That "reason" would be a fair one if earning exotics was actually a challenge. currently the story exotics tell= "man that was awful." "what happened?" "I just got throttled in pvp. couldn't even leave my spawn because they were sniping us as we spawned." "that sounds harsh Bungie should work on their spawns huh?" "maybe...but there was an upside." "what was that?" "I got -insert sought after exotic here-!" I'm sure Bungie's think tank didn't intend for that story.