For those of us who only need to buy the $39.99 digital download, we likely already have at least one character above level 30 (although if you are reading this, you probably have 3 34s...me too!) The reason that the exotic class gear that contains the XP bonus is only in the collectors edition is to help new players catch up. It will allow new Guardians to pass through levels 1-20 quickly and get to the raids/POE. Yes, we all had to grind through it, and yes, it isn't fair, but that doesn't really matter. The more guardians, the better...so long as Bungie expands their servers.