You know what, I feel that Bungie is using us in a huge experiment. Carrots, are being dangled in front of us at every turn. Ascendant shards, ascending energy, these things we are told we need to upgrade upgrade upgrade. I would probably at the level cap of 30 by now if I could fully light upgrade all my armor. But we are told that these items are rarely found anywhere but in the crucible. I am mostly a PvE player I would like to see some things drop for me once in a blue moon. Again your assessment is spot on. Loved the halo story I have all the books. I understand that the whole halo story was not fleshed out in the very first game. But at least we got dozens of cutscenes and a deep rich story foundation to draw us in. We do not have that with destiny.