[quote]everything from year 1 has been reskinned and is available in year 2 [...] forces guardians to accomplish NF, raids, etc. a differently. [/quote] Dude, if it's the same gear, then there is [i]no statistical way it could change how players play[/i]. Either the beggining of this statement is false, or the ending is; you can't have both. And you seem to think removing Elemental Primaries was a good move, which I [i]vehemently[/i] disagree with, for two reason; 1. Elemental Primaries never [i]once[/i] negatively effected [i]anyone[/i] in this game; that's a fact. Removing them was in [i]Bungie's[/i] interests, not the players', because they only ever [u]benefitted[/u] the player. They were perfectly balanced, and they made [i]fantastic[/i] rewards for Destiny's most elite challenges, which brings me to my next point... 2. Without burns, Endgame weapons become [i]infinitely less desirable[/i]. As hard they are to obtain, if Endgame rewards [i]don't[/i] offer players something distinct from the rest of the gear pool, then there is no longer any reason for players to [i]participate in said activities[/i]. Bungie removed them because they want increased diversity, but they still tried to make Raid gear superior to everything else... which is [b]retarded[/b], because the end result is that players are [i]still[/i] largely only using [i]Engame gear[/i]; JUST LIKE THEY DID IN YEAR 1, FOR THE SAME REASON. The only way they can convince players to really diversify their gear is to make all gear equally desirable- but they [b]cant[/b], because that would [b]break the Endgame[/b]. Catch-22.