I think it comes down to sheer laziness on Bungie’s part. It doesn’t seem there’s many year 2 non-quest exotics to begin with, so knowing that, they inflated the rarity with RNG to make sure players didn’t run out of things to grind for. They’re been pulling these tactics since Warmind with exotic weapon catalysts and the randomness of sleeper nodes. They either didn’t want to invest the time in a broader exotic pool, or didn’t want to invest the time to work out more reasonable drop rates. Frankly, neither is an appropriate excuse. I find it absolutely insanely backwards thinking in a loot driven game to make gear with actual impact on gameplay so rare that it becomes exists purely for the chase. If you don’t have things to do with the loot once you get it, or no longer care about the game once it drops, then what really does the exact nature of the loot drop matter in the first place? That’s why I hate when developers try and tune loot systems around people who are in the loot hunt more for the chase than for using the loot to play the game; it breaks the experience for everyone else in unhealthy ways. It’s fine to make people put some work and investment into cool, worthwhile loot. But RNG mechanics are not the way to implement that; quest chains are.

UPDATE: I got Celestial Nighthawk from a strike a few minutes ago, looks like the Year 1 Curse strikes again boys

I dropped an exotic this morning...Cold Heart....again...and below my characters power level....Useless 🙄

How many hours of play do you have since forsaken dropped? If you say less than 100 then be prepared for it to sti be a while.

Worst player usually get best loot, no1 rule in destiny world.

This is the way it should be. In D1, I didn’t get Gjallarhorn until December.

Not being rewarded for my time is the number one reason why I left D2. I left long before the dlc arrived and I still don't think I made the wrong choice. Especially after reading so many posts about exotics never dropping. With that said, I hope you get some exotic drops especially after Bungie supposedly "fixed" this issue or will be addressing it in an upcoming patch.

I mean.....some ppl went an entire 3 years without the gally....some ppl didnt even get the gally til D2 came out. Some ppl didn't even get fatebringer. Some ppl never got Necrochasm...( i only just got the Borealis thru fated engram ) Here you are bitching about a month....pfft... "lacking motivation" - ahhhhhh another "reward my time played"!!!!!!! Shouldn't be JUST about play time. I shouldn't be able to do PE for 10 hrs a day and hit max/all exotics/etc... Also it's a video game, purely for enjoyment...THAT's ALL. So if you lack motivation to enjoy your time spent, that is definitely a "gamer issue".

It’s incredible. Literally everyone I play with has two or three Forsaken exotics.

600, 599, and a 590 something... only actual new exotic drop I have is the Cerebus +1. At this rate I will have all the Forsaken exotics sometime next year. The less you play the more you get.

Why havent you done the exotic quests for Ace of spades and Chaperone? If you have completed it then you are just really really unlucky.. I have a few forsaken exotics and I am happy the drop rate is the way it is. Quit crying you crybaby snowflake.

I know the feeling, they are working on it but it does feel like the fix can't come soon enough. at least I could get my hands on the quest exotics. Otherwise, I would be getting angry at this point. I don't understand why Bungie felt the need to nerf the Fated engram it was a way to guarantee the new loot so people don't get it this repeated old loot rut.

Bungie doesnt care.

RNG means you might never receive a Forsaken exotic as a drop. RNG means you might never fight the meatball butthole to start the Malfeasance quest. RNG means you might be 10 light levels lower than someone who played the same content. RNG will always be a terrible way to reward players.

Didn’t you get ace of spades?

All I got was One Thousand Voices from the raid.