I understand your plight. To me, allowing a secondary route to 30 is a de facto admission from Bungie that not everyone is able to get into the Raid. Reaching level 30 required you to complete at least some portion of the raid to get the gear. Now, they get you 2/3 of the way there without having to raid. Seems like they're realizing that without more robust social tools [u]in[/u] [u]game[/u], they have to help people along different routes that include matchmaking, i.e. The Iron Banner.
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I hear you on that man. I've got a full set of raid gear already, I just want to look like the aforementioned Lord Saladfingers.