It's not just about getting the gear dude/dudette. I actually enjoy the other parts of the game. I like doing the strikes. I like doing the bounties. I like doing the patrols missions. Shyte, I even like the farming that needed to be done. I am not playing this game to only do the raid. It's that kind of thinking that makes people get bored with it. If you think the only reason to play the strikes is to pass time until the reset, then what do you do when you get all the gear and weapons you want from the raid and upgrade them fully? Sit there with your thumb in your ass and complain on the forums that there is nothing to do because you rushed and finished everything within a month? If you already have everything you need then there is no need to do the raid anymore, which means you have now completed the game and have nothing left to do because strikes are for passing time for the raid and bounties are for upgrading gear.