My feelings on the matter and how I see gear.
Common, uncommon, rare, legendary and exotic was a poor word choice, they are not tiered by rarity they are tiered by power. The only "rare" items are gear/weapons only obtainable by RNG. Such as raid gear/weapons and faction gear/weapons not sold.
Love my multi-tool and hope those that buy it today will enjoy it and help them get through harder strikes and weeklys.
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People misunderstand what they mean when they say Rare or Exotic. They aren't rare in regards to other players having them, they are rare in regards to the amount of other items that drop in the game. Purple engrams are very rare in comparison to Blues, and blue engram's are very rare in comparison to green engram's.