New GI Article: Destiny's Raid Philosophy/Scope of New Raid (Destiny)

by Chappy, Arlington, VA., Thursday, August 27, 2015, 20:08 (3157 days ago) @ Durandal

The first is gating progress into the end game hard mode.

The second was status.

I think there will be a third benefit. I'm assuming that the raid drops will have max attack and max defense (similar to VoG and CE when they were new). Prior to TTK, once you had the armors and weapons you wanted from the raid any additional copies were useless and quickly dismantled. With the new infusion system for ascending existing gear, those extra copies of raid drops will act like etheric light - you'll use them to bring up those favorite weapons and armors that aren't raid quality to match their attack/defense.