I couldn't care less what the explanation is here, it is blatantly confusing. One pinnacle better than the other. The game does not say whether a one pinnacle reward is of a higher tier than another.
I don't know or understand why I should continue to level. You're incentivizing me to ignore the pinnacle grind. It's better for me to be a bounty goblin, but I'm not going to bother doing that cause it's boring as hell.
Bungie seems afraid of rewarding players for their time. Pinnacle power isn't even much of reward. It's just to say you did it.
Make a better leveling system, please. The artifact is not hiding the reality of the RNG drop system.
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For future reference (since the game doesn't tell you) Strike playlist, Gambit, Crucible, Clan XP are all +1 pinnacles 100k nightfall, crows milestone, DSC, and I'm pretty sure the Exo challenge and Master Empire hunts are +2 (not 100% on Exo challenge and empire hunt, can't remember) I'm pretty sure that's everything but might be forgetting something