I think bun[i]g[/i] is actively curing peoples addiction right now Good on them ❤️

There are some pvp maps that could hopefully come back. That could be a good place to start. A lot of people have asked for a true dedicated horde mode and there are probably twists they could apply to something like that. I wonder how many people would play gambit if they had a reason to. Some people don't like it but it does seem like some people would rather play that than pvp for rewards. So maybe their rewards could be blended somehow. Or Gambit could... no nevermind.

The ONLY way a so called "live service" game can survive and flourish is to have regular "meaningful" content. Strikes are great, but after running one 100+ times anyone is going to get bored with it, even if you make it a GM. PvP is a crap show that they either NEED to address properly or ditch all together. Enough of the "we're listening" bull crap. Gambit used to be fun, but meta's and another lack of regular updates with (again) meaningful content like new maps/weapons/armour (you know, the things people actually want as a reward for spending their time playing the game) has made it yet another version of "checklist completion syndrome". Maybe it's just the inevitable decline of a franchise like Destiny after 10 years or maybe it's pure complacency or maybe it's both, whatever the cause I think there's still something left that Bungo can do to improve this ongoing mess. Ultimately only time will tell if we (the paying customer) get what we actually want and deserve. And with that being the case, I for one WON'T be spending another dollar on this game until I see "we have DONE better" because I'm sick of hearing the usual garbage line of "we will DO better".

Checked my stats from last year - I played less than half this year. I see that as a good thing lol Bungie may not, but I'm fine with it. LF murdered most of the fun this game had...

In Destiny 1, you could jump in at any point and you had a lot of content to play. You could do anything you wanted, when you wanted. Want to grind strikes for hours for hopscotch pilgrim? Go ahead. Want to help friends with the Thorn exotic mission? Enjoy! Want to raid each week on all characters? By all means! There was no timer ticking in the back of your mind, that the content that you payed for, was going to disappear before you unlocked it. FOMO killed this game for me, hands down. The more I feel forced to play a certain way, on a time limit, THE LESS I feel compelled to engage. [spoiler]Don’t even come at me with that “no one’s forcing you” BS. Of course no one is forcing me idiot, that’s why I’m not engaging… it’s the attempt. The attempt to dominate my time with manipulation.[/spoiler]

As for your last point. They blatantly stated that overdelevering like how they released forsaken is something they're trying to avoid. I miss my strike exclusive loot ngl.