What I'm about to say is an opinion but I feel like many others share it, pve gets really old. Especially after the lack of a substantial dlc for 9 months. Pvp isn't the same way and you can feel accomplished by getting better at it. The only way you can really mark yourself getting better in pve that I can think of is soloing a nightfall.

I see what your saying but I feel like pve would be more fun if it was the actual focus of the game. Exotics would be way more fun and satisfying to receive. People barely get happy about them anymore because they're thinking about how useless they'll be in iron banner. I remember when getting an icebreaker or Hawkmoon meant a lot, now everyone is just looking for a doctrine or longbow not to have fun protecting the last city but to get some "sick" clips for their next montage. Sorry for the wall.

Yeah I agree with the exotics thing. I just don't think they are special anymore because they are so easy to obtain through quests and three of coins. Exotics used to be so rare and a symbol of what you have accomplished, now they are available to buy in a vault. (I like the vault thing but it still takes away from exotics importance.) As for pve being more fun, I agree that it would be but bungie would have to have much more frequent content releases and I don't think the best way to make pve more of a focus would be to remove pvp in general.