small destiny rant
i know that destiny fans mean well and are being genuine when they frustrated by people criticizing the game for bungie's previous practice of putting old content in a vault. to them, it genuinely is a sort of non-issue since a) bungie has already stated they would never do that sort of thing ever again and b) why care about content that is old and no longer relevant anymore. from a dedicated player's perspective, it makes sense. no one wants to have their systems clogged up with stuff they don't play anymore, and there was always the chance for that stuff to return later anyway.
however, i would like to at least state why, even after bungie promising they'll never do it again, why i'm unlikely to get back into the game anytime soon. for one, depending on how much of a lapsed fan you are, you can't just "get back into it". depending on how much of a lapsed fan you are looking at between $30 and $60 just to get up to speed on the second most recent expansion for the game. this is before also dropping $50 for the latest expansion, $15 for the battle pass, or a cool $100 if you want to ensure you get lightfall and all the battle passes for a reduced price. it just can feel like you're being held up for cash.
and this is just the monetary cost of getting up to speed. getting back into any mmo as a lapsed fan also inflicts upon you the mental anguish of so many new systems, currencies, crafting resources, modes, skills, perks, etc etc that gets blasted in your face upon booting the game like a firehose. so. many blinking notification baubles telling you about new content that you can try! it can be exhausting or anxiety inducing.
but more than anything, it just doesn't feel good putting money into something that has, at least in my case, literally removed most or all of what i spent on it. even though i've been assured by bungie that that won't happen again, how am i supposed to trust them? i just can't in good conscience even consider trusting them with my money again until i can see proof that they're not going to make the same or similar Very Tough Decision to take away the things i spent my hard earned time and money on.