**Update of all Updates!!!** 09/26/2014 The players have spoken, and they have won! Looks like we won't be waiting much longer for the right changes to begin. I guess there is hope, afterall! **** It was love at first sight when the first Destiny trailer played before my twinkling eyes. After the Beta, I was convinced that this love was true and meant to be. I had pre-ordered a copy of my Love, and what better way than to have done so by purchasing the white PS4 bundle pack!? The combination was simply breath-taking. I waited in anticipation, yearning to join the gorgeous Destiny world as a feisty Huntress. Then finally, that day came. Birds were chirping, the sun was shining, and the world seemed happy when I finally set up my new console. Little did I know, a dark storm was brewing just beyond the horizon... The graphics were far beyond what I was expecting, the transitions from ship to planet were flawless, and there's a large amount of other things that I can compliment on the look and feel of this world. Despite Dinklage's monotone version of Navi, I can safely say that physically, I was 100% in love with Destiny. At level 24 now, I am starting to take all of that back. It's only been a few weeks going into this relationship, Bungie, and already you've started to abuse me with ridiculous bounties and missions so repetitive, that "Deja Vu" has become a lifestyle. Let's break down the chain of abuse here. Strikes are too hard. By too hard I mean, who the hell thought of bringing up Shanks' levels to Boss Mode all of a sudden? That person ought to be fired. I understand Captains, Servitors, and other high-tiered enemies being more powerful. But the wimpy, cute-looking drones? Come on. Because the strikes are hard (as well as the other Heroic missons, for that matter), I am constantly in search for new weapons. The Crucible is a whole other can of worms you don't want to open, but I will say this: It is POINTLESS to me to keep playing Crucbile, when I'm getting jack s***, no matter what how well (or terrible) I rank. So what is the next best thing? Loot farming! Believe it or not, you guys have created a Loot-Farming game from the get-go. Everything is solely based on repetitive activities in order to gain rewards. You have to repeat story and patrol missions, have to repeat Crucible sessions, have to repeat daily tasks, have to repeat the SAME bounties over and over again... See where I'm going with this? Everything you do in this game is farming for crap, crap that you /have/ to get in order to reach end-game. I need better weapons in order to dominate Heroic/Epic missions, but in order to do that, I have to keep repeating all of the above. And when I do all of the above, I STILL only have about a 5% chance that I'll receive something WORTHY. Now, farming on the world maps (cave farming/spawn timer 'exploit') was just a nice, quicker way of doing things so we can get to the /real/ fun. Raids. That "big time" challenge at the end of the long, loopy road. But now you've taken that away too? Oh but wait, you're "promising" to fix this in a few months? A few months? That's like placing a dog in a cage for the weekend, only to come back a couple months later to a decomposing carcass. We can't wait that long for a fix and stay happy. You will lose players. Having nerf'd weapons, on top of removing Ascendant Shards from Legendary items, just increases the motivation to stop playing at this point. The amount of work we have to do as players is not being properly compensated. The 'reward' factor has completely diminished. I am now left torn as to whether or not all of my previous anticipation for Destiny was worth it. I am just glad I didn't decide to fork over more money for the DLC. Please fix this now. Thanks. [b]TL;DR Version:[/b] The new update sucks. Your promises seem broken. Please fix now, thanks. ***UPDATE*** Just wanted to add a big thanks to everyone who's been offering some really in-depth comments/debates! If you get a chance to read, scroll through them! There's some helpful information, and there's also a pretty diverse set of opinions. You guys rock! :D ***Update-Update*** I've noticed a few people were posting the same message regarding Strikes, and how easy they are. Allow me to elaborate on this just a tad more. Regular Strikes /are/ easy. Yes. You can solo them without any problems really. But tell me (and show me) you soloing Strikes above level 24, and I'll edit my post. I was hoping that there would be folks who'd understand which Strikes I was referring to, when mentioning the OP Shanks (those are non-existent unless it's in a Public Event or during hard-tier sessions). Hope this clarifies some concerns.