Paul Tassi, the guy who writes about D2 for Forbes basically said the same (and he's pretty hardcore about the game). While I think the idea of specific events having "universal" impact is a cool one, doing this too much, and ESPECIALLY Bungie directly linking people to a stream of players solving the puzzle just gives the impression that they're leaning into what people already have accused them of--catering almost exclusively to the 1% of 1%, the hardest core streamers. I don't feel particularly entitled because I don't put that much time into the game relative to others (I hit 650 on my one and only character last week, I've run half of The Last Wish, and I don't play Crucible), but this is something that has made me do a double-take in terms of my feelings about the game. I finally came back to Destiny with Forsaken (I left after TTK) and was excited to be playing in what felt like the "perfect" time, but now I'm wondering if I'm here just in time to watch Bungie alienate the more casual portion of the fanbase to a critical extent.

>catering to 1% >Nothing to do in PvP >no trials or factions >crucible isn't light level based >grind level easiest after d2 y1 >PvE is pathetically easy, even raids >no PvE exclusive weapon to grind for like fatebringer >Bungie gives no -blam!-s about PvP since d1 y1 and keep lowering the skill gap I don't know about that one chief

Are you saying you [i]don't[/i] think they're trying to cater to the hardcore base? I get your point with PvP, but given that more and more of the PvE stuff seems to be made-to-stream, it seems like that's the new direction they're going. Calling PvE pathetically easy is fine, but endgame content is light level-gated, and raids are a pretty stream-friendly activity (because people are literally being told on these forums to watch videos before trying).