I was going to share this, might as well stick it here:
http://kotaku.com/for-two-months-all-i-played-was-destiny-i-m-taking-a-1741788398
Sorry, but copying the article text is too big a pain on my phone.
When I took my break from Destiny, it was primarily because they obsoleted all the gear I had worked so hard for. The infusion mechanic rights this wrong, assuming we will be able to keep infusing y2 items no matter how high the light level cap rises.
The amount of time it takes to get stuff, or level stuff doesn't bother me. I play simply because I enjoy the act of playing, and when I no longer do, I'll stop. Whether it takes 5 hours or 5 months to max out a pair of boots makes no difference to me. That said, I completely understand where you're coming from Bart. Ultimately, there's only so long one can play the same game before it becomes stale and there's no amount of patching that will change that.
CoD has been doing this forever with the prestige mechanic. Is there anything more pointless in all of gaming than completely resetting your progress for a bit of 'prestige'? It's there for no reason other than to keep people playing ad nauseum.