Exotic system in Destiny discussion

I've been following and playing destiny for 2 years, and with the ROI expansion coming and bringing back Y1 items there's been a lot of nostalgia. Some of the discussion I've seen, specifically from youtube content creators has suggested that 3oC has somehow made exotics less special to get.

I enjoy the fact that Y2 has been more rewarding, as I remember how rampant the burnout was with Destiny. It wasn't uncommon to read post after post of guardians simply fed up with the grind.

Bungie finally addressed it almost a year later and now I feel things are better. I understand that there was more excitement when you got an exotic in Y1, but they were also completely unbalanced from the rest of the game. Remember G-horn as the answer rather than strategy or skill. Hawkmoon killing people using snipers and scouts from across the map.

I'll admit the 3oC system isn't perfect, but if I need to grind for an engram to use for infusing it's great. It's actually part of the reason I achieved 335 light without sacrificing my life to the grind. I like the system the way it is, and I hope they continue it into Destiny 2.

I've played the game for the last 2 weeks recently without using 3oC and doing most activities, and I can tell you the quality of the engrams that drop is still poor and as for exotics nothing yet.