I don't mind it so much since they seem to have nerfed enemy shields. Remember year 1 nightfalls? If there was a Psion, it was shielded. Now it's really only majors. And the shields were near impossible to drop without a burn weapon.
I will say, I don't feel near the need to raid as I used to. With no weapon elements and with crappy drop rates with a second crappy roll on the damage/defense value there's nothing a i really want.