Though Nightfall has the potential for some really awesome loot, it's not often you will get an exotic out of it. I do the nightfall three times a week on three characters and every now and then I get something cool but more likely than not it's something I don't need or already have. The real reward is the 25% boost to reputation and experience earned. This is invaluable for leveling gear and weapons and boosting faction rank if you need it.

My warlock got screwed with 5 strange coins last week. He came back this week and got 6.

I solo it on multiple characters each week and never get anything good. Usually a crappy legendary faction gun that I will break down for a few energies. Sometimes 5 to 6 coins or, best case, 9 to 11 ascendants. Two of my characters got that type of crap again this week, but one of them finally broke through the exclusion zone and picked up Thunderlord. Like most folks, the only exotic heavy that makes me drool is the 'Horn, which is the thing I want to drop in Nightfall most. I was actually disappointed when Thunderlord came up, thinking I'd come so close that I might have used all my luck and never get Gjallarhorn. I generally don't give much thought to heavies in general, and only use them (Corrective Measure specifically) to drain bosses at the end of strikes or take out Praetos in the Vault. Heavy ammo always seemed too much of a pain to bother with. Well, I'm now convinced that Thunderlord is the best gun in the game. It is absolutely devastating, and god, that sound. It also has by far the highest aim assist of anything I've used in the game. The reticule is pulled toward heads with the gravity of a small planet. It can actually function as an excellent scout rifle with clean and easy single headshots. But if something large absolutely must die, there is nothing like the Olympic fury of Lightning Rounds picking up blinding speed at the end of the big Field Scout mag. Atheon is going to be one sorry dude next week (got nothing but materials in my raids on all three guys this week, just like last week, and the week before that...). For the first time, I find myself empathizing with the whiny crowd that doesn't want to share their exotic guns with everyone else. It adds some shine to an amazing gun. I'd like to think that the guy who showed up right after an Eliminate Target event started last night in the Hellmouth -- just in time to see it end -- said to himself, "Mother of God, what unholy fury did he just unleash on that unsuspecting pumped up Captain? What was that sound?!?" Also, the only silver lining from that asshole Xur's visit this week was an MG telemetry. It let me knock out the last couple ascendant upgrades to 300 that monster. Edit: forgot to mention that it has an unlisted perk, which is the occasional Fatebringer-type huge arc explosion upon precision kill. I'd guess maybe 20% of the time.

Hawkmoon. So stoked

On my first run I got a Legendary Pulse Rifle, while my teammates got 12 Shards and the other got an Exotic Sniper. Second time, I got nothing, as expected. Other guys get 9 Coins and a Legendary with another Exotic. Meanwhile, I'm trying to get 10 Rare or better Fusion Rifles and can't get a single blue Weapon engram. Get a full load of Greens out of every activity though.... (Cryptarch rep over 30 for those who wrongly think it matters)

10 coins. I feel cheated

Universal Remote

Patience and Time. And I hadn't bought it from Xûr. The feelz.

My Warlock got 8 Shards. My Hunter got 5! coins.... Currently leveling up a 2nd Warlock, third time is the charm, right?

Don't want to double stab you, but I got Praxis fire, and one freind the Gjallahorn and the other ... roll the drums ... Truth ! But I only got ascendant mats in the raid ... Oh and my wonderfull 2nd ship ... Can't be lucky everytime