I don't disagree with what you are saying, however, I do feel like this event is solely based upon new gear... the title is avant-garde, so it does seem fitting to have avant-garde type mods on everything. It's perhaps unfortunate timing at this point, an all out/anything goes event might have been a better idea.... jump in on fun mode, like no exotic restrictions,. Pve mayhem modes or something else that is just fun and doesn't mean too much.