If by earn you mean throught exotic bounties I could see that. Everything else I completely random. Even xurning something is technically more earned than rando handouts And for those of us in my situation xur is the ONLY way to get anything exotic! My luck w rng is that bad as are many others... VOG and nightfall 9 times each. And I have only Ever been given one gun. And no armor This week... Fifth ship after atheon, and 5 (yes five) shard for the nightfall