I think archons is pretty hilarious if you exploit it. I've been playing using the 'rando method' for two days with some amount of success and you really don't need an offering for a reward. Plus it's worth bounty rep, so there's that. I head into the pit, which is always empty. I head down to the warrens, I wait until "The Warrens" disappears from the screen to make sure I'm out of the archon. Then I slowly return. When you see red on your radar, as you return, I slowly walk until I'm in the game with randos. Hi randos! If you're lucky, you can toss a grenade the second that dome cracks open and get a reward. I know you're busy killing stuff, but you should try to get a hit in on the boss. After the boss is cleared, kill any ads that are left because they still drop. Quite a few times I've received siva offerings laying about, if you look around, ammo, orbs, and you can keep it going for an hour if you are with a strong rando team. If no one has an offering, collect ammo and orbs, and head back down to the warrens, rinse and repeat. I've received a 365 fusion which is amazing. Also a 365 sniper. Up to a 370 cloak and 365+ bonds. 365 Hadron Gale chest armor, which is hideous. And legendary engrams. All the time spent was worth the Saladin's Vigil fusion rifle, which is bonkers and a hilarious weapon to use. Bungie made it suck the way you have to glitch into a team and also how it's very time consuming. I'm going to say it's a decent farming method. I suck terribly and all my characters are 365+ now.