In all the excitement yesterday, I forgot to share my own little moment of Triumph....
This past March, after many a hard-mode Crota clear, a Crux of Crota was bestowed upon me.
However, RNG in her cruelty refused to grace me with a single 'common' Husk of the Pit. Countless patrols, and over a hundred hive rituals were crashed in it's pursuit. By about June I had given up, coming to the conclusion that there was no way the gun was even in the game anymore.
Then I had a son.
Then, with contrite heart, Bungie admitted to the injustice. The Blades of Crota had in fact been hoarding the Husk, refusing to drop them since May 19th. Once the fix was implemented, I went back to the Cosmodrome with a new aura of confidence. The Husk would be mine.
It took five more attempts, and me lowering my Guardian level to 28 for the Husk to finally drop. Hallelujah! The game even kept count for me. It dropped on the 196th Blade of Crota kill
With renewed energy and enthusiasm, I promptly set to awaking the hive over and over again to fill the belly of this disgusting creature. Once I reached 500, I headed to Eris for the Embalming orb, only then realizing I needed three more Black Wax Idols.
Surely that won't be a problem I thought, I'll just go kill some Hive Majors. Half an hour later, after killing the three hive majors in the Steppes countless times, I hadn't gotten a single idol. It felt like some higher power was attempting to keep me from getting the last exotic I needed. But they underestimated my intent to kill Sardock multiple times, and to take on Omnigul w/ no burn. Finally, w/ the help of Lnkn I got the last idol I needed, and purchased the Embalming Orb!
19 bounties and 5 Auto-Rifle Telemetries later, my journey came to an end.