The only "problem" with any of that is the people who are missing those exotics aren't going to be playing, or completing, Pantheon. It's not really the place to be learning raids. Not that you can't learn in Pantheon, but the actual raid is going to be easier for that, especially once they start pumping up the light level suppression and it gets harder. It's moreso a catch up mechanic for unlucky people than it is a way for casual players to learn or get access to that loot. Plus anyone that's avoided raids for any reason are very likely to just use the same reasoning to avoid Pantheon. Not here to crap on anyones social struggles or so on, but if a person is too uneasy/afraid/put off by normal raids, I don't think Pantheon will be a solution for those people. As eerie said, I think it's okay to not have everything, especially when what you're missing out on is only marginally better and by no means a requirement for anything in the game. It is a form of gatekeeping, but honestly if the "gate" is just skill, and it's something literally tens of thousands of people are able to complete like raids and dungeons, it's a perfectly fine form of gatekeeping IMO.

[quote]Everyone in the game should be able with (Effort and Time) to get access to the items that bring enjoyment.[/quote] They can By using fireteam finder and putting in the effort and time to learn the raids and complete them to get the items that bring them enjoyment.

[quote]One thing has struck me unfortunately is the ever present toxicity and the have, and have not social environment that leads to this. [/quote] Most of that toxicity comes from people that want to be given the stuff without doing the stuff that gives them the stuff. And they might not notice it but all they usually look like is someone that thinks things are toxic in a self-serving way simply because they can't have what they want. [quote] Why not time gate from 3/6 months all raid exotics to appear in this inventory. [/quote] That might not be that bad of an idea but raids have generally been meant to last the whole year of a dlc. The rewards are rewards for doing the raids, not blessing the game as non-toxic according to whoever distributes the blessings. [quote] if your luck runs out you still get the weapon like everyone who can grind spoils from a chest. [/quote] Just going to ignore the "high end gamers" term. This doesn't sound like its automatically a bad idea but a lot of the grinding for spoils comes from playing the game in an unintended manner that lets people not really do that much to get the spoils. That's perfectly fine when the rewards are older and not so fine when they are from the same year as a release. You're basically labeling people as being part of this group you're constructing for playing the game as intended as if that should have some sort of negative connotation. [quote]There are many people who are missing out in the game. Time and effort should be rewarded.[/quote] That's why there's rewards tied to raids. [quote]Other people with real social problems just avoid this content due to toxicity.[/quote] That's a personal issue that people should be challenging themselves to overcome instead of thinking that the world is going to change in ways that it won't and never has. An objectively harmless videogame can help with these things and the people that have overcome them by challenging themselves to are somehow lumped in with the "high end gamers" for having the courage to overcome this stuff. [quote]But in time all these things should be with hard work and effort be available to all.[/quote] 3-6 months seems pretty fast and it basically trivializes (wastes) content that takes way longer than that to make. TLDR: Its hard to agree that people should be given things for framing the game in the way that you are. It just leads to more people thinking they'll get what they want for playing the victim.

You most certainly have not “experienced pretty much all the game has to offer at all levels” but of course, demand handouts for logging in.