There is literally no one playing and this is Christmas. Imagine at first week of January...

The game should be able to survive a season of less content and so should the community without melting down. But here we are. It would be a mistake to say there aren't multiple things contributing to this. Even some from outside the game.

Not enough mystery. To many things are explained, or they are so vague that no one knows it’s even there. I shouldn’t have to watch a lore video on it know it exist. The dreaming city on release was amazing. The soundtrack the portals and the reef. Felt mysterious. Same with the dreadnaught and the moon. Also to much grind for loot that isn’t any good. They make dungeons and raids, that have some of the worst weapons in the game. Totally useless. The vespers host dungeon had a good heavy grenade launcher and denial grenade launcher. Then an auto. The fusion is garbage. Salvations edge. Amazing pulse, amazing bow. Bad sword, a glaive and a ok smg. Kings fall. Great hand cannon and scout. Machine gun, fusion and sniper all all mid. Then you have vow, there’s forbearance and the fusion. Everything else from it is useless. The smg has some use. To many pieces of hard content where 2 weapons shine and the rest are so bad you go I didn’t want that at all.

I think they need to diversify the grind from just weapons rolls. The power chase and constantly changing meta have been on people’s nerves. I’d like more option to grind for cosmetics as well, unique shaders, ships, ornaments… why not expand the role of the ship to allow for more customization visually. They need not reinvent the wheel, just look at what works in other MMO. A year or so ago TESO introduced companions, at every new chapter you get a new companion with skills, visuals, story… sure Destiny ain’t ESO, but that’s just an example of how they have introduced a new mechanic to entice people to play and grind that’s more engaging than just gear.