less experience in the game. And if one of these players gets into a fire team of mine it could extend the time required to beat something significantly. Adding to more play time and hours of frustration to my life. I don't need that. If you can't level up like a normal person you don't deserve it. It could also add people who are still learning a sub class or class during parts of the game that needs experience, practice, and patience. All together ruins my experience, because others decided to skip "the" experience.

It effects none of the vets in any way shape or form. Just something else for salty forum trolls to complain about.

People could say "it's a slippery slop" I quote Hank from breaking bad, it has application here... "You're the smartest guy I've ever known, but you're too stupid to realize, he made up his mind 10 minutes ago" BUNGIE/Activistion will eventually let us buy tons of things in the future. We may even be able to buy exotics with real world money. I don't think it will kill the company or game. People will get over it or leave and Destiny will go on. There's just too much of this game built into the lives of its players. It just won't die. No matter what happens.

Because it's basically Bungie openly admitting that Destiny Y1 was so -blam!-ing shit they're happy for people to bypass it completely and jump straight into Y2. Whereas there are us Y1 players who had to suffer through all of it, remained loyal and have -blam!- all to show for it.