I've already put in the hours to hit 34 on all 3 characters, so I'm gonna go the other way and stick at level 34 and enjoy the new stuff immediately. The XP will level us up and unlock activities and bounties to give us the full experience, but a lot of those activities will be way beyond our 168 light level. Seeing that Suros scout be upgraded to 288 damage indicates that all gear can reach 288 at least, which will make our light level 288 if all our gear hits that - so we're just over halfway through that grind as it is. Also, seeing the blue weapons with more power than year 1 legendaries and exotics shows me that we wont be focused on legendary gear straight away but more so on more powerful blue gear.