I’ve really tried to give the new Portal system a fair shot, but at this point, I have to say: it’s not fun, it’s not rewarding, and it makes the power grind feel worse than ever. Here’s what isn’t working: 1. The Portal System Kills Variety Everything is being funneled through this rigid structure. Solo Ops, Fireteam Ops, etc. and it ends up feeling repetitive fast. There's very little room to experiment or play how I want. The curated activities and modifiers are limiting, not liberating. Destiny used to let us choose our own path through its content. Now it feels like we’re being forced down a narrow hallway every season. 2. The Rewards Are Just Not Worth It High-difficulty content through the Portal should be exciting and lucrative. Instead, I get the same underwhelming loot with barely any meaningful progression. If I’m pushing into Expert or Master tiers, I expect something more than a couple of engrams I could’ve gotten faster elsewhere. What’s the point of engaging with this system when the rewards are worse than just playing legacy content? 3. The Power Grind Feels Worse Than Ever Resetting power and tying it into this seasonal bonus system just makes the grind exhausting. It’s not satisfying or skill based, it’s pure busywork. Bungie keeps talking about respecting players’ time, but this system does the opposite. We spend hours grinding out seasonal power just to be allowed into higher tier content, and the payoff isn’t there. 4. Modifiers Feel Like a Chore, Not a Challenge Some of the modifiers are just annoying not challenging, just frustrating. It doesn’t feel like they’re enhancing the gameplay loop. They’re making content artificially harder in ways that suck the fun out rather than increase the intensity. At the end of the day, the Portal feels like a solution to a problem that didn’t exist. We already had access to these types of activities. Now it’s just locked behind layers of systems, UI changes, and grind heavy requirements. It’s less Destiny, and more an MMO checklist. Please consider rolling back the Portal system. Let us play how we want, earn loot in fun ways, and grind power without it feeling like a full time job.