I will never see tier five gear because of the grind and you will loose more players and not gain any new ones. Full time dad and 50 hours or more of work.
I'm a casual solo player and I'm currently at 353. It's not hard to level up lol. Who cares about T5 gear? When I get to 400, I'll just grind for some T3 or T4 pinnacle armor and be done with it. T5 is pointless unless you are trying to min-max your toons.
People make such a big deal out of T5 gear for no reason. I'm smashing through master solo ops and I'm not even using any of the new gear, not a single piece.
People need to chill.
I play lots of "shallow" content and then pass the controller to the Grand Kids lol! Screw the "demand" for "getting good" and "levelling up". I just want to shoot things and watch them explode/burn/turn into doo doo.
But seriously, I've gone back into time and and downloaded Crysis, Far Cry, FC 24/25, Doom.....there's another world of fun out there! However, none of these games can compare to the fluidity of Destiny with regards to gunplay and abilities. Sadly, it's ALL Bungie have left IMO.
Let's hope it changes, but until then, I'm replaying old games (heck, I'm even going back to Halo) and having fun. In my spare time. And my time is something that Bungie can NEVER repay me for.