Exactly this (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Thursday, November 05, 2015, 16:43 (3401 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

I really don't get why they haven't made it so that the initial light level on new drops (almost always being 1-10 points higher than you equipped gear) persists past 290. Heck, even armsday weapons should appear at or above your current light level instead of at 280. The grind for me now consists of 20 minute sessions of "mote of light leveling" of crappy blue items I used to just dismantle purely because I may get an extra weapon part out of a few of them. My vault is flooded with 290+ items I could dismantle for more weapon parts, but don't dare touch because god forbid I get a good roll on a 260 light gun and need to infuse it 4 times to make it useful (bye bye, 40 weapon parts).

On top of that, I'm now farming the gatelord every chance I get because I need the 310s in order to infuse weapons to the point where they're remotely useful.

The grind is certainly real. It's less frustrating than the RNG grind was for me, but it's also much more of a chore, too.

The fact that Crucible drop rates suck doesn't help.