Hard is not the point of a loot-based game like this. The point is to feel POWERFUL....and Bungie keeps -blam!-ING with the game in the name of PVP balance in ways that rob PVE players of that sense of power..... ...and the fun that comes from it. I play this game because I want to feel like a space-magic throwing, super-hero/Warrior-angel..... ...and Bungie keeps systematically dismantling that power-fantasy.