Exactly. They want to keep people playing, and they think the best way to do that is to give you drops that reflect a light level much lower than your overall, so that you have to sit there and run strikes (grind) for engrams to infuse into your new gear and bring up the light level. They don't want to just give you the drop with the desired light level because god forbid you were rewarded as a player. Oh, and please try not to have any fun while playing the game. Otherwise, we're going to have to nerf things. -Bungie in essence

For your consideration: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/184498052

Thanks, man. I wish I had known that about SRL. I would have played it a lot more. But I didn't enjoy it one bit, so I left it alone.