I agree. But it takes no more than 10 minutes to get about 20 of any item.

I would disagree (politely). I was Lv 26 for awhile and just playing with my wife and friend doing bounties that I realized they had both gotten to Lv 27. So I decided to fully upgrade my Alpha Lupi chest piece. I did this by doing the patrol missions on Venus while tackling a headshot bounty against Fallen all the while looking for Spirit Bloom. Didn't take too long and it was fun. In all I found over 30 Spirit Bloom and increased my New Monarchy Rep and got the headshot bounty. I prefer this kind of playing vs "farming" as I find it to be more fun and more efficient. By the way, I have nothing against "farming". Done it a little myself on Mars where the Cabals come out of that little bunker and meet the Goblins and the one Minotaur. Pretty fun little shooting skill game with my friend while we are waiting for my wife or another teammate to meet up with.