Game development is hard, guys. You can tell how Raid lairs are a solution to content vs time problem. There is no winning with something like this. Raid Lairs seem like an awesome compromise.
It's completely different encounters and boss. It' basically a new raid. It's not even using the same rooms as OG Leviathan. Plus CoO is also introducing its own endgame activity.
My one real criticism about what we know about CoO so far is that Infinite Forest, whatever that activity is, is a 3 man activity. We need more 6 man stuff that isn't the raid/raid-related.
Between three studios (plus Activision), with as many people as they have, after all the money they've made, after so much mismanagement for so many years and knowing what the community expectations are, it's really difficult to feel sorry for them or keep making excuses.
I'm sure the Leviathan raid lairs will be okay. But that's just it. I don't want "okay". I don't want "meh, good enough" I'm not paying and waiting as much as I am just to see Bungie barely get by and drag their feet for another three years. They're not the little 20 man, rag tag team anymore. At the the same I don't expect huge content drops every month.
I just expect new stuff to do every once in a while, that isn't re-skinned, recycled. Stuff that has meaningful context, purpose and just isn't a flash in a pan within a vacuum. Something with long term value, and not something I'll rush through and quickly forget.
The overall issue is that Bungie has designed the game for the short term consumer, not for those who want longevity. They think it's okay to be done with the game and not chase anything. To them, they believe it causes too much stress and anxiety. But that's what a lot of people want. There should always be another carrot on a stick somewhere.
I love the game. I love the community, but goddamn it's so frustrating watching a company not understand the potential their game has and cater to those who ultimately don't have any intentions on being invested in the long term.
