The guns were better. The rewards were better. The Nightfall was actually worth doing. VoG is still the best raid. During HoW, the gun balance was [i]almost[/i] perfect. While still based on chance, getting max light was just a case of getting the right drop, not needing the right [i]light[/i] as well. It was less of a grind (that's really saying something about TTK's grind). 'Fallen S.A.B.E.R.' didn't exist. And probably many other things that have slipped my mind. A better-than-vanilla story and a raid with some neat new mechanics (still not as good as those in VoG) doesn't mean much if everything else has become too tedious/disappointing to make the game worth playing.