You can't expect max light without a challenge. The fastest way is doing the raids which requires a team. You can still do Nightfalls and you can still get excotic engrams. Plus you have pvp events which can take you to max light. You do have a choice. You can do raids and hit max light within a few weeks or you can do it the long way. There's a simple reason why vanguard and factions don't go to max light which I agree with. Runing strikes and doing patrols to level up is to easy. Also some people have like 3000 motes of light. They could reach max light with no effort.

Well if that's the case. They should make it a fair cap. They should cap crucible at 390. All drops outside of raid and trials at 390 cause Crucuble isn't really a challenge. You can afk the whole thing. Getting exotics is luck- and therefore not a challenge- they should be capped at 390. See the logic here? It's sorta dumb. There's millions of players on destiny, only a fraction of a fraction have 30000000 motes of light. Also, I hit max light before and it was a challenge. Doing so now is nearly impossible if you're a player like me.

I have no idea why crucible goes up to 400. Iron banner and trials I agree should be 400. Excotics could take you to max level in year one. Vanguard and factions shouldn't be max light. What I do hope they do though is in April they update all raids and elders to max light.

That would potentially bring me back as I loved Vault of Glass and Oryx.