Yeah, that's the MMO part of Destiny: grinding out the RNG to get the loot drops you need to hit a cap before the next expansion drops to bump the cap again. I mainly dropped that note in hopes to stop a rush to try and pump Radiant Shards into stuff like Str boots on a character who values Int/Dis a lot more, just because it's raid gear. It would make a difference if it was piece 3 of your needed set to hit 32, but could be held off on if it was piece 1 or 2.