Datto is on point!
I grinded this game without realizing that the power cap is 305 for now. My Titan is 304 and my Hunter and Warlock are both 300. I guess aside from getting my fav guns up to 305, I beat the game... Funny thing is I never even completed the raid.
So far D2 is straight up for casuals... Bungie nerfed the elitism and sense of accomplishment for completing any endgame activity, which is literally why we would level up in D1 in the first place. I raided with a bunch of 260's last night, there really is no point to level up. LOL.
The removal of RNG weapon perks essentially sparked Bungie's philosophy change to cater to the casuals..........grinding back in D1 use to be all about the god rolls, whether you were aiming for max light level or not. God roll guns, god roll armor, preferred exotic armor perks, etc. was literally the concept of the D1 grind when you reached the end game.
With D2, the gun you have will have the same perks as another version of that gun.........removing "the grind" for the casuals that keep getting PUB STOMPED by the people that worked their asses off for God rolled weapons.
I do agree with some of the philosophy changes for "catering to the casuals." I mean the infusion level system back in Year 2 of Destiny 1 was meant to draw casuals back into the game after people dropped the game after Vanilla and/or The Dark Below DLC. That infusion system was a much needed addition for this grind, and it made the grind more incentivized......since it meant if you had a god roll weapon or armor, you can hold onto it by infusion a higher level counterpart into it to reach that top-tier level you needed. This was needed, as opposed to the "Forever 29" droughts that a majority of us went through during the Vanilla days.
That being said, I don't think Bungo totally threw everything to the casuals.
Look at the Crucible, it has basically become a lame version of Call of Duty now...........team-shots galore, camping galore, "no more 1 man kill streaks." Bungie made the change to Crucible to appeal to the "elitist PvP gamers" that hated how the 6v6 chaos from D1 was "against the pure first-person-shooter" genre.
So while it is more "casual-friendly" overall in D2, the new Crucible is a god damn "sweat-fest." **** THESE TRY-HARD CAMPING SWEATS IN CRUCIBLE.