I love this game, just as a heads up, no matter what I say or what I rant about. Just some thoughts, hopes for Destiny 2, etc. Activision and their stupid Micro transactions, and cutting original parts of games, leaving story incomplete, and selling them later as DLC need to stop. Profit is good, but doing what they did with the first game? Dirty and low. At launch of D1, People quickly saw that the game sucked. 5/10, 6/10. On a triple A game, from a very well respected studio. I mean, the game was redone A YEAR BEFORE LAUNCH because leadership thought the plot was "too campy and linear". Heck, I think that story would've been better than the complete lack of story we got. Who is the Traveler. Who is Osiris? Who is the Stranger? Things like that. And also, the majority of the story and lore is in a -blam!-ing Ebook online! You have to read it, not even in game! What the -blam!-. Now, we can all agree TDB sucked. No content, a buggy raid, and a new NPC. HoW. The game was headed in the right direction, with Etheric Light. The Reef. (By the way, the Reef was supposed to be in the original game). Trials. (Good for a while, the ruined the balancing). Other random stuff. Now, TTK. Best expansion that ever happened to the game. New subclasses, weapons, a story that made sense, new location, new light system, vault space, kiosks, etc.... The cancer known as Eververse Trading Co., which gives you nothing you want ever. The Kings Fall is the second best raid overall in my opinion, second to Vault of Glass. The challenges were actually semi difficult, and promoted diversity in the roles of players (Daughters runner, Golg. Gaze, War priest aura, etc.....) It was very fun. But, after we did everything, it got dry, for like, a 5 month period until the April Update, (They were so orginal in the naming) which added MORE "new" (rehashed) stuff. Fun stuff for a month or 2. Direct infusion. Challenge of the Elders. Chroma and Treasure boxes. Now, RoI. It was good story wise, giving us Saladin's, an NPC nobody knew, story. Who the Iron Lords were. How they fell. The awesome threat known as SIVA. Wrath of the Machine is probably the most fun and easiest raid, but Siege Engine is my personal favorite encounter. Vosik challenge was easy, but Aksis just by himself was moderately difficult. Outbreak Prime remains the best and most difficult quest in the game, besides the Sleeper Simulant. Gjallarhorn was easy to obtain, but a fun readdition. The other Year 1 exotic that should've been in game still (Icebreaker) is still missing. The Dawning was amazing, better than the Festival of the Co$t by far. More chances to get the loot you wanted, Strike Scoring, SRL, a snowy Tower, more Concordat lore. It was fun. Enter another dry period. Now, the Age of Triumph. It's just a money grab for the treasures, banking on nostalgia. "You've already gotten these weapons and armor, spent months grinding for them, but we're gonna throw exotic titles and new ornaments onto them so they are technically different, even though they aren't." The 12 page record book is extremely easy to complete, I myself am already 85% complete, I'm waiting on clash (Really Bungie) and VoG. I don't play Hunter and Titan, nor do I do trials. The Treasure of Ages are horrible, drop rate wise. The only new content in the packages, and they are only possible rewards. I've seen people use like, 3000 silver worth and get like, 2 armors from The AoT. It's stupidly low to get anything you want. So, with Destiny 2 finally being revealed, I really hope this sequel is a fresh start, and way better than this game was. It was a train wreck from the start. I'm glad all the crappy and nerfed to the ground loot is being left behind, Gary would probably be immune to my Thorn. And my Vex. And my Icebreaker. I really hope this game franchise gets better, since it was an amazing game Gunplay wise, at least till everything got nerfed to the ground. Raids were fun. Strikes were repetitive, but I still don't have a Fatebringer Imago loop. I'm hopeful, but reluctant. To my orginal point: I wish this game had been what we saw at E3. I hope the lies discontinue in the sequel, they actually haven't lied in a while, they've been very open about things. The story? SBMM? Vault Space? Old Gen holding it back, yet I still get stupid loading screens between areas? Open World? Exotics from bosses? So many things I hope for in D2.. Oh and Josh? I respect what you are trying to do with balancing, but can you cut back on the uncalled for nerfs? I don't think people wanted to Blink nerf, or Truth. Truth excelled at its purpose, so was nerfed. At least you fixed it, and try to communicate with us. Now, last thing again, I still love the game. Edit: To all preordering- Why are you paying 100- 250 dollars on a game you know nothing about? You haven't even seen gameplay. That's unwise in my opnion. What if the gameplay sucks, or it launches again like the first with a horrible story? At least watch the stream first and see what it's like, just a thing to keep in mind. I probably will preorder too, but after the gameplay stream on the 18th. Edit 2: I realized I was way too harsh with my words, so I drastically edited it