Hey i came back after season of undying and most of my clan members are already 1030+ after the first week.
How else am i suppose to catch up from being 1000 after burning through the powerful drops (the soft cap didn't seem to work for me. I was getting blues that were 1-2 light levels lower then my current gear)
Thats one of the biggest issues with destiny.
If you leave the game for a certain amount of time you are basically stuffed if you hope to play endgame content because by the time you reach the recommended level there would be another power increase and no one will be willing to help out.