Forsaken-Era-Returning player who just bought the legacy collection (2024) on Xbox. What are some insights you can share?

Hey guys!

For a bit more context:

I played A LOT of Destiny a couple years ago, up until the forsaken DLC (and a teeny tiny bit of the annual pass, wasn't really my cup of tea). I dropped the game hard due to bungie sunsetting content - something I entirely despise (and still do to this day). Gotta fuel my gaming addiction tho and after playing some similar games recently, I got the old itch again...

I used to be a pretty casual-PvE player, only raid I completed was the Last Wish. I enjoyed the story missions and just grinding on strikes/nightfalls, sometimes I even enjoyed gambit (shocker, I know) and just vibing in patrol and doing public events. Getting gear and exotics, upgrading them, completing bounties, etc.

Is this all still feasible at the moment? Will I miss out on epic stuff if I wait on buying the latest dlc (what I know of Prisma does sound pretty cool) or the episodes (like hell I'm gonna shell out 50€ for 3 episodes of content that could disappear in a year)?

Also, any general tips, suggestions or other insights, stuff to focus on when starting completely new characters (which is my current plan, I could import my old chars, but not sure yet).

If nothing else: what are your favorite builds? Meta and off-meta suggestions welcome, I like experimenting with stuff. :D

TL;DR: see title

Just wanted to get some friendly conversation going :)