Neither. Goes against the cosmetic rule they put on silver related items.
"But what about sterling treasures and dusty iron engrams?" Well it is only armor that drops at an unusable 3 light. No stats to provide and you need something to put into it to make it relevant. That something might be an exotic, legendary, or high light blue from heroics. The grind is still there but now you can buy a cosmeticly different piece of armor.
On top of that you can get radiant treasures for free each week. Also the armor that drops from dusty iron engrams can drop from iron banner rewards.
All of this makes them solely optional in nature.
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Agreed.