With this gear reset, gated exotic quests, multiple difficulty for one raid, etc. Bungie is intentionally controlling how fast we gear up. I believe the reason they nixed most Y1 exotics was to force players to play more to acquire the new Y2 shit. They know even people who are burnt out will grind it out so they don't get left behind, even tho the next expansion will cause another gear reset most likely. They are intentionally making the game a grind in order to drag out its 10yr plan. They know their half assed attempts at making an expansion are half assed, so they needed to create another reason to play. I believe this is because they either lack the ability or resources to fill that time with fun, new content instead. Or it's possible they just don't give a shit and only care about $; trying to make quick cash off a game that failed in development and they don't believe will make it 10yrs.