So I have gotten ~9-10 legendary engrams so far, 2 of them resulted in legendaries, 2 of them gave me ascendant shards. That's all good and stuff. What's not good in my mind is that over half of them awarded me with level 16 items when I'm light level 26. That's what's really pissing me off. I have much less of a problem accepting a non-legendary item from a Legendary engram if said item is a level 20 blue, but to receive a level 16 feels like a RNG slap to the face when it comes to engrams.
If Bungie can fix said engrams to drop minimum level 20 gear, I'm sure a lot of people would be much happier with them
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Mainly, if they only gave Lv. 20+ it would kind of bring the game to an easier setting. They want you to last in the game and have to take time to level, if you just got your goal early it would bore the game from your interests. Though I can understand your frustration, rep grinding and occasionally finding a Legendary engram to help is just the easier case for a Legendary. Make sure you're also getting those strange coins for when the vendor is there for your exotic!