why do we have to make every activity a white knuckle ride to increase a single gear slot by +1 each and every time? it isn't fun. where are the activities when you can jump in with your friends and mess stuff up and have fun together while progressing... something? anything! like we used to have vendor rank ups and with each rank up we gained an extra gear trait slot. it maybe wasn't much to some players but it was still something. it still is easier to go in and play solo and gain power than to jump into a fireteam. the new activity is matchmade but I can get the same level gear with a much easier time playing the new activity solo than with a fireteam. it is absolutely WACKY!