strikes are for grinding rep and marks quickly period... you want to kill endless waves of mobs for rng loot that may never drop, do it on your own time, or put a fire team together outside of the playlist. this isn't diablo, loot doesn't work the same way here, diablo actually has a better system. go look at my gear, had most of it within the first 2 weeks of play, taking my time in strikes wasn't the way I did it....