As I was continuing with my grind the other night, I realised that I had no idea what I was grinding for. In the past, when a new dlc launched, the reason to get to max power asap was to get stuck into the end game content for the best loot, and make completing it a little easier. I haven't bought EoF, so I can't play trials, and I won't be able to do the upcoming dungeon. I can't do the raid either, but that's irrelevant because none of our clan raid anymore anyway. Grand master nightfalls have gone, old raids are not rewarding anything worthwhile, so basically we are all funnelled into doing portal stuff. This is totally going against what Bungie said about wanting players to play how they want to. Now, I absolutely accept that I shouldn't have access to end game content if I don't pay for it, but it made me wonder why I was grinding. There's no need for me to hit max power, cos I won't be doing end game stuff. I have hundreds of excellent weapons and armour filling my vault which are basically useless, because of the silly avante guard mod we sometimes have to use, and the fact that it takes thousands of materials to take an old weapon from level 10 to 300. In other words, I'm grinding for a couple of decent weapons from a handful of new ones that fit in with this season. And when this season ends, we'll all be back to 200. So why am I, or anyone for that matter, are so obsessed with the grind? There were 400 players on max level last time I heard, and I bet most of them are streamers, so is it any wonder why they are reverting to clips of old gameplay and reaction videos?