Two Words: SLOT PROTECTION (for drops in Pinnacle actvities that take more than ten minutes per completion per drop.) That's the number one thing that can be done to improve the QoL of the player WRT pinnacle grind. If a player only has one or two slots that are preventing advancement to the next power level, weight the drop into the slots that are lagging. There is nothing more infuriating than waiting for four weeks with a class item at 1998/1999 when the rest of your build (weapons and gear) is at 2000, and having all your pinnacles for the week drop in slots that are already maxed out or are in slots that won't contribute to progression. Incredibly demotivating. On the flip side, Iron Banner is my favorite pinnacle activity. I know that I'm getting 1) eight pinnacles each on three characters, 2) in relatvely rapid succession, 3) for a clearly definable amount of time contribution, and level of effort. I'll gladly suffer through that type of grind for that frequency of rewards. If the highest difficulty lost sectors gave out pinnacles, or if you could solo nightfalls and those gave out regular pinnacles, I'd happily do those too. Unlike Iron Banner, however, you have to be at or very close already to the target power level for those activites to be successful at them.