A lot of this actually didn't occur until major content updates, like taken King and rise of iron, that not only raised light levels but fundamentally changed the gameplay on strikes and added new maps for crucible.
Banner, nightfalls, strike playlists etc etc was all available to vanilla players right up until ttk.
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On the contrary, during House of Wolves and Dark Below Nightfalls and other activities were occasionally exclusive to dlc owners only. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-12-09-destiny-alert-this-weeks-nightfall-and-heroic-strikes-locked-behind-the-dark-below