It's a sum, of many small events that created the player-loss - or, vanish - like OP said. For me, the loss of (seasonal) weapon crafting is part of it, but of course, there's more, like, for example, the current episode, which is simply crude and unfinished. But the downfall was initiated by Bungie himself years ago, starting with Destiny Content Vault, Sunsetting and iterations - by foolishly relying on Eververse as counterweight and compensation for the ongoing content. There's a lot more, but the main thing is that there is no counterstep. Which reminds me of bleeding out. There was a time, when Destiny 2 was brilliant, but even that momentum was burned to the ground, with blind overconfidence. For me, it was, in some ways still is, a top game, but it has a sad story to tell behind its curtains. The guy with the cars isn't impressive at all; it's more something to laugh about, but not a hearty one. In addition, comes another one who wants hundreds of millions from Bungie and Sony as compensation, charging an action suit against them. I think there will be more like this (in the future). And it shows what they have had in mind.