Bungie did themselves no favors with the improvement of Eververse above all else these past couple years. The idea was to improve Eververse without being so blatant. Eververse wasn't part of Destiny from the outset and it should've been. No one would be complaining now if it was. Parting ways with Activision gave Bungie no choice but to make Eververse front and center, which is fine. But they stripped away what it was (very friendly) and increased its impact on the game, effecting the culture among players with its sudden hard push. It's too jolting. For new players, it's totally fine. But for older players, it's upsetting and understandably so. The underlining MO of Bungie is inconsistency with nearly everything and it has only deteriorated the player base. Destiny may arguably be the "best" its ever been now (I personally don't think so by a long shot. D1 was better) but the player base is the lowest its ever been and continues to plummet. They've decided MTX is the way forward since making content is too costly with not enough return. Additionally, they've added FOMO tactics, not to mention, seasonal content wipes and resets over previous ones to artificially increase engagement. I've stopped playing Destiny because it's simply empty grind towards nothing. Eververse hasn't made the game better. Its just prolonged the death of D2. Bungie is squeezing every last cent while minimally "improving" the game for as long as possible. It's a win win for them. But you can only rearrange chairs on the Titanic for so long. Enjoy the year of rinse and repeat grind while holding your breath for D3, which remains a rumor.