Well I hit 34 with both characters 1st week. It's not that hard to obtain considering you can get 6 from the arena alone if you have 3 characters or 3 alternates. Trials gives you some too. Or just 42 gear outright so you only need about 3 etheric total. 1 42 exotic. 1 42 house of judgment piece (2 now this week's out) 1 trials piece. 1 etheric ascension. 34. It's only 5 or 6 wins for the armor. I went 30-2 with some guys I'd just met that same night so just get a team & grind it out or hope it drops in a nightfall. You don't need that many tho. Actually considering there's 2 pieces of new 42 armor you don't need any. I even spent 1 on a 365 fatebringer. Yay me Lol. Black hammer gets my love this week. Along with some other gems. It's not as hard as you're making it tho. The 34 arena wasn't even hard last week. I ran thru it in 30 mins with a team. This week is actually harder.