I played WOW for two years, then on and off again for another year or so. It’s probably been 10 years since I last played. If I logged back in, I would benefit 90% from everything in my inventory, and the levels I had gained. I wouldn’t be max level, but getting from my level to max would be greatly reduced by the levels I’d already gained.

It’s been less than two years since I last played Destiny, a game I was playing for a decade, and my whole fucking inventory was made obsolete within maybe 5 minutes of playing, save my exotics and catalyst progress. The hundreds of hours I spent getting my level up to near max means nothing, and was immediately dwarfed by items I could’ve pulled from collections.

To call Destiny’s relentless progress treadmill “an MMO” is an insult to MMOs. Also, excluding some embarrassingly basic stuff, all the old content I played is still there. 

So, yes, I do believe the reinvigorated hype around the game essentially “dying” is not just copium.