PORTAL: There isn't that much to say that hasn't already been said. The Portal should just have been a place where old activities took place. Having the ability to play old seasonal activities and exotic missions is awesome and the way it should be. Having every new activity take place there is both annoying and tiering. Dealing with this new difficulty and customization and only some having matchmaking, is the reason as to why people hate it. Being forced to the portal everyday, having to either wait for the one activity that you want to play, to get matchmaking or try and solo it. Ruins whatever it had going for it. The portal should just be a "Portal" to old content, not a replacement. Make the old Core activities relevant again, give them new and updated loot and rank up rewards, and keep the portal for past content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TIER LOOT: Remove all of it. I am not a fan of this new overpowered system. Constantly getting the best version of a gun and armor set, is not fun nor rewarding. Doing a Master raid or Gm to get an Adept, was rewarding because that version of the gun was unique. It would only drop from that level of difficulty. Doing a Master Arena ops and getting 3-5 tier 5s is not rewarding at all nor is it unique or tied to it. There is absolutely no reason to do a dungeon or a raid with all feats on, when all it gives is a tier 5 that you can get anywhere. Sorry but apart from triumphs, titles and Ships/Sparrows. I am just not that interested in trying a 5 feat run. People back in the days would farm for Master dungeons for days, just to get the perfect rolled Artifice armor pieces. You don't get that with Tier 5 armor now, because there is no farming. Just play a single Frontier and you get 3-5 pieces right there. Best solution is just to stop making tiered loot and slowly return to the old ways. With some slight adjustments to Adepts to make them better in pve and better than crafted weapons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WEAPONS AND ABILITIES: More like Abilities with weapons. Destiny 2 has gotten more and more ability heavy over the years and it is honestly sad to see. I am not saying that Abilities should be useless, but it shouldn't be your main weapon. In year 1 and up to Shadowkeep, weapons were your main form of attack. Heck even Primaries did something. Now it is nothing more than double specials with an Eager edge sword for movement and infinite ability spams. There is no reason as to why both weapons and abilities would be a viable option. I wouldn't mind if Primaries started using ammo again, as long as i could use it in ultimate. I do kind of miss those days when you rocked 2 primaries and had to be a bit more sparing with your abilities because their cooldown was longer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEASONS: The old seasonal system and progression was so much better. Weekly story progression, 2 activities a 3 man and a 6 man, differently themed Helm. Tower and planets were sometimes affected by seasonal activities, some just hosting the vendor and other the activity itself. Armor set and weapons, upgrade table to make the content a bit easier or to increase the rewards you got. We also can't forget about the seasonal challenges, giving you a ton of exp and Bright dust. Vex invasion on the moon, giving a bit more life to the planet. Fishing with strangers on the Throne world. Doing public event style activities on Planets. These are the things that made the Seasonal seasons so memorable, it was also easier to know that you are in one. Now with both Reclamation and Lawless, i largely don't even notice them. They are tucked away in their own little corner, unnoticed to the rest of the solar system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OLD LOOT AND HOW TO GET THEM: Currently the only ways now to get some of the old loot is Xur and Dares of eternity. Xur gets random loot and only shows up on Fridays with a new inventory. Dares of eternity is up at all time, but hasn't had its loot changed since it came out. Dares of eternity in my opinion is one of the biggest missed opportunities. Dares is the perfect place for old loot to be obtainable. Whilst yes you do indeed get old items, these items has been there for 4 years now and is due to a change. Imagine completing a run of Dares and getting a Pluperfect or a Pillager. Perhaps even a Kindled orchid and Gahlran's right hand, if we were lucky. Old Forsaken weapons in its glory. Now that would be something. But since Bungie likes to abandon activities right after releasing it. It will sadly never happen. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------