20% damage output reduction and 20% damage mitigation reduction creates a situation where skill can't save you. I don't care if your the Bruce Lee of Destiny, if a single hit puts your hp below zero and your damage is hampered to resemble a kitten gnawing an ankle you're still a liability and the weakest link of your group.

Thusly, even if you have a Gjallarhorn, as a 33 I get booted and kicked from groups left and right, and that's only if they even message me back in the first place...

Exactly, I refuse to advertise my gjallarhorn, which is probably hindering me even worse.

I'm thinking the same thing. I mean, I've got the skill. I killed and passed through everything in the game before I ever got my first Gjallarhorn. But now I can't get into a group without one? Why even bother?

Exactly. Only got my gjallarhorn last week and now it seems like if you don't listen 365 gjallarhorn in your LFG post you're s.o.l

Not to mention that if you're a 33, then you're stuck in the perpetual "Catch 22". I need a group of people so that I can compete in the 34 PoE. I advertise my 365 Gjallarhorn, but also have to put down that I'm a 33. So; I need people to play the activity that gets me to 34, but because I'm [u]not[/u] a 34, no one will let me onto their team, which prevents me from having a chance at hitting 34. The elitism and arrogance that the base design of this DLC has promoted, and continues to promote is nauseating. This all on Bungie's shoulders as their shit-tier design for this DLC and the availability of Etheric Light has made a Caste System very much a reality in this game.