I don't mind materials, you can get them when you patrol which is also an excuse to look for public events. What I hate, like you said are the sheer numbers. It shouldn't take 60-80 of ANYTHING you get 2 at a time of. Maybe 20-30 total. Bungie, you already get a lot of hours of my life. I feel like you are being greedy with this aspect of the game. Unless this is a way to force PvP players into the PvE world I don't understand your end game with such a tedious task. I have a few different sets of exotic gear that I like to switch out depending on what I'm doing (because they are built like that) and this only compounds this monotony. Surely you realized this was going to grate on people and eventually make them leave. How about reducing the needed materials from a ridiculous 12-16 per slot to 6-8 per slot? That seems reasonable.