I have put in 1000 hours on this game, true that it is super repetitive and grinding but I have played since launch and I intend to stay on this ride until it's over. Everytime I try to play another game it just doesn't feel right, im addicted to destiny and I love it. From helping nooblets out with their strikes and raids to playing with my friends that I have been with since launch. I will remain here and continue fighting the darkness with my fellow guardians, wether it will be on my titan or hunter, my love for this game and the experience of it will continue to grow. I look foward to fighting alongside all of you.

He's completely right, the loot system truly is dreadful, and I'm almost discouraged from playing by the fact that the next DLC will essentially reset any progress I make in the game.

I knew that feeling, it's like destiny punish you for playing the game. Last night I beat Crota end only to get 2 radiant shards. Like damn, I could have got at least 10 shards. They need to work in their loot system and make more than is set of max armor. Also created some new armor and weapons that aren't re skin version of old vendor items. Bring some new monsters to kill too.

I think one big point that was missing in that article was bungie's attempts to slow down progression with radiant mats and vendor commendations are really annoying. Firstly, thanks for making my 300 and 400 ascendant energies and shards useless! And secondly, thanks for filling my inventory with more crap and not increasing vault space! I really want them to allow us to trade in ascendant mats for radiant mats. 10:1 sounds somewhat reasonable. My 400 ascendant becomes 40 radiant. I can handle that since they are 100% useless right now...

This. Burnout is normal and to each his own. I briefly stated my feelings on the game's state several times in the forums and in a respectable manner. I then chose to stop playing and vote with my wallet. If you enjoy the game, good for you, honestly. For those of us who feel differently, we've made our individual choices. I don't plan on returning any time soon. But if changes haven't been made by the time HoW releases, and it's more of the same issues for TDB, then I will retire permanently. Again, not a threat and not a gripe. I'm just one player stating my own truth, and I'm fine with that. Happy hunting.

Nothing wrong with burning out this game after 5.5 months. I've played games for far less time and gotten burnt out. At least we can expect new content for this game sooner or later.

I completely agree. I was the game's biggest advocate among my friends and I find myself slowly stepping away. That's not to say it wasn't fun or even that I don't enjoy it now...I just don't enjoy it as much. For as much as I support the idea of communication, I feel like Bungie's method is (for the most part) failing at it. If they actually communicated better at the bugs they're fixing and additions that are actually coming (even if they are down the road), I think a lot of people would feel good about it. But having the updates be filled with anecdotes, cryptarch jokes, and uninformative Q&A....it just leaves the community feeling soured. Rather, they should be knocking out the issues that are well known and even documented in video by their players. This game could be mind-blowing...but it's just a fun romp at the moment. It saddens me that the issue has become such that entire articles are written about the game's short-comings and mishandling. People wonder why so many cheese strikes and raids...it's because people have gotten tired of grinding through but they still want to play with their friends and not be hassled by the bugs that can totally screw your team over. The rng does nothing but mock the inner-collector in those of us with that personality and even their fix on CE doesn't really work; I received 5 pairs of gloves before I got 1 pair of boots...it was supposed to give you something you didn't have (and I would've been fine even if it just increased chances everytime until you got it...but 5:1 is not good for something that was supposed to be fixed). The idea of Xur is fantastic, but that man should be traveling and have something truly exotic. Why doesn't the game give you exotics you don't already have via rng but Xur have items that are completely unique to him? I feel like I could go on, but I don't want to make this a rant. In truth, I really like the article but I am frustrated just as many others are. I think it's a sign of a good game when people just want more....but more also means the stuff we have should be fixed rather than tweaking things that don't need tweaked.