Board Thread:Questions and Answers Forum/@comment-198.103.184.76-20140930142156/@comment-25548717-20141017095907

I'd like to ask a related question [it seemed appropriate to put it here rather than generate a new post...] which concerns items such as Ascendant Energy and Ascendant Shards. My most advanced character is an L26 Titan and now has a complete set of Legendary gear [except a helmet - saving for that!]. With ongoing gameplay I have progressed far enough to unlock all sorts of attributes on this gear.

However, to complete the unlock I have to have a series of resources, including either Ascendant Shards or Ascendant energy. These items appear to be unimaginably rare. I've used this helpful wiki site to identify activities to increase my chances of acquiring more of these items, but I've now done so many public events without seeing an Ascendant reward come through, I'm starting to think that Bungie have tweaked the "probability" factor too far the wrong way.

Is that a reasonable view, or can anyone offer suggestions, tips, techniques to increase my chances? Oh, important discalaimer: I am absolutely, completely and utterly useless at PvP [not sure why] so I tend to earn using Strikes, Public Events and sheer grind...

Thanks in advance...