As a person that didn't get the DLC, I think I can pretty much sum up what's wrong with Bungie's mindset here from the view of one end of the community. They're addressing a problem about 3 years too late to matter. Trying to accommodate non-DLC players was an issue back then, because Destiny was incredibly massive (much larger than Destiny 2 as it is now). Segregating your community back then was a questionable practice, but only because that community was so massive and spread out across the game. That's not the case in Destiny 2. I think it's fair to say that the game has run its course with the casual audience. People aren't picking this game up anymore, at least not that I'm seeing. The guys who played this game in the beginning for say 1-2 hours every day are gone. You're left with your core fanbase. The only thing you have now are the guys that are gonna stick by you, they'll buy your dlcs, they'll put up with what you throw at them. The rest of us left man. There's no need to pander to us. Bungie is trying to pull off a revival but it's just not gonna happen. All they're doing is screwing over the guys that are in for the long run. And if they keep that up, they're bound to lose that audience too.