The way light determines drops is limiting character choice (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Friday, October 23, 2015, 22:10 (3414 days ago) @ Kermit

Wait a sec: your light level affects only what they decrypt as at the time you decrypt them.

You can run around with year one weapons and still level up when you visit the cryptarch.

Yes, but you get activity rewards from nightfalls and pvp which are based on your light level when you complete the activity. You get drops from bosses which are not engrams (just straight items) which are based on your light level when that item dropped. So last night when I was using my new 280 gunsmith weapons, I was hurting my chances to get a 290+ drop.