To preface, I used to play D2 very actively with some long breaks in between. I quit EoF in week one after I saw the direction it was headed and did not look back - My point being that I have very little personal experience of how the current game actually is, or how Call to Arms was as an event. I do, however, browse the forums from time to time and stay updated with the ongoings of the game and Bungie. I would like things to get better so I feel the desire to play again. This leads me to the thread title; a thought on loot exclusiveness. I see a lot of posts that express frustration and disappointment that Call to Arms offered exclusive loot for doing a task in game that simply not everyone either A. wants to do, or B. has the ability or skill to do. Granted, I also see that the event had its own number of issues from bugs to RNG based runs altering score … this still does not alter the point I am making though. It is completely ok for a game dev to lock exclusive items, cosmetic or not, behind skill walls - and that is a truth that some players need to accept. Having certain rewards available only to players with higher capability is a normal practice and gives the players who can achieve this, something to work towards. Other popular MMO’s do the exact same thing, and it is expected. I will use FFXIV as a good example - a very successful game that has been online for over a decade. You literally cannot get “best in slot” gear without completing the hardest raids / ultimates in the game - these will take even above average teams many weeks to months to complete. There are also mounts and cosmetics etc. locked behind such skill gates. Not every player can, or even should, have everything they want without putting in the work that other skilled players do … and that’s ok. If everyone had everything, that will end the chase for many players who still desire that chase and have the ability to do it. TLDR - It is completely ok for a game dev to have loot of any kind locked behind skill-based tasks.