[b][i]Greetings![/i][/b] I normally post sassy material, but today there's -blam!- in my Cheerios so I'm making a [b][i]"what we seriously need"[/i][/b] post of sorts. [i][b]Cozmo, DeeJ,[/b][/i] this isn't a gratification/I helped a noob post [b]but let's get an actual answer that manages the community's general concern.[/b] [b][i]Rewards:[/i][/b] Nobody likes opening a box with holes in it on Christmas to find a dead cat they were [b][i]going[/i][/b] to name sprinkles. -[b]RNG is a -blam!-[/b], whatever, there's no reason a drop from Oryx can roll the same light [i]as a blue. [/i] ---[b]Additionally, regarding the raid,[/b] mouldering shards. It's not me, it's not a few people that like to complain, it's a consensus. You are literally [b][i]replacing our drop[/i][/b] with [u]10%[/u] of what we need [b][i]for another drop at the end[/i][/b] that can end up dropping [b]ANOTHER 10% OF WHAT YOU NEED[/b] to do that again. [spoiler]Mouldering shards should not drop from bosses. They would be cool if they granted huge rep chunks with Eris, or X amount would raise the light on a weapon, but replacing a drop with 1/10 of what you need for a later drop is ridiculous.[/spoiler] -[b]"Smarter drops"-[/b] Please allow me to fill my coffee cup with a glass of [b]nope[/b] and wipe the bull-blam!- off of my bagel, because this is nearly worse than VoG drops. ---------[b][i]Example-[/i][/b] I'm missing the raid helmet and gloves. I'm [i]wearing[/i] a 309 chest piece through the raid. It drops me [i]a 309 chest piece[/i] from GoGo Ogre and a [i]300 chest piece[/i] from Oryx. [spoiler]It should read what we're wearing, and drop something different [b]or at least something with a higher light. Always.[/b][/spoiler] -[b]Nightfall:[/b] I'm all for long, hard missions. I enjoy singing the [b][i]Dragon Ball Z[/i][/b] theme with my friends upon completion (as is tradition). What I [i]don't[/i] enjoy, is seeing a [b]three of coins[/b] pop up in the rewards screen. [b]You are literally replacing our exotic drop chance with a consumable that gives us a smaller exotic drop chance [i]after killing another ultra [u]if we remember to use it.[/u][/i][/b] Whoever added that into the [b]NF[/b] drops, I'll have what he was having, because it's been one hell of a Monday. [b]-Faction Rep:[/b] There are few things out there slower than a [b]98' Mazda with no wheels,[/b] but ranking up a faction is one of them. If you've heard of a [b][i]miss/miss,[/i][/b] separating faction gains, removing the huge rep gains from the nightfall and weekly, and removing the boost, was a [b][i]triplemiss.[/i][/b] I can make turtle jerky faster than rank up a new faction. -[b]Light system:[/b] Luke Smith said something along the lines of: [quote]We were in this weird place where what you wore dictated how well you would perform.[/quote] [b]WELL,[/b] short of sacrificing ten thrall and 40 silver to the gods of RNG, I will forever be stuck wearing a bright red raid cape that is adamant about staying red. [b][i]Unless[/i][/b] I want to infuse 80% of it to something else and then perform the ritual again for another 310 cloak. This has gotten long enough.... [b][i]-repeat exotics -releveling exotics.... -addressing Black Spindle but not this stuff... -etc...[/i][/b] [b]EDIT:[/b] as per the weekly update, motes of light, strange coins, and weapon parts drop in reduced amounts. (Aside from gaining exp after level 40 and getting three motes) [b]EDIT:[/b] Luke Smith announces nightfall rewards will be better (added pic) and on a neogaf post today said the [b][i]raid boost consumables[/i][/b] will not cost silver. I believe him on that. Because they will likely cost [b][i]gold.[/i][/b]