I agree, OP. The normal Crota Raid is missing that element of "fun", and the Hard mode is missing it as well. My Clan and I went through the first two phases of the Hard mode last night, and it's the same old same old, just with enemies that are even more "bullet sponge" than before. The lack of creativity increase in hit points is not a substitute for lack of appreciable content. Even on hard, Bungie's newest "Raid" is still a crappy Strike that they're trying to dress as a Raid. The whole thing is just missing that element of "fun" that seems to be completely intangible to Bungie's developers they have assigned to the Raid Department. The loot system is still as crap as ever. there's no evidence that it's a "smarter" loot system that they described to us before 'The Dark blows' even launched. I actually believe that the Vault of Glass loot system is actually more accurate in giving out the full variety of rewards than this loot system is, and that's a sad claim to have to make. Sure, Bungie changed around some cheeses (they apparently have not removed or fixed them), but the sheer amount of glitches has increased exponentially. It won't be long (I'd say give it another update, maybe two) before the glitches will be bad enough that the Raid will be nigh unplayable. This Raid was crap before, and the Hard mode is even worse. This was a very lazy attempt on Bungie's part, and the level of laziness exceeds even the lazy effort at making the Raid in the first place. And that's a damn pathetic claim to have to make as well. TL;DR: Highly disappointed in the lack of effort on the Raid and it's Hard mode by Bungie.