Holy crap I cannot believe people are questioning ruthless ever playing D1 haha.
Yeah I understand the moment of chase, but why it has to be exotics? Some exotics are essential to gameplay and missing them significantly degrades fun of playing.
Why cannot the chase be other things? Like prestige or trials armor. These sets takes effort and makes you more outstanding isnt it????
To say Destiny was never a loot game is just not true. To then tell people to go play D1 and shut up is just childish nonsense. Some folks love Destiny's core mechanics, they just want more depth and challenge. I'm one of them.
Cosmetics are nice but I want something more meaningful. Adept Trials weapons with additional perks, raid gear with perks that help me in the raid. Hell, how about Adept raid weapons, like in AoT? Exotic and legendary quests that are memorable and offer a sense of accomplishment, like the Touch of Malice or Outbreak Prime.