Yeah, I think only powerfuls drop at-light (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Thursday, June 17, 2021, 08:58 (1262 days ago) @ electricpirate

Yes, my question is “since when?” It didn’t previously work that way.

I feel like it's been two seasons or so since they changed to that system (post 1300 soft cap), and it especially sucks that it no longer kicks in at the soft cap like before (or rather, it likely still uses the 1230 Beyond Light softcap as the basis for Legendaries being on-level).

In slowing down the people at cap at the end of each season, Bungie has outright punished anyone below that level with an increased grind, which is poop.

Legendaries/rares are on level until 1310, minus vendor drops which are always 20 behind. IMO that's fine, it really doesn't take long to ffind a drop for a gap, especially if you do something like pvp.

Don’t think that’s the case anymore. At 1283 base, Legendaries/Umbrals/rares are dropping at 1281, Consistently two below your base level. Given that you can also no longer pull at-level armor from the Season Pass, leveling is almost entirely relegated to Primes and Pinnacles, even on your way to the soft cap, which was previously not the case