[quote]ut to keep us chasing the carrot stick like this time after time is....depressing.[/quote] That's why what they're doing is so misguided. The chase has to be difficult enough to be interesting......but accessible enough that people feel that they can catch it...... ...and feel that the reward was worth the effort. Bungie is so obsessed with stretching out progression, and wringing every last bit of play out of their meager content....that they're blind to the fact that peoplea are just decidign that this simply isn't worth it.... ...and are walking away. Because Bungie's micromanagement is PUSHING them out.