Started playing Destiny 2 after it went free to play during the Shadowkeep season. I remember being amazed how incredible the game universe was and how strong the lore was. There were 3 campaigns in the F2P back then: the red war, the osiris one and the warmind one. It was incredible that I got over 10+ hrs of campaign content from a F2P game! Frankly, that's what got me invested in the Destiny 2 universe. I bought the shadowkeep and forsaken expansions and played though with my friends. I started watching Byf lore videos to know more about the universe.

I started playing PvP and really liked it. Crucible momentum was my go-to PvP experience. I play mostly CSGO so a competitive shooting experience was something that attracted me. I remember iron banner being my fav. thing to do in a season. Those free to play content was what actually got me to spend money in destiny 2 to buy the expansions and play it more. Its very sad to see that's not the case anymore. It seems like all Bungie cares about now is to milk the game as much as possible before it dies. Evrything is being pay-walled now. There is nothing now comparable to the free to play experience I had back then.

I stopped playing after beyond light. Sunsetting was a terrible thing to do imo. It completely made the time I invested in the game seem irrelevant. And I'm NOT going to grind back again. I hate grinding anything that only gives me smething virtual. If I'm going to grind a game, its going to be a game like counter-strike where the time invested would never feel like going to waste.

Somewhere in between their greed and priorities, Bungie lost the plot. The forgot what made destiny a great experience for old and new players alike. Destiny 2 is still my 2nd highest hrs played game in steam after CSGO (800 hrs vs 6000 hrs with 3rd highest in low 100s). A reasonable grind with satisfying and rewarding gameplay, like it was before might make me want to jump back in again. Sadly, I don't see that happening in the direction Bungie is headed.

-- Update --

Into the light update along with season of the wish content was a good change of pace for once. Finally felt the rewarding nature of the game again and not mindless grind for numbers...Also, mountaintop.

Started playing Destiny 2 after it went free to play during the Shadowkeep season. I remember being amazed how incredible the game universe was and how strong the lore was. There were 3 campaigns in the F2P back then: the red war, the osiris one and the warmind one. It was incredible that I got over 10+ hrs of campaign content from a F2P game! Frankly, that's what got me invested in the Destiny 2 universe. I bought the shadowkeep and forsaken expansions and played though with my friends. I started watching Byf lore videos to know more about the universe. I started playing PvP and really liked it. Crucible momentum was my go-to PvP experience. I play mostly CSGO so a competitive shooting experience was something that attracted me. I remember iron banner being my fav. thing to do in a season. Those free to play content was what actually got me to spend money in destiny 2 to buy the expansions and play it more. Its very sad to see that's not the case anymore. It seems like all Bungie cares about now is to milk the game as much as possible before it dies. Evrything is being pay-walled now. There is nothing now comparable to the free to play experience I had back then. I stopped playing after beyond light. Sunsetting was a terrible thing to do imo. It completely made the time I invested in the game seem irrelevant. And I'm NOT going to grind back again. I hate grinding anything that only gives me smething virtual. If I'm going to grind a game, its going to be a game like counter-strike where the time invested would never feel like going to waste. Somewhere in between their greed and priorities, Bungie lost the plot. The forgot what made destiny a great experience for old and new players alike. Destiny 2 is still my 2nd highest hrs played game in steam after CSGO (800 hrs vs 6000 hrs with 3rd highest in low 100s). A reasonable grind with satisfying and rewarding gameplay, like it was before might make me want to jump back in again. Sadly, I don't see that happening in the direction Bungie is headed. -- Update -- Into the light update along with season of the wish content was a good change of pace for once. Finally felt the rewarding nature of the game again and not mindless grind for numbers...Also, mountaintop.