I love playing through the raid. I've not completed it yet, my group is finally at the point where we are getting aethon down to a sliver of health but we end up getting wiped due to letting our guard down lol. The other reason I love playing is because of the stories you can tell, but I don't have time to tell them right now..... Anyways, the raid is difficult, especially so if you don't knock the boss off the edge, which I've tried but never gotten down, so I shrug it off and try to shoot him to death. Now, going to armor, exotic armor pieces give you the ability to hit Light 30. Granted, you can only equip one piece, that's one piece of armor that allows you to look different from every other person. I've honestly yet to see another warlock with Skull of Dire Ahamkara, plus if you get the right shaders, you can add more customization. Right there, you're already at more than many mmo's with respect to armor customization. I think that some people want to be literally the only special snowflake with armor that rivals GODS, sure, there's not much armor, but there's enough for people to add their own unique flair. If you're thinking, "one piece of exotic armor is hardly customization." I would like to point out that there are at least three helmets, two torso pieces, two arm pieces, and I'm not sure about legs honestly. That should be enough to make quite a few different looking sets for people.