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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Bungie never said that exotics were going to be extremely rare for people to own. The exotic bit is that they are "unique" from other weapon types with perks you can't find on any other weapons.