It has the opposite effect on me. I was going to do the CoT lore until I found out they were closing it early for no reason. It’s such a turn off that I just decided I’d skip it. If that’s how pathetic Bungie are to get players to play then I’m not going to be one of the chumps to bite.
From a Forbes article (a lotta folks on here saying the same as you and also mirrors my thoughts as well. BIG TURN OFF).
A quote has stuck with me I read once, that if players see too much to do in too limited of a time, it’s not that they might not finish all the content, it’s that they might not even bother starting it. I’m seeing that start to happen frequently in the seasonal model, and I’m concerned it may only accelerate if this philosophy continues.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2020/01/22/destiny-2s-you-had-to-be-there-philosophy-is-turning-off-players/#1aed679b1b3a