"Peter, hold that thought because when we get home, I'm going to tell you everything wrong with that statement." Seriously though, so much is off base here... 1. Dark Below-exclusive exotics are all terrible, you aren't missing out on anything 2. 3x Atheon and 3x Gorgon chest is still 6 chances at exotic loot on weeks when you can't nightfall 3. Omnigul is an awful, awful strike that you don't want to waste your time doing anyway. Trust me. 4. Neither HOC nor Ghorn is necessary, or even preferred, to complete VOG on either difficulty. The only thing that supports your "Pay to win" concept from the expansion is that it raised the level cap, which still only matters for Iron Banner. Two solutions: 1. Buy the DLC. It's $20, don't drink coffee for a week and you're there. 2. Don't buy DLC, enjoy the vanilla game.