Agreed.
How about some simple Sync Plate zones in Tower plaza to gather the different raid hopefulls?
Devs: Sometimes when you have a new crew you throw out a lot of old tried-and-true methods for new plans for a new experience. Consider the English phrase, "too clever by half".
You don't need to re-invent the wheel to pad your developer resume while hobbling your playing public. This is not the triple AAA game we thought we were getting. (I'm looking at you Grimoire-approving 'xec). If you read the dev blogs from a year before launch you can feel the pride dripping and ego-strutting in every assurance about how expert the Bungie crew is and we'll all be so very happy with their fine work.
I do believe the fear of failure has sunk in since launch and they are diligently trying to adapt.
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