I noticed this when I was doing crucible the other night. Usually I rarely get any legendary loot from crucible matches, but of course when I was wearing a mask for the festival quest and was down 40 points in my light level, I got 3 subsequent drops that are all useless now (there even was a primary, which I desperately needed to increase my light level).
Suggestion: Why not base loot drops on our maximum achievable light level from all the gear in our inventory (or our maximum achieved light level so far)?
This way we would not have to wear our highest light level gear all the time in fear of getting subpar rewards.
Want to try out that new exotic hand cannon in the crucible, but it's only 350? No problem!
No more equipping your max gear every time you want to decrypt exotic engrams!
Please support, so Bungie can raise an eyebrow.
[b]TLDR[/b]
Loot drops should be based on the maximum achieved light level so far, so that we can have more freedom of choice for our equipped gear.
EDIT: The max achieved light level could be displayed as a small number above the current light level.
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It's designed to make you prioritize your upgrading. I don't see a problem, just switch your gear back before the boss drops/crucible ends.