It's infuriating because there's so many things to grind.. and when you finally max something out, you barely have any chance to use it before it's no longer anything special. You could play for 500 hours hoping for one weapon, finally get it, spend another 10 hours maxing it out (probably more), and be a week away from expansion #2 that will raise the ceiling. There's a giant grind but the game underneath it isn't big enough for it to really make sense.
The last Iron Banner gear didn't stay relevant for long. And anyone who finally got a raid helmet from VOG last week has reason to be upset that you can just buy some crucible/vanguard helmet that's better (although I'm personally very happy the new vendor armors exist)
I understand they want to make the new content challenging again, and give you a reason to want to upgrade stuff. I like that. There's not really enough new content in the DLC but it's pretty tough, and the heroic weeklies/dailies are level 30 now. That's all good and gives me a reason to have a higher attack weapon. I just wish they figured out a solution that respected my time, and it's not really that hard to think of how. Just add some new damage upgrade bubbles to the existing exotics! Instead there's a very convoluted system. I follow what's going on in Destiny closely and I was still slightly confused by Xur today.
All of this aside, I'm happy with TDB release because there's a ton of new weapons to collect (I really like some of the new vendor legendaries), the new story missions are pretty good, I like all of the Crucible maps and the strikes, and I haven't touched the Raid yet. Since the DLC launched I've been swimming in new stuff to play with and upgrade. I just wish that to upgrade them, I wasn't killing hive with a melee attack in the same lunar base I've farmed helium coils for ten thousand times.
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