I do what I want

Yep. Just hit the first couple of loot crates for the first and second week, by the time I get them on week #3 I'll be high enough to maybe bother with finishing it (if I can find the time, a team, and enough -blam!-s to be able to give one)

The problem with this raid is as follows: Unlike the previous raid, it's not just a matter of running normal, picking up whatever drops, and be ready for the hard. Back then, you only had to worry about getting four pieces of armor, one of which was normally an Exotic, and an usable primary. This raid is different in the sheer fact you can run the raid on normal six times and never see anything above 305, let alone just a piece of armor. We have class items, ghost shells, the four armor, and three weapons. That's nine different things to have drop, with Moldering Shards being the most likely outcome of all the encounters in Normal. I will not count the Artifact as that is actually promised. Let's talk hard now. Hard mode will drop 310-320. This is still problematic, as you could very realistically never see past 315 after slaving away to get to at least 305 on Normal just to attempt the raid. The benefit of Hard, however, is that there are no Shards if you do Normal first (supposedly), meaning you'll get [b]something[/b]. Will it be what you need? 1/9 chance. Will it be 320? 1/9 chance of the item in question and 1/10 for being that light, meaning you're looking at 1/90? for any specific gear of specific level. Now, this is where it gets a bit iffy. Each armor piece can roll Intellect, Discipline, Strength, Intellect/Discipline, Intellect/Strength, or Discipline/Strength. Not only that, but there's also specific reloads and specific ammo increases. I'll stop throwing stuff out, but you get the idea. It's a min/max nightmare. You're going to have to choose to either have good rolls or be horribly disfigured for a few weeks while you gather gear.

Bring a sniper... If you don't have a sniper, you might as well change your name to Carry-me90210

Not high enough level and I doubt many will run normal mode when hard mode is out.

Nope don't agree. Certain things will matter but overall skill trumps all.