But PvE players have the options, if avoiding PvP at all, is to buy the Gear they want and leveling them. Given that Rares and Legendary gear required materials usually found during patrols, the PvE players can do all of this without ever playing PvP, but PvP players have to play PvE at some point to level their gear. It also seems like all the gear, no matter the vendor is all the same for the most part. So while drops are nice, it makes more sense from Bungie's standpoint to make the better gear available mainly through purchases that require the user to play more.