If you have been around since D1, you likely remember and miss being able to jump into strikes and get loot specific to that strike. Vex = Imago Loop or maybe the Theossian warlock gloves that were actually dope. Cabal = the cool scout or shield brothers with the insane chainsaw looking titan gloves, or maybe the cool af hunter cloaks from the psions. Then going back to the vendor and selecting weapons or armour for your rank rewards.... WHERE IS THIS BUNGIE???
Throw battleground in the trash where they belong, bring all the strikes back out of the vault, add some new faction specific loot, give vendors an upgrade, and save the vanguard playlist.
It's not hard, show the game some darn respect and your players might start having fun again.
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Strikes have been the most successful ritual mode in various ways and especially when it comes to this game's ever changing definition of skill. And there's a lot in the vault and there's suggestions such as this one that people would mostly like respond to really well. So it seems like it should be something that everyone could get behind. I can barely remember strike specific loot myself but it does sound like one of the things from the past that would make the game feel more like itself in the present.