The grind is pretty severe. I've been playing casually since the expansion dropped and I'm just about to start hitting 170. However, about 100 of that has only been in the last few days. I'm feeling a bit stressed by the amount of grinding I feel is expected of me.
But I do feel like mentioning that the progress to time ratio does feel satisfying enough for a fresh start. However, Arms Week has rolled around with a Guardian Rank 5 requirement to properly enjoy it. Rank 5 may not even be that hard to get to, but if you're just playing casually, you're likely not going to hit it before the event goes away. This is why I've been grinding harder than usual lately. I may pass up on the usual expansion stuff, but I don't want to miss out on enjoying an event.
The amount of event progress is also absurd for how short it is. It honestly feels like Bungie just forgot this event is only 1 week instead of 3 for the amount of xp and progress we need to make to finish it. One of the requirements for the title requires maxing out the rank, which may not even be possible during the one week, and if it is, it likely means we'll only have less than 24 hours to gild the title.
This honestly has me worried what the future seasonal events will look like. Are we going to end up with these event paths that take 3 weeks of at least 6 hours a day every day of grinding? (unless you, of course, pay money). Are we going to have more Guardian Rank requirements act as gates barring newer players and people who haven't treated the game like a job?
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Back in d1 you could level up through story and strikes to get to raid level then after completing the raid you were max light. So simple back then. Now it’s so confusing