I see your point and to some respect I have to agree but as some other people have pointed out you don't need to be 30 to do most things...for example: I'm on my 27 Hunter right now. I have 2 Exotic heads (1 for each subclass), 3 Legendary Gloves (Raid/AR/HC), only 1 chest, 3 Boots (Raid/AR/HC) and 4 Hunter Cloaks (Normal + 3 factions).If I do the highest level Patrol, which would be Mars, then anything above lvl16 is fine. If I'm going in to Raid I'll either wear my Raid Gear or my AR gear if using "Atheon's Epilogue" for the extra reserve ammo. if I'm attempting Hard Mode VoG then I have to wear my Exotic Head and the Raid Gear I have in order to be 29 and stand a chance. Do I like the fact that at 30 I will look like most other Hunters? Well considering that for most of the game if you were in an area levelling you were probably wearing the same greens and blues as everyone else you came across in that area...so I don't really see it as much of an issue, especially seeing as how we have Shaders which tend to make many of us look unique seeing as how there are typically not many people in The Tower with you, or in whatever instance you are in...max. 18 or 20?