So I had a similar problem at first. If you don't have time to play 32 and 34 OR nightfall, then there is really not much you can do. You can get Etheric Light through Iron Banner. I know you said you missed it but if that is something that you would be willing to do I would suggest you do it. If you do not have a regular party to play POE or Nightfall, then this might not help you, but in order to get to LVL 34 and to be able to survive the tougher challenges I would suggest you do, you might want to try and play 32, get the armor core, get yourself light 42 gear and slowly crawl to 34. Thats what I did. I only used 1 etheric light each to get 2 out of 3 chars to 34. (I used 2 for the warlock because I failed to complete POE 3 times in that week, one of the things that sucks if you have a regular life but an irregular gaming schedule) But all in all I agree. The system of how to get etheric lights totally -blam!-s everybody who does not have time to play many hours several days a week. and dont get me started on POE 35, i have not done it once.