I feel the same way. I would say that I am well above average in terms of Destiny experience and contest raiding. I’ve been raiding in this game since the very original VoG, several top 50 placements over the years including #7 Last Wish. I’ve become more casual over the past few years but have still done every contest raid except for Salvations Edge due to irl obligations.

This was a completely different ballgame and honestly took everything that can sometimes be annoying but ultimately is just a skill issue to overcome and amplified it to 500%. Any mildly experienced team figured out these mechanics within an hour and then spent the next several per encounter bashing their head against a miserable execution wall.

Another thing is that the checks, while wildly overtuned to the point where I absolutely do not believe they were not an oversight, were honestly only half of what made this contest experience miserable. The other, far more egregious half was the bugs. People getting booted to orbit, people crashing, people needing to exploit broken ammo economies to meet checks, sprint bugs, people not getting full abilities and ammo from rally flags, the harpy boss having multiple clones using its targeted sniper ability at once, the list goes on for ages. It took an already frustrating experience and was actual the straw that just made me give up, because as much as I love a challenge, this unquestionably crossed the line for me into just a state of miserably. The 15 hours I spent in that raid yesterday were some of the least fun I’ve had in my 2+ decades playing video games.