It's not really "better" or "smarter". Bungie simply twisted the truth in explaining the Crota loot table. All they did was remove the chance for weapons on the loot drops up to Crota. This means that anytime you would have gotten a gun in VoG, you would now have gotten a piece of armor in Crota, which makes it the same drop chance but you now see armor drop more frequently.
As for the "smart" aspect...there is nothing that is remembering or knowing what dropped for you. In four (4) fully completed Crota raids, my Titan has received 4 pairs of gloves and 3 chests...still no boots. I have a Warlock and Hunter who completed the raid each time too...they both received 3-4 gloves and 3-4 chests, but at least I got boots for them last night.
I still think they should just use a commendation/mark system that is earned via the raid and used to buy pieces. It makes the most sense.
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