I disagree with this, because: 1. You shouldn't be able to use exotics until you are max character level anyway. 2. Legendary marks are easy enough to get that you can upgrade at least 1 item a week if you want. You have the ability to get at least 25 marks a day x 6 days = 150 marks. 3. They need to continue making things hard to get, or else the satisfaciton level will take a huge hit. I don't know about most people, but I enjoy going after the gear as much as having it. After all, the ultimate purpose of having gear is so you can go get more gear. As a side note: Year 2 hasn't even been live for a month. There's plenty of stuff to get and plenty of time to get it. I think people are comparing themselves too often to other people who are on this game 10-12hrs a day. That's all my opinion though.