The first bit of the new expansion is almost done, and I feel like I've got a good bit of stuff to cover: First off, the grind. I don't mind having to put forth the effort to get higher powered gear, but it all feels INCREDIBLY slow. Like, unless I'm no-lifing the game, progress is measured in maybe 2 points over all, if that. I have other hobbies and games that I enjoy playing, so going and playing D2 like a job isn't all that attractive of a prospect for me. I know this is being addressed, but still, gotta get it off my chest, y'know? Second, the activities. ...they're stale. Yeah, the solo ops rotators kind of keep things fresh with different enemy types and the modifiers make things challenging, but none of it makes me want to keep coming back time after time. And I'm VERY miffed that the voice lines for Starcrossed were cut out. Season of the Wish was one of my absolute favorite stories and that mission in particular I made a point of doing solo where I could just to explore and see it all. I'm not even sure if you can get the catalysts for Wish Keeper in there with the way the Portal version is set up. Third, activity scoring. I just went through a Master BG: Oracle TWICE, once with a Dragon's Breath ignition set up and again with a full set of new gear and neither time was I able to tell what would or wouldn't give me an increase to my score. It feels a little arbitrary sometimes, because there were times I NUKED minibosses along with the rest of the room and got ZERO points for the miniboss kill. Even a tool tip saying what I'd need to do would be fine imo, cause it's frustrating to get through a mission and not be able to break a score threshold so I can get loot to powerr myself up a bit more. Fourth, Vendors. They all feel USELESS. No rewards from doing activities and earning rep, no guarantee for at least 1 roll of a specific weapon that may be the new hotness, just... old stuff. To fill out a collections page. Zavala is nice though, cause of how the weekly pass works, and it means at least there's SOME kind of forward momentum for power progression, but still... nothing. And last, the New Gear stuff. I get it, new stuff front and center so players grind it out and use it for builds and stuff. But some things are just frustrating to try and build around with it. I don't HAVE to, and I know that, but for the Conquests for Guardian Ranks? So I can get higher tier loot? C'mon, that's just incredibly frustrating to me. The Exotic Class items being left out of the new gear stuff is kind of a miss in my opinion as well especially given how Prismatic classes are more of a swiss army knife when it comes to buildcrafting. I've got some positive stuff too, like being able to target a specific slot for power upgrades, being able to hear Deep Stone Lullaby from orbit every now and then, and some of the exploration of Kepler, but... the frustrations I feel with the negatives kinda color things differently.