Problem isn't the drop rate, it's that there are 110 of the damn things, and most of them aren't good enough to take up an Exotic slot...maybe they should retire some of the old gear (and all of the D1 rehashes) and limit the pool to stuff that's actually game-changingly awesome so people get excited again when that yellow text pops.
I think the real problem is Exotic burnout - sure, some self-entitled brats think they need "all the new stuff, right now" and are just upset they didn't get a Fox or Ghoul the first week, but the fact that most "old" Exotics are either weak or simply not fun to use is the bigger issue once the shiny wears off. (I don't really use Bows or Rockets, so I'm not too worried, but also don't have most of the Y1 Exotics since I switched consoles for Forsaken - and I can't really say I feel like I'm missing out, having already used most of them extensively on PS4.)
Since I'm a PvE player and a big fan of rotating gear almost daily just for something new, it's hard not to notice how often I completely skip Exotics when loading up - they feel more like novelties than no-brainers for certain activities, and even my beloved Polaris Lance stays in the Vault on Solar-Singe Strikes (and, somehow, Skyburner's Oath has gotten WORSE over the past year...cool idea, like the look, but it just doesn't put out damage the way an Exotic needs to if it's going to compete with Distant Relation or Trust, especially with Rampage/Kill Clip).
Even the new Tex Mechanica offerings leave a lot to be desired - Huckleberry needs a much deeper magazine to be good for anything other than Patrol, and Prospector just doesn't have enough of an edge over standard GLs to make me put down Ace or Crimson.
Just my thoughts - I think Exotics need to be rare both in drop rare AND in total quantity if they're going to truly feel special and not be "one more collection to complete."
(Either that, or let us equip more than one - especially with Exotic armor, being able to mix-and-match would breathe some much-needed life into a bunch of sub-par gear and let us fill in the gaps from missing sub-class nodes, and if it makes us "too" powerful, good. That's what Exotics are supposed to do.)
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