Bungie showed their hand with how they view the power grind and proved its only there for engagement numbers/time played, not because it actually benefits the player or how the player chooses to get the power. Power level advantage has been removed from pvp, and there is a power delta in essentially every PVE activity. So just remove the power grind entirely at this point, it literally does nothing for the player. Just have the gear tiers locked behind difficulties, and let players approach those difficulties at their leisure. Power level means nothing if it only exists to extend gametime and act as a barrier to entry. I have not seen this much discontent with a dlc within 24 hours of releasing. Not even Lighfall had this much negative sentiment this quickly. You can't sit here and say "we want the power grind to mean something again" while simultaneously throwing a power delta into every single piece of aspirational content that keeps us -20 to -50 under no matter what.