I have a fully upgraded set of raid gear, fully upgraded IB boots and gloves, and all 6 exotic pieces of armor available at this point in time, 5 of which are full upgraded. Where do I fall as a true/fake level 30? I can swap around my armor to my heart's content and still maintain a level 30, whether it be full raid armor, 3 pieces of raid armor and an exotic, 2 pieces of raid and 2 piece of IB, or even a mix of some IB, some Raid, and an exotic. Any and all of this "true/fake" argument is just dumb. All the armor available in this game to make someone level 30 is easy enough to come by, and in no way demonstrates skill. Someone could be carried through the raid and get armor, or someone could be doing the carrying and get armor. Two different levels of skill, same result. I've had raid runs where I sucked and got a piece of armor, and runs where I was one of the best people in it and have gotten armor. Someone could be carried through an IB match and get rep, or someone could be doing the carrying and get rep. Two different levels of skill, same result. I had plenty of -blam!-ing awesome wins in IB, but also had a few matches where I barely managed 5 kills, but I still got rep, and even if we lost, that Medallion would be turned in for Rep later, essentially still rewarding me for those few poor matches. As for exotics, they can be found or bought, completely unrelated to the skill of the owner. Level 30 in this game does not account for skill, it accounts for participation.