I would have to say to the op, yes we are worthy of the endgame loot with one stipulation. That is, you have to have completed the raid COMPLETELY legit (also have been the sword bearer on crota, that shit is nerve racking), to which I have done it all :) I enjoy the fact that if I must, I can cheese solo all the way to crota which gives me the ability to get loot when I can't get my group together. You really can't blame anyone but bungie for being sloppy (come on, you can simply jump on a platform in the back room to despawn thrall for the bridge, no warlock needed or jumping to ridiculous places for them to despawn), that's not even exploiting the map or mechanics, just exploiting laziness. BTW we stayed up all night, 6:30am, beating crota legit the first time, but then again we were within the first 700 guardians to do it. BUNGIE- Your game would be 200% more challenging and fun if you couldn't exploit/cheese 100% of your games PvE maps and mechanics including every mission, strike, raid. But of course I'll keep playing :)