Seriously. Why this pve horde mode never got more recognition? Because Bungie never updated it outside of unsunset gear? Solstice reminded me how nice it is to just go do this inconsequencial horde mode where you just slay thousands upon thousands of Hive, farming catalysts, triumphs and armor quests and then deal with a big baddie from previous content as a nightmare boss.
It is dumb fun. You can relax, farm kills, have a power fantasy of contanstly slaying big numbers of enemies and have a reward at the end. It takes a lot of time to just get one weapon drop, that is true and something which probably holds Altars back - they are unrewarding in loot area. But otherwise.. man I love Altars as a casual horde mode.
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