Alright so there's a lot going on in this thread with a lot of nitty gritty details for numerous different systems. I won't be able to directly address each point with all the specifics and nuance necessary so I hope this brief overview is able to help alleviate
some frustrations and confusion.
1. Gear Score 500 gear should be dropping relatively often once you have reached GS 500 and are participating in Heroic difficulty level activities. This includes heroic missions, level 4 control points, heroic bounties, etc. But you need to meet both prerequisites to see the associated drops.
2. With the change to the Recalibration system, the goal should no longer necessarily be to get a god rolled version of every piece of gear. You instead should be shooting for gear with as many keep-able attributes on it, then recalibrating from other gear into that piece to turn it into a god rolled version.
Each attribute on gear has its own Recalibration ...
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