While it certainly gives us a reason to go back and do the old raids, it would be nice to have the Telesto, Sleeper, and Skyburner's catalysts dropping from heroic menagerie or something.
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No, what other purpose does prestige raids have then? Removing the only real reward from prestige level activities, Prestige raid first encounters aren't that difficult and aren't reliant on heavy communication, I've completed raids outside of my regular raid team through LFG on this app, Removing those unique rewards would further detract from the value of those raids and the prestige that those rewards hold.
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Those raids aren’t hard in the least, do the content for the reward or get nothing
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Plain and simple the prime time for those raid (“lairs” *cough cough*) is passed and they exist solely to be channels for those catalysts. You can’t get random rolls from items that drop, and the items (weapons) were the same for 3 raids. If Bungie moves the catalysts from these raids, incentive to do them is entirely removed. Whether they will move them depends entirely on the answer to the question “Does Bungie care about engagement in these old raids?”