Howdy, Ive been playing destiny since like y1? idk, but basically I no longer enjoy the only thing that I actively played the game for, and it isnt SBMM. I will admit, I am a retired sweat, but, I can still stomp gamers while only using a trespasser. The main reason as to why I don't enjoy playing the game anymore is the lack of support for PvP and the lack of understanding from the developers of how the game should be balanced. This game will never be a competitive shooter, but Bungie continues to balance it as if it is, and it is really infuriating. It is baffling to me how they completely miss what makes their game actively fun to enjoy. They continue to slow down the game to an unbearable pace. This game actually used to be fun, but it isnt anymore. You used to actually be able to push and it was a viable strategy for playing the game, but it isnt anymore. There is absolutely no reason to use a shotgun when the consistency on them is so terrible that you have a better chance of flipping a coin and getting the desired result than actually killing someone with one. They have actively hindered fast paced gameplay, instead opting for a more competitive feel by slowing everything down, which is why the meta is a pulse rifle, bow, scout rifle, and fusion rifle meta. Who actually thought aerial effectiveness was a good change??? "BuT yOu CaN bUiLd InTo iT!!!" is not a good excuse for why if I have 99 AE that my bullet will sometimes miss??? This is the opposite of competitive play, it is literally up to God if the bullet will actually register as a headshot, and some random with like 10 AE will hit three bullets in a row while not actually aiming at the head. It makes absolutely no sense to me. This is actively going against, dynamic and skillful gameplay. They have literally removed a dimension of play with the change???? What is the purpose in even having a jump button in the crucible anymore if it will only hinder you and cause you to miss shots??? Like what???!?!?!?!?! I am so baffled as to why this was made that it literally.... I dont even know????? This game is not and will never be a competitive shooter. It is literally an arcade shooter. Thats why it was fun. Not this... slow and boring camp fest that you cant actually do anything against other than putting on a longer range option. I can no longer play the game, the way I wanna play it. Hyper aggressive and endlessly rushing. Sure, it rewarded essentially thrall tactics, but is this any better??? Sitting on a lane with a pulse rifle and not moving for 3-4 minutes at a time all for the sake of grinding your KAD is not fun in the slighest. It is so mind numbingly boring that I cant even understand why people do it. And oh my lord, special, what is this like the 7th time they've made a special change and people said they didnt like it because it slowed down the game???? Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Great job :) you made the game even slower. yay. And oh my lord, how many times do I have to melee someone for it to register??? Seriously, ADD DEDICATED SERVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY LORD, IT HAS BEEN 8 YEARS!! 8 LONG YEARS, AND THERE STILL IS NO SERVERS????????????? "But come on guys, we're a small indie developer studio, we really cant afford to make the infrastructure necessary for an overhaul of the servers." That is bull, and even if it wasnt, this has been a long standing issue for soooooooooooooo long tyhat the fact that its been exacerbated to this extent is actually baffling to me. Arent like half of the ARC 3.0 abilities based off the fact that your melees will even register in the first place??? Whoops, sorry, your melee phantom'd yet again and now you're dead!!! GREAT DESIGN DECISION, WE LIKE MONEY AND THEREFORE DONT SUPPORT ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE GAME THAT OUR MOST DEDICATED FAN BASE ENJOYS WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you want this game to be valorant or CSGO, just tell me and I'll leave, I hate positional shooters. But I am tired, tired of seeing bungie make the same mistakes over, and over again. Tired of having hope that bungie would one day learn... just what makes PvP actually fun, and enjoyable. I dont even know what I am trying to say anymore, the only way I can really enjoy the game anymore is while being intoxicated. No new maps for 900 days... and then they add the worst maps from destiny 1... great... You dont need to be good at aiming to be good at Destiny 2, people like to think that this game requires even the slightest modicum of skill to play when they are simply dead wrong, the game literally aims for you, I dont remember the name of the perk but its the one that increases body shot damage at the cost of aim assist or something, "ItS bUgGiNg BrO, It JuSt DoEsNt, ReGiStEr!!!!!!" No, its not bugging, its a combination of a lack of aiming ability, and bad connection because of a lack of dedicated servers. I know a friend who is radiant in valorant and I still play better than him in Destiny 2, because this game aims for you... Its a terrible system. I dont even rembmer where I was going withy this but basically, the game is too slow to be enjoyed, I feel like I could flip a coin and have better odds than my shotgun or melee registering, and I absolutely refuse to put on a pulse rifle or a sniper rifle, because it is simply too easy and boring to play as. I really have no issues with SBMM other than the longer wait times an absolutely abhorrent connections... I'm fine with matching Cerridius three times in a row and then frostbolt... I really have no issues with it... but when my melee doesnt register, or my shotgun doesnt kill someone (within 3 meters due to RNG), or my handcannon doesnt kill someone in the air but his sniper does... then I have issues. Stop slowing everything down, it makes the game boring as heck to play and super campy. Stop being cheap, and upgrade your servers... I absolutely loathe my time playing this game. I feel like it would be better spent literally anywhere else. It is absolutely not rewarding in the slightest.