Unfortunately this isn't the issue. The amount of loot is irrelavant if the casual players are getting screwed in the end. This game is no longer casual friendly. The pendulum swung so far to the other side it managed to get stuck in the wall. When even the holiday event has unfun mechanics like locked loadouts how can anyone enjoy the game. Even the base raid desert perpetual (and raids are a whole nother thing that has gone a bit off the deep end)doesn't have locked loadouts. When causal content is being filled with unfun modifiers casual players are going to keep thier distance. So long as those players don't pick up the controller/mouse and return this game will continue to hemorrhage until it can't sustain itself and no amount of plus 1 and plus 2 gear boosts is going to change that.

Yep classic serial whiner move

People would still call it a “bribe” if they fixed intros, added content, etc. The classic “Wowww Bungie NOW you guys do something when your game is dead this should have been a thing since XYZ” It happens, every, time.

There's one thing I think much of the community can agree on (if that can actually be believed) and that's the New Light Onboarding needs a [i]serious[/i] overhaul.