Why is this game so against casual solo gaming for Pinnacle gear?
Not everyone that plays wants to constantly feel like they're in a pressure cooker fight where (for example) we're forced onto a tiny platform that maintains relentless splash damage from replenishing 360 degree enemy fire, nor does everyone want to constantly find a fire team to play with just to get gear every single time.
I don't doubt there's a good number of gamers here that can do solo runs on everything, but I am not one of them, nor do I ever intend to be. I just like to casually game solo a lot and also enjoy games where I can upgrade and improve my stats.
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There are currently 3 pinnacles for the first three completions of Pathfinder each week, and if you have the Episode unlocked you should also be able to get the pinnacles from those activities. There is also the final mission that has the pinnacle drop at the end as well. For the other activities such as Dungeons and Raids the Fireteam Finder is pretty awesome, I have had very good luck with it so far. Hope this helps, don't worry too much about getting to 2000 quickly, there is still plenty of time before the next Episode and I highly doubt they will raise it until the next DLC if that even occurs.