There hasn't been any grinding since TDB came out. Grinding to do nightfall? It took two legendary pieces to get me to 30. Maybe before the dark below. Sure you've earned stuff. I remember when you had to wear all purple to even get close to 30. Everything is way to easy now. It's not even earning if everyone demands 34s on a 30 raid. That's not earning. That's being lazy. Being 29-30 doing atheon hard. That's earning. It's not earning anymore. I'll agree. Doing a heroic strike isn't really earning it. But if you're like my other account and have more than 500 strange coins. I think I've earned it. Did my time in the strikes to get that. Buying Gjallarhorn on this account made me feel dirty. 24 hours and now I have one. So to a point you can earn your coins. If you only did it a couple times? No not really earning.