>Make a new character to see what, if anything, has changed
>plays the D1 astronaut intro, not even upscaled
>then cuts to their cheap fucking black and white style cutscene
>still talks about the incoming threat of The Shitness
>First thing you see once you gain control is a big tooltip telling you you've unlocked your first Strand meditation
Silly.

Moreover I think I've realized what I think the issue about getting new and returning people back in is. In both D1 and D2 until vaulting, there was a a set path that would guide you into the main sort of postgame loop of grinding for armour and weapon rolls, and if you weren't fucking with it that's when you'd stop playing. If you found it fun, you'd keep playing and would be happy with that. Now though, Bungie wants you to get to that loop ASAP, which if you're still active is just a race against getting burnt out after YEARS which I think is why you see people calling for either a D3 as a complete refresh or changes to the loot that'll have them playing it as little as possible. If you are new though, there's literally nothing else for you because even campaigns that used to serve as part of those guides into the postgame grind are just also now part of the grind.