[quote]You are crack on. The individual gun nerfs were PvP related, but the wholesale rendering of all year one weapons and gear to worthless? No one wanted that, there was no hew and cry. That was Bungie course correcting and a complete reversal of DeeJ's own words. Not that we are not used to that...
Seriously, point to any post that complained about field scout, firefly, or the variety of gun perks we had. Final round? Sure. Shot package and range finder? Sure.
Where did anyone post, "I sure wish Nightfall rewards would be removed, the XP bonus and great weapon drops!"?
Where did anyone post, "You know, people do these old raids too much. If only there was some way to make the year one content completely irrelevant..."?
Where did anyone post, "I'm tired of playing the old stuff. I wish they would paywall or close off entirely large pieces of the game..."?
Place the blame where it belongs - squarely in the lap of a group of "developers" who are quickly gaining a reputation for unerringly making decisions which make their "MMO" more confined, restricted, and less fun with each "addition".[/quote]
I agree- this man has literally summed up the devs and this game as a whole.
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The removal of the Nightfall buff actually allows more freedom of play. I no longer am forced into the Nightfall if I want to fully max my xp and rep gain. Class items now offer higher rep gain and you can earn rep in your chosen faction along with Vanguard/Crucible rep. Something not done before TTK. Greater freedom of play also goes into the removal of both elemental primary legendaries and year one weapons. Fatebringer, if you had it, was always the obvious choice for arc burn activities. VoC was generally the choice for solar burns. Why would you use anything else when those were the superior weapons. Now? Well now you actually have a choice. No need to put aside a favorite weapon just to use a vastly overpowered weapon for a burn activity. Relegating raids to the level they were intended for does not much help for freedom of choice. But really, how many MMOs constantly update old raids to still be on par with new ones?