Finished Hard mode Oryx, and for my 20 shards, and completion... what do I get? Gauntlets of 311 (already have 314), and the NORMAL MODE F'ing Auto rifle at 303, and NORMAL MODE F'ing sniper at 304. Yeah, GREAT FRIGGIN REWARDS FOR YOUR GAME on HARD MODE (not to mention GOT CRAP shards the whole way through before Oryx, and Normal mode drops). This is the kinda stuff that makes people wanna quit you know. You said it yourself Luke, "We wanna make the game feel more rewarding." Well you tell me then, if this crap happened to you, would that feel rewarding? SMH, so frustrated right now. #FIX YOUR CRAP BUNGIE EDIT: Update, on why this raid reward system is so broken. Previous raids RNG was 1 element (you either got what you were looking for or you didn't), gear was one level, perks were same. Current raid, gear RNG has 3 elements, You have to get the item you are missing, you have to hope it has the light to level you up (smart loot? HAHA), and you have to hope it has perks that help you. 3 Elements of RNG are what makes this the WORST rewarding system of any Destiny Raid. #Bungie fix your crap For those who think running normal mode first is the answer, see below, sigh [spoiler]there are 2 loot tables One for Normal mode, and one for Hard mode. normal mode loot table consists of: shards or 300 - 310 loot gear/weapons. Hard mode loot table consists of: 310 - 320 gear/weapons or nothing Getting Normal mode done first does not change any percentage of the loot table that RNG factors for your loot. They are two totally separate entities. So, if you run normal mode first, the loot table for normal mode drops in HM doesn't even roll... it doesn't exist. So, if you did normal mode first, then run HM, the RNG roll for the TOTALLY SEPERATE HM ROLL could come up as 0 (or nothing)... meaning you get nothing. If you don't run normal mode and run HM only. The Normal mode loot table rolls, and it could be = Shards... then the HM loot table rolls, and it could be nothing. So if you run NM first, you could potentially get NOTHING from HM, AT ALL until Oryx (because Oryx is the ONLY guaranteed HM item drop). If you run HM only, you could get shards the whole way through until Oryx. (in both cases RNG trolled you badly, which is happening to many people) In other words... the only thing you get out of running normal mode first, is wasting your time to run both at separate times. Hope this clears it up for you.[/spoiler]