People earn their weapons/armour. I am confused about posts that say "you didn't earn this", "you didn't earn that", "Xur should be removed", etc. etc. etc. If you did a Tiger Strike and it dropped - you earned it by fighting your way through to the end If you did Nightfall and it dropped - you earned it by fighting your way through to the end If you did 28 Weekly and it dropped - you earned it by fighting your way through to the end If you did the Raid - you earned it If you bought it from Xur - you earned those strange coins by doing numerous events The only exception I would say is a random drop in the Crucible, where you get something no matter how good or bad you played. That's not really "earned" as such..... but playing over and over and over in PvP, some people might consider it "earning by enduring PvP" Long and short of it .... playing is earning, noone should be upset someone else is getting stuff they already have as it does not affect their game in any way. This is mainly a PvE game where you HELP each other. That's my tuppence on it. EDIT 1: Thank you Gaslight. Yes, Exotic Bounties also count. An oversight on my part. EDIT 2: Thank you Maledious. I do not advocate AFK players getting rewards. EDIT 3: I apologise if this post seemed like a complaint. It wasn't. I only seek to understand people's feelings on the matter and try to make us a more tolerant and better community. EDIT 4: Please post why you are upset that other people get gear and you don't. Does it affect your game? It is more of an affront to the time you have put in and gotten nothing from it? EDIT 5: Changed "tired" to "confused about" as the original word didn't really reflect my intentions.