Everyone has different skill levels, we know this. I've come to the realization that I'm at about the Grandmaster skill level myself, that's about the level of content I can complete reliably, in Ultimate levels I'm just fodder.
Here's the problem: At LL530 I'm too high of a Light Level to get any kind of rewarding rewards from Grandmaster content, I'm spending ten minutes busting my butt in GM content (because yes, GM is still a challenge for me) to get a single, random LL500 Tier 5 reward. I have fun in GM content, that's right on the edge of my skill level, but the rewards aren't worth the time.
Meanwhile, Ultimate, the level I "should" be playing at, is just a bloodbath. I'll run out my revives, restart, try again, run out my revives again, and eventually muddle through. Ultimate isn't fun for me, it's a death simulator, I'm not at that skill level; but Ultimate is where I have to play to get the rewarding rewards. The only way I can get a B score is in Ultimate, that's the only place I can still get Bonus drops. (And I'll note here that as often as I die and reset, Ultimate still doesn't end up being that rewarding; it can take me a half hour to clear a ten minute Solo Op just from starting over.)
The stuff I find fun (Grandmaster level), isn't rewarding, and the stuff that is rewarding (Ultimate level), isn't fun. I'm in this no-man's land where the Portal just doesn't feel worth playing, either I'm having fun and not getting rewarded with decent loot, or I'm having a lousy time.
I'd love it if I could run Grandmaster content and get Tier 4 bonus drops, I can delete the armor and keep the weapons. Make Grandmaster level rewarding, just not as rewarding as Ultimate, keep the Ultimate loot a literal Tier above the rest. Let me play the content I find fun, and get fun loot, too.
(Also: How am I supposed to "rapidly" defeat enemies with an SMG when it takes an entire magazine to kill a red bar in Ultimate? I can't "rapidly" defeat anything!)
Edit: The changes to Quickplay are exactly what I was hoping for, now more of this, please!
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Edited by BackdoorBacon: 12/9/2025 8:14:36 PMI’m 500 and I’m at the point where I don’t want any more powerful rewards. There’s no real advantage to being 550 anyway because of forced deltas and I’m cool with a C+ rank getting me an “at power” tier 5 drop