I haven't kept track of how many events it takes to get a bright engram in the past. However, the xp throttling was significant. At worst, I would say it's a wash between increasing the needed xp and removing the throttling.

They nerfed something that needs to be buffed. It's funny that they keep trying to kill public events. Public events get boring so fast, I don't see the point of nerfing them. The changes are going to make more people stop playing even faster.

Calm down, for one you can still get them for free so stop whining, and two they are PURELY cosmetic so it doesn't matter either way.

I'm a casual player and it doesn't effect me at all. Never bought any silver(for D2) so have not bought any bright engrams and have 200 some fireteam medallions,ghosts on each character for glimmer or XP gains on each play area,have exotic ship and sparrow on each character,have all the exotic emotes,and still have like 6600 bright dust. They give you so much for just playing for free it's amazing why anyone would need or want to buy them.

You still get them for free, quit bitching.

They did say XP rewards were changing. This is the change. Also note they clearly indicate an intent to change this over time. Be patient.