Originally Posted by
Sheras
Depends on the event, as those seasonal/holiday events have been done since Destiny 1 launch, they actually built them into the lore of the game. Which is hilarious because this year they just didn't do the Halloween event at all (Festival of the Lost).
Now for Destiny 2, the events they have had were Dawning (Christmas), Crimson Days (Valentines), and then they do Faction Rallies and Iron Banner which aren't holiday but just limited time gameplay events that come around every month or so.
The Dawning was all microtransactions. You got one free item, then you could grind for daily items with a limited loot pool (all the good stuff taken out), so forcing you to pay. They did add snowballs in the world which were fun to use (they did a nice chunk of damage against enemies), which added a little variety for the 2 weeks.
Crimson Days was way better than Dawning, basically because people absolutely ripped Bungie a new asshole for how bad the Dawning was. All new themed items were obtainable through gameplay, they introduced a knockout mechanic so you woudn't get double of those items, and they had a Crucible (PvP) 2v2 gametype that was well received.
Iron Banner is just bad because in Destiny 2 they removed level differences for Iron Banner, so gear level doesn't matter at all, and the Crucible is utter garbage so it has nothing special.
Faction Rallies I hate what they did, in Destiny 1 you could be pledged to your faction of choice 100% of the time and earn their gear. In D2, they do like every 5-6 week, 1 week "rallies" where you can pledge and they "compete" against each other. It changes nothing, you do the same activities you always do, just can earn tokens to redeem at your faction.