With 339 (and counting) bumps, care to elaborate on your short and non-descriptive judgment? Counter opinions are always welcome, especially in the face of such an overwhelming consensus to the contrary.
The issue is that everyone will be running around as "risen", and the normal human/exo/awoken guardians will be a small amount. I would be fine if this was just another race at a cosmetic stand point, but definitely not a ability subclass only available to one race. And if u try telling me "everyone can have a race specific class", then that will most likely be the only thing people will run around with.
I see your point, and I'm sure that would happen if they plopped nagga007's idea into today's game. But, I do think there's an opportunity to go a radically different direction for sequels down the line, especially if participation in Destiny is lagging. It would take something dramatic to steer people back to the game.