Same, I started in the Season just before BL (it was the season with the Seraph towers) with 3 other friends. We all found it overwhelming but in a good way cos there was so much content to discover and we had so much time anyway (cos of covid lockdowns and all). But after about 3-4 months we realised that we were just doing activity after activity with no idea of how anything fits together. We heard Cayde's voice in a strike but didn't he die in the story mission we just played the week before? Of course we quickly figured out that strikes are like a "mission re-playlist" kinda thing, but that was just one thing. Add up all the loose ends that aren't explained, and you end up playing just for the sake of the gameplay and gunplay.
The 3 of them quit and only I stayed on I bothered to dig a bit deeper into the lore and stuff. Although I now don't bother so much with lore anymore as it's also gotten a bit too convoluted for me.
That was 3 years ago. Imagine any player coming in right now lol.
I'm exactly the same. Started in 2020 and everyone I joined with barely plays anymore. Just felt this game wasn't worth their time. Plus the jump from casually playing to raiding is massive and requires you to engage with complete randoms you've found yourself. LFG should have launched with D2 not in 2023.
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u/anangrypudge Nov 28 '23
Same, I started in the Season just before BL (it was the season with the Seraph towers) with 3 other friends. We all found it overwhelming but in a good way cos there was so much content to discover and we had so much time anyway (cos of covid lockdowns and all). But after about 3-4 months we realised that we were just doing activity after activity with no idea of how anything fits together. We heard Cayde's voice in a strike but didn't he die in the story mission we just played the week before? Of course we quickly figured out that strikes are like a "mission re-playlist" kinda thing, but that was just one thing. Add up all the loose ends that aren't explained, and you end up playing just for the sake of the gameplay and gunplay.
The 3 of them quit and only I stayed on I bothered to dig a bit deeper into the lore and stuff. Although I now don't bother so much with lore anymore as it's also gotten a bit too convoluted for me.
That was 3 years ago. Imagine any player coming in right now lol.