I think it makes sense for ib to drop equivalent gear to that of trials and the raid. It's once a month and its a group or solo experience . trials and the raid are weekly and require people to find and make teams . I don't have anything against them but I haven't done either or so this is the only way I'm able to stay in the game. At the same time though I'm not worried about light level because I usually just play strikes and normal pvp