I agree. I don't think the loot system is at all random. It's not an RNG. The loot system, Xyr included, is a complex system and algorithm that acts so as to control player progress and level. This game is all about gear. Better equipment and improving equipment is why we keep playing this game, running the raid, the nightfall, the weekly and daily heroics. More powerful equipment is the carrot that dangles in front of us. Now with the DLC we will be able to get even more powerful gear that will let us get to LVL 32!! (Oh and what about all the work time we spent to get to our LVL 30 gear and 300 weapons???)