It seems Bungie has been using timers more so in D2 then they did in D1. They can make things more of a challenge without a timer, and if people are getting the weapon as easy as it was to get whisper as I did on my second run, that's not a challenge if a timer is the only thing to slow you down. I haven't run the quest for Outbreak Prime but it sounds too easy from what the replies on here are saying on this post and that alone tells me Bungie isn't trying hard enough to use their imagination to make things a challenge. If the quest are all about just running trying to beat a timer and not being able to enjoy the time spent in a new area, the quest becomes short-lived and forgotten about just like the whisper quest. Edit: Nothing Personal to anyone, but for those that are saying it's easy to acquire, I did it in no time at all or whatever else that was (easy) for you. If it was that easy then it wasn't a challenge and Bungie needs to come up with something better like Shattered throne then using a timer.