A step backwards from when ? Iron banner drops have always been terrible. It did get better each time, with drop rates being increased. Heck even great when they added both Shaders and Emblems to the loot pool. So if you missed any, you now had a chance of getting them. If you want to know bad then you should know about when the armor sets were tied to a bounty system. You had to do 4 different bounties, and these were not your normal run of the mill bounties either. They could take hours to complete, even days. If you had 3 characters then good luck, -blam!- would take me nearly the entire week to finish. Coming down to the last day, some times. Oh and the weapon drop rate was good luck. In just a few matches i have gotten the entire armor set plus extra pieces and same goes for the weapons. Monetization is 0, what are you talking about ? Oh you can buy an event rank that will give you a crafting material. Booo Bungie Booo, you ruined Iron banner because i can buy 1 Enhancement Prism.