Yeah, no hand outs here. I actually earned my Red Death.
I earned it because I had to grind the weekly multiple times every week, and bore myself to tears in an attempt to get coins. I also had to grind out the hours of the days, weeks, and months anxiously awaiting Xur to have red death again.
So if you think that's less of a grind than getting lucky on the roll of a rng die, congrats, you are what's wrong with this game.
Thank you, and good day.
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I think I earned mine. It was the first exotic I got when he came with it the second time around. I didn't really know much about the game and every strange coin I earned were from engrams. I couldn't do the weekly's because none of my friends had destiny. Buying your weapons from Xur is earning the gun mixed with a little bit of rng. You do not earn it from a chest, killing a boss or some pop star wanabe. That's just dumb luck.