I think I land somewhere in the middle (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Monday, July 20, 2015, 18:41 (3494 days ago) @ MacAddictXIV

And also, I feel like most people base their expectations on a raid, and to me personally, I don't think Destiny is all about raiding. It's great, but it's not everything.

I don't think Raiding is everything either, but to me the Raids are the thing that makes the rest of the game work.

For me, Destiny fell into a great loop with a raid at the center of the end game. The raids themselves are fantastic pieces of content. Playing them feels like the ultimate Destiny challenge. Then you come out with a couple great pieces of new gear; weapons or armor that are so good, they literally change the way you can play the game. Naturally, you want to level these new toys up as fast as possible, so you take them back into the rest of the game and have fun with them. Run some story missions, complete some bounties, maybe do a nightfall with your fancy new elemental primary weapon... etc. All this old content now has a new twist to it because you have some new tools to play with.

Then, you take your new gear and your experience back into the raid and go through it again. Learn a few new tricks, try some new strategies. You get through it a bit more smoothly and efficiently, which is a great feeling. Plus you come out with a couple more cool pieces of gear, and the cycle repeats over and over and over.

If it weren't for Trials of Osiris, all of this would now be gone from the game (for me) thanks to House of Wolves. Luckily I've managed to get to the Lighthouse on a fairly regular basis, so I've been able to build up a collection of new elemental weapons. They're awesome, and again help breath a little bit of new life into the game. But not enough to make up for the lack of a raid, or similarly great PvE activity.