I mean, you get the full raid set and then what? Nothing (albeit I hear there are some quests). This adds some more incentive to play. Like the Etheric Light.

So browsing the new raid weapons it looks like none have an element, unlike prior raids. Is this a change in design philosophy? As the elemental primaries were pretty much all I would see people use in PVE once they obtained them.

Also, I am enjoying the expanded number of perks and their synergies on all the new armors in 2.0.

According to some pre-release info, the raid gear/weaponry comes in two variants, normal and Harrowed (difficulty-based). The elemental variants are probably the Harrowed variants, but who knows. I wouldn't be totally against doing away with non-exotic elemental primaries, but it seems odd that two variants of a weapon would exist if nothing really set them apart.

I bet that's it. Like the "Adept" versions of the Trials weapons.

So browsing the new raid weapons it looks like none have an element, unlike prior raids. Is this a change in design philosophy? As the elemental primaries were pretty much all I would see people use in PVE once they obtained them.

Also, I am enjoying the expanded number of perks and their synergies on all the new armors in 2.0.

According to some pre-release info, the raid gear/weaponry comes in two variants, normal and Harrowed (difficulty-based). The elemental variants are probably the Harrowed variants, but who knows. I wouldn't be totally against doing away with non-exotic elemental primaries, but it seems odd that two variants of a weapon would exist if nothing really set them apart.

Also, I am enjoying the expanded number of perks and their synergies on all the new armors in 2.0.