I've been playing D2 since Shadowkeep and this is the first time I've been entirely sided with the community's negative sentiment. This game is losing its soul and that is really sickening. It has been said to death, but the Portal fundamentally goes against everything that makes Destiny fun. You have to purposefully increase the difficulty of everything just to have your rewards be worthwhile, while also stacking obnoxious modifiers and Banes that make simple combat encounters far more tedious than they have any right to be. This, along with many other things that Edge of Fate brought, has made the game extremely overly complicated. And what was the point in reversing Sunsetting if you were just going to effectively bring it back anyway with the entirely unnecessary New Gear system? All of my favorite things to use like Getaway Artist, Midnight Coup and others are now useless in every piece of content that matters. I can't even be happy with my Guardian's fashion because every new Shader is so complex and unappealing. I'm sorry, but no, I don't want to wear caution tape, Leopard print or whatever else you think people want. I didn't realize that simple colors arranged in a way that's aesthetically pleasing was so much to ask for. And I'm sorry again, but the Bushido sets are ugly and don't belong in this game at all. I love D2 and even post Final Shape there is so much potential that could be met. But the game's direction is more concerning now than it has ever been and that is really draining.