I hear ya. The simple fact is the Year one gear was some of the best we've had. Look at your exotic/Raid amour/weapon perks. Quicker reload for special weapons, More heavy ammo, Perks that actually mattered(extra grenades, disorientate when self res, extra jump when equipped ). Now they are more specific ,fast reloads for shotgun, only more ammo for machine guns. They gave us extra vault space but made it that if we wanted specific perks we would require more of that same armor/weapon to get what we wanted. Primary elements are great. The only time they were used is with nightfalls/POE with burns. I never really use any of them for crucible for an upper hand as they were made for PVE. And with the mix of different shields with taken enemys it really doesn't make it that much easier. The way I see it they should just have the etheric light scenario from HOW. Which ,except for the fact that POE was not that great and crucible was won with certain weapons ,was a great system. Give us a material that can bring our weapons/armor to the next level from completing hard mode Raids. Make the hard mode gear drop at the highest level like they used to.