I get your sentiment. My fireteam pushed the Templar and Atheon off for the first time Saturday night. We've beaten the VoG 5 times legit on normal, and we had two substitutes playing with us. One of the subs knew how to push them off so we just did it. It was a fun experience doing it this way, but it wasn't satisfying as it is when you beat it "legit." At this point, we're all pretty tired of getting crappy drops, and we aren't quite strong enough to push through on Hard (defending the 3 confluxes is the hardest part of the whole raid IMO). This was a nice and new way to beat the VoG on normal with our second characters. I'm glad Bungie is adding baby bumpers, but I'm also glad I had the opportunity to experience that exploit first hand.