I have played regularly for the whole life time of the game since D1 Alpha. That said…I guess it slipped my mind (maybe in my old age lol)
Destiny used to be a mystery and about exploration. Exploring the ruins of Freehold, The Ishtar Collective, Old Russia, The Hell Mouth and the ruins of First Light on The Moon.
It seems after Destiny 2 vanilla launched, exploration took a back seat. Forsaken was great, The Dreaming City was awesome…but that sense of wonder hasn’t been around since then.
Shadow Keep was retread of the moon, I guess it filled in some of the mystery but not really.
Beyond Light…looks like assets from Mars but we never go into the city parts like we did there.
Witch Queen the throne world had less secrets and hidden areas than Oryx’s throne but was way bigger and really doesn’t make sense how it is bigger but had less to do.
Lightfall….
The Final Shape….had some of that wonder and exploration until you realize it is linear and they put everything in your face sequentially so you can’t miss much.
Going back and playing D1 I still find myself wondering about things I see in the over world on patrol. Wondering how things worked or would have been in that world.
In D2 I just don’t get those same feelings.
I don’t understand why.
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Massive changes and growing pains this time around. They’ve always struggled or ignored keeping destinations relevant. I’m hopeful they will bring back the adventure. I like Keplar more than I thought I would. If they increase the rewards, there’s always bosses and stuff to go find and kill. I just don’t want to spend 30 minutes on a Corsair kicking me in the shins for 4 planetary resources when it finally dies 😂. I know a lot of people will disagree with me for this, but I’d rather them spend more time adding small things to keep old destinations relevant instead of just spending time on another new map that we have no reason to ever go back to after a month. I want to patrol explore with other random people on the destination. I don’t want it kept relevant only in activities like temporarily returning Titan, dreadnaught, IO, etc. I hope the plaguelands returns as a destination but time will tell. I’m here through Renegades and I’m sure we will still see a lot of significant adjustments. Bungie is always tweaking.