It was difficult and time consuming getting two rep factions up to Rank 2 for the gear, Vanguard and Future War Cult, as it should be. You grind rep everyday as well as marks on order to buy gear needed to keep leveling and progressing through the game. I fell a bit into the onllaint sode, seeing friends get purple drops and actually pulling purple gear and weapons from it, even exotics, while the fre purples I got turned to blue. It was frustrating to see my bad luck to their amazingly good luck. I had forgotten that the main reason of MMOs is to gear yourself up through grinds. Now that I bought all my gear though factions im starting to see the luck change a bit. More purple drops turned into purple gear (only weapons). I've even pulled an exotic Rocket Launche ("Truth") from a Purple... yeah. Things are looking up. What is am MMO without a little frustration? Grind? Luck? Dedication? Oh... that's right... it wouldn't be an MMO otherwise.