I must politely disagree. HoW was as good as it got leveling wise. I was 34 in no time. PoE gear was great.. but it did provide 2 things. 1. Guranteed Max Level 2. Perks that made PoE easier. That's where TTK falls flat. Vanilla? VoG was guaranteed to drop Max level gear, and elemental primaries TBD? Crota's End was guaranteed to drop Max Level Gear, and elemental primaries HoW? PoE was guaranteed to drop a currency that you could purchase MAX level items with, with a chance of an elemental primary. And you could ascend all of your old gear to current MAX with no issues. This was the best Destiny ever was grind wise. On top of that Nightfalls, Dropped Max level gear. Provided a 25%XP/Rep boost/and gave you 500 rep Heroic Strikes give you SC and 400 Rep During HoW, everything was relevant, every event was relevant, there was tons to do every week. This was the height of Destiny Then TTK happened. Destiny's Arsenal was decimated. Nightfalls were no longer dropping max level equipment, raids were no longer dropping max level equipment, exotics aren't even max level anymore. No more rep from nightfalls no more rep from heroic strikes No more XP boost Reputation gains were nerfed into the ground Getting to 320 is quite the climb The only thing you are guaranteed to get 320 drops on is hard challenge mode, and that's for one encounter, per character, per week. So........ 3 encounters a week. During HoW..... Templar (x3) Exotic Chest (x3) Gatekeeper (X3) Atheon (x3) The Abyss (x3) The Bridge(x3) Death Singer (x3) Crota (x3) Nightfall (x3) provided you had the etheric light, which you could get 9 of a week, not including Trials and IB, which also used to drop max level equipment. And you think TTK made it easier?

I get what you are saying, but you missed the point. Unlike VoG, CE and PoE Skolas, in TTK you don't have to be max light to have the best advantage. If you were 29 in VoG, disadvantage. 31 in CE, disadvantage. 34 PoE, disadvantage still, but you couldn't get to 35. 310 in KF hard mode, no problem. 311-320 in KF hard mode, easy. TTK in terms of levelling is so much easier as you aren't required to reach max to complete end game activities easier. Yes, drops are random and may not drop, but that's no different to past raids. I remember running VoG and finishing with nothing but materials to upgrade the raid gear I didn't get.