This is KILLING Destiny 2: Rant

After recently jumping back into Destiny 2, I was shocked at just how bad things have gotten. Honestly, this might be the worst state the game has ever been in. What an unlucky time to return. Everywhere I look, players are quitting, even the biggest content creators are walking away, and Bungie seems completely out of touch with the community. In this video, I speak on my biggest frustration with Destiny 2 right now: the loot problem. Destiny feels like it’s forgotten what kept players hooked in the first place. this is a conversation the community needs to have. Credit: Music: Index of us    • index of us   Legendary drop MAK:    • Destiny My First Legendary Engram Drops Li...   Exotic Reaction:    • Exotic Twilight Garrison | Destiny   Exotic Bounty:    • Destiny- Exotic Bounty: Part 1- THE THORN!...   Lighthouse:    • Destiny 1 Lighthouse - Flawless Trials Of ...   Kings Fall:    • Solo "Oryx, The Taken King" Raid Boss Figh...   Crota armor:    • Crota Raid Armor Has A Secret Effect! Uniq...   Valus:    • Destiny Strike | Gameplay | Valus Ta'aurc ...   Flames:    • DESTINY: NIGHTFALL GLOWING HEAD THANKS TO ...   Gjallahorn drop from the crucible:    • Destiny: Gjallarhorn crucible drop   Easy legendaries:    • The Struggles of Being a New Player in Des...   VoG:    • Destiny VOG Atheon boss fight!   Crota Kill:    • Solo Crota's End Full Raid [Destiny 1]   Eververse:    • NEW TAKEN ARMOR! - Destiny 2 Ash & Iron   Reactions:    • INSANE VoG Lucky Loot Drop Crazy Reaction ...   Timecodes 0:00 - Intro 0:46 - When the loot mattered. 2:20 - Why Destiny is a chore now. 3:03 - Nothing feels rewarding. 3:42 - You have to stay within the meta to compete. 4:12 - Legendaries used to be Legendary. 5:20 - Trials of Osiris used to be rewarding. 5:53 - When ornaments were cool and earned. 7:16 - Loot is the heart of Destiny. 8:14 - Destiny can still be a great game. Destiny 2 is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. It was originally released as a pay-to-play game in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows. It became free-to-play, utilizing the games as a service model, under the New Light title on October 1, 2019, followed by the game's release on Stadia the following month, and then PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S platforms in December 2020. The game was published by Activision until December 31, 2018, when Bungie acquired the publishing rights to the franchise. It is the sequel to 2014's Destiny and its subsequent expansions. Set in a "mythic science fiction" world, the game features a multiplayer "shared-world" environment with elements of role-playing games. Like the original, activities in Destiny 2 are divided among player versus environment (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) game types. In addition to normal story missions, PvE features three-player "strikes" and dungeons and six-player raids. A free roam patrol mode is also available for each destination which feature public events as well as activities not available in the original. These activities have an emphasis on exploration of the destinations and interactions with non-player characters (NPCs); the original Destiny only featured NPCs in social spaces. PvP features objective-based modes, as well as traditional deathmatch game modes. Players assume the role of a Guardian, protectors of Earth's last safe city as they wield a power called Light to protect humanity from different alien races and combat the looming threat of the Darkness. Year One of Destiny 2 featured two small expansions, Curse of Osiris (December 2017) and Warmind (May 2018). A third, larger expansion, Forsaken (September 2018), began Year Two with an overhaul on gameplay and also introduced a seasonal model for the game in which smaller content packs were released throughout the year between the expansions, with the year divided into four seasons. The release of the next expansion, Shadowkeep (October 2019) began Year Three. Beginning with Shadowkeep, each release is considered a standalone release, not requiring players to own previous premium content. Released alongside this fourth expansion was a version of Destiny 2 called New Light, a free-to-play re-release of Destiny 2, which also included access to the first two expansions. Separate seasonal passes also became available for each season's content. While the main Destiny 2 game has since been "free-to-play", all other content requires purchasing. Year Four saw the biggest overhaul on the game, Alongside this change, Year Four began with the fifth expansion, Beyond Light (November 2020), which introduced the power of Darkness to the players. Bungie described this expansion as the beginning of a new era for the franchise, as it would be followed up by The Witch Queen in February 2022 and Lightfall in February 2023. A final chapter for Destiny's first saga, "The Light and Darkness Saga", was released in June 2024 called The Final Shape.