The reason the game isn't as good as it should be is because it makes you do things you don't want to do in order to level up. You can't level up doing just competitive or by just playing story with friends. You have to do the same 5 strike missions again and again if you want vanguard marks to buy legendary gear or do the raid a huge amount of times and you have to scour the planets for materials to level up that stuff. I don't want to find those materials and level up, but if I don't do so, I'm missing out on the game because then I can't get all 3 characters high enough to experience the Vault of Glass with each type. I feel like it's a chore to play Destiny because the things I have to do to advance my character I don't enjoy.