Raids since Destiny began have dropped normal mode loot from Hard Mode. Completing hard mode in a week you haven't cleared normal first will drop your loot from both the hard mode and normal mode. If they removed the normal mode drops you would get the same amount of hard mode stuff but just without the chance at exotics and free legendary marks.
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But your wasting your time week in week out to get your character to max light but your getting 385 drops for fun in a hard mode raid and i have played since year one and this is the first year this is happened to me in a hard raid.