The problem with Etheric Light is that there are pretty much only two ways to get it (excluding Nightfall): 1:HoW DLC 2:Iron Banner From what I've gathered, it's easy to earn Etherics if you do well in 1, but for the other mass of players who either cannot/have not purchased said dlc then they must resort to option 2. What I find ironic is that since [u][i]level advantages[/i][/u] are [b][i]enabled[/i][/b] in IB, there isn't much of a reason for the dlc players to participate if they've already participated in past IBs and purchased/received the gear and weps as they should already be well-stocked up on Etherics. Non-dlc players might have it rougher since there is a slight gap between light level 32 and 33/34 so when such a player wants to participate in IB then there'll be some disadvantages. The fact that a player is limited to purchasing just two Etherics per IB session shows how rare of a commodity it is; you'll have a better chance at energy, shards, and Raid gear in VoG which allows participation in two difficulties [b][i][u]every[/u][/i][/b] week. I'm not saying that the devs should make it ridiculously easy to earn them, but instead give more opportunities to earn them.