That's cool, everyone has there own idea of what works for them. The story of Destiny was easy to follow because it was strictly linear. Rpg's have always been more of a grind and if you were mixing in encounters while you were going through the story, i could see how it would seem tedious for someone not expecting that. Although i will say if you did the side missions, picked up the cell phone and listened to the conversations. Picked up every echo and listened to how they unfolded and then did the main missions of those sections you become much more involved and informed of overall story. Again, if that's not your thing, cool but, the story is there, very in depth and in game.