Imo this change is even worse than the not being able to ascend gear or guns past year 1. First this leveling system was interesting,dynamic, and had to be thought out. Now switching to just XP makes this basically a race to 40 then done. Also it destroys the awe I once had seeing someone who had reached 30 in vanilla. I was a forever 29 and every time I saw someone who was 30 I was like whoa look at that guy/girl they're a legend they've got full raid gear maxed out. Now when I see a 40 I'll think look somebody who has a lot of time on their hands to level up. I left for 4 months between vanilla and when HoW came out and getting to 34 felt like fun I had to think of creative ways to get gear like running strikes for vanguard marks or PoE for etheric light to ascend what I had before. Now when someone joins Destiny it's like hey bro just grind your face for a couple weeks and you can catch up to what took me months to accomplish. I feel like this CoDiffies Destiny. How long before we get prestige levels?