I am totally fine with light being enabled in activities such as Iron banner and possibly gambit (although gambit is a separate discussion in itself). However the artifact makes these activities completely unbalanced and takes away some of the fun. It requires no skill either, as you can simply farm bounties to boost your artifact rank. Which in light enabled activities then provides the player with an unfair advantage. You dont need to be skilled in pvp, when the people against you are basically shooting popcorn.
The artifact should simply be disabled in these activities. Once again Bungie don't consider the implications of the power boost the artifact provides and use the player base as guinea pigs.
Edit: I am not referring to the mods you get from the artifact, but the power boost. Soley in pvp modes that have light enabled (not quickplay) and to an extent gambit. The artifact is perfectly fine for pve.
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It really needs to be dialed in for light enabled PvP content. Max possible power should be whatever the highest possible gear cap is at that time. This way people can still use the artifact rather than farming powerful gear but it still doesn't absolutely screw everyone else over and ruin the mode. Ran into a dude at 1k power in S8. Needless to say that went over horribly for the whole lobby and was not fun. That same dude is at 1011 power currently. Absolutely insane.