Put Raid Locked Gear Into The Open World
No I am not talking about Exotics. That's fine as long as they're fairly balanced. I'm talking about gear set pieces. I shouldn't have to find a group to a raid in order to get a build for my character I think is interesting. It's unreasonable to gate that behind a wall like a raid. You can't get it from discovery. It has to be in a normal raid difficulty. It's impossible to find a raid group because they all have stupid restriction to tryhard to beat the time record. Sorry buddy I'm not spending time farming for full red everything with max crit chance and crit damage when my skill build does just as much damage if not more than your pathetic standard gun build. Then you got them demanding you run certain weapons. No smgs and no shotguns unless you are a designated tank or support. Like seriously? Keep exotics gated behind that wall but gear set pieces shouldn't be. I could care less about the eagle bearer or the new exotic rifle and pistol and the backpack needs nerfing btw. Tired of seeing everyone run it on their builds. 3 core attributes? Seriously?
Other than that everything should be in the open world. Exotics are fair to gate due to the rarity and that's how top tier rarity goes in looter shooters but standard gear shouldn't be gated and unobtainable to solo players.