But having certain weapons be the top meta for both pve and pvp, and top tier skill to obtain them means that many players will never have those weapons. And don't get me wrong, I prefer weapons requiring time investment to obtain them. And even some skill. But having Recluse tied to a high glory rank, prior to the glory floors being added with Shadowkeep, made getting it a huge pain point for many players. If it was only top tier in pvp, I would see no issue, but it became a must have for top tier pve play as well. And many in this community hate pvp, so that created a lot of overall frustration, I feel. The change/elimination of pinnacle to ritual, is just a good example of how Bungie does actually listen to player feedback. They heard the player's frustrations and made changes accordingly, imo. And since, we haven't actually played using the new system, I think we should try and be patient, and at least see what the overall community reaction is to the new system, prior to passing judgment.

If pinnacle weapons stand above the others, no matter what you will be using them over every other weapon in the game. Oh a new weapon has come out, too bad it's worse than the Pinnacles, including some exotics such as Terrabah. These weapons are a "must have" when partnering up in activities, it was the same as the Super Exotics being a "must have" as well. If nothing was nerfed, then all we would ever see is Classes using super exotics and Pinnacle weapons every singe season. Snow snow start of a season, new exotics and easy to get legendaries would be obsolete by comparison.