The chest is only an excuse so us guardians won't get upset about the real reason. Let's face it, which would you accept more? The fact that there is a glitched chest or that fact they want to slow down progression so it takes us longer.
And with any other Development Team, that would have been the [i]FIRST[/i] thing they would have thought of.
But, not Bungie...
"One chest is glitched and giving out continuous rewards? We'll solve that by nerfing EVERY SINGLE CHEST IN THE GAME!!!!"
THIS
SO MUCH THIS
but no,
Bungie: here's a consumable that highlights everything around you on a planet, also hunters get it as a perk on one of their skill trees, oh and here are ghosts that highlight everything around you
Guardian: oh, cool thanks, this will really help with the grindfest of a game that you have and actually encourages me to go find nooks and crannies in the nice sandboxes you make
Bungie: yah, but if you open like 4 in a 5 minute span in a row, you gotta wait like 10 minutes before you get anything
Guardians: but.. theres like 10 chests in one area on EDZ alone...
Bungie: ......