Honestly, it was less of a pain to grind Ascendant Materials; you always got plenty from the Vault of Glass and Daily Heroic activities. But Etheric Light? The only way to get an ample supply of it is to play the exact same round of Prison of Elders 3 times a week, every week... and that only gets you 3 pieces of Etheric Light, 6 if you can get a team good enough to go through Skolas 3 times, which is no small feat. I say we need more ways to get our hands on Etheric Light. Here's a good way to do it: [b]1. Add Etheric Light to Level 32 Prison of Elders rewards.*[/b] -This alone would be a good start. 3 more pieces of Etheric Light a week, and more reason to do the Level 32 challenge. [b]2. Have Prison of Elders rewards stack with difficulty.[/b] -Why do I have to run Prison of Elders 6 times to get the most Etheric Light? Why can't I just run the 35 and get all the rewards for the lower-level challenges too, like with Raids? Basically, if you beat Skolas on one character before doing the lower-level challenges, you would receive the rewards for the Level 32 and Level 34 challenges as well; that means 2 Armor Cores, 2 Weapon Cores, +1000 Standing... and 3 pieces of Etheric Light.* [b]3. Add Etheric Light to House of Wolves' Daily Heroic rewards.[/b] -Daily Heroic activities that feature the new House of Wolves story missions already provide an extra reward in the form of 20 Vanguard Marks... though they give you Motes of Light in place of Ascendant Materials. I say replace the Motes of Light on the reward table with one piece of Etheric Light for these missions. Normal Daily Heroic activities for the base game and The Dark Below would stay the same. * * * * * That should be enough, I think. I believe that adding Etheric Light to HoW Daily Heroics would be the most essential; it would be nice to have the occasional chance to grab Etheric Light without having to put together a Fireteam or head into the Crucible or Trials of Osiris. Also, bear in mind that The Taken King may raise the level cap to 36; that means you may need more Etheric Light to Ascend your gear again, even if you get all your weapons to 365 and all your characters to Level 34. If that turns out to be the case, that's all the more reason for Bungie to give us more ways to earn Etheric Light.