I also got Radiant Shards from killing Crota. 2 Radiant Shards. If I'd have received 10 I'd be ok. 2? Not so much. My jaw hit the floor. So I got the same reward for killing the end boss as I got for getting the free random chest in the very beginning? Not good, Bungie.

gut wrenching when this happened to me

If the run hadn't gone so great I'd have been so upset. I couldn't be though since it was so fast. Bungie needs to learn a better balance between giving too much loot to extend your game and frustrating players too much.