You are wrong good sir. After 3 weeks of Taken King I was still doing the Altar Encounter to get Raid ready for example. It is not about rushing the content. Eventually you will sooner or later end up where we are. I played trough the campaign super slow and enjoyed it. I reached power level 270 and hit the progression wall. After a week I created my second char. Ofcourse I went trough the campaign fast, but still didnt rush. Skipped only the cutscenes and parts of some encounters. Did like 10 heroic events, milestones and the raid. After the second week of playing I was 295 on my second char and 300 on my first. Last week I made my 3rd char and that was even faster. 300+ in about two days of playing including the raid simply because the weapons obviously boosted my power level alot and I was 290 from just completing my milestone for the last week and after the raid/trials ticket (one) I ended up on 300. I have all the weapons and miss only a few exotics, but who cares since Xur will eventually sell them anyway. And yes... I have a girlfriend, work 8 hours a day and usually spend most of the weekend socializing. A super average dude with a super average life that plays for two or three hours after work. The only time I played alot was during the first 5 days since I had some vacation leftovers I had to take so I used it for the D2 launch.