So, last week's NFs:
294 gloves (on my Titan wearing 294 gloves)
293 helm (on my Warlock weraing a 310 helm)
10 Strange Coins
This week
306 gloves (on my Warlock wearing 294 gloves)
303 helm (on my Titan wearing a 298 helm)
12 Three of Coins
Generally speaking the rewards are obviously improved. though Nightfalls aren't "fixed." It's clear from the effects of this patch that Nightfalls in their current state are actually intended to be a potential avenue of progression, giving you a weekly shot at replacing a slot that's holding you back without needing to raid or luck into a 310 engram Exotic.
This is good but it can't be the
sole reason for running a weekly Nightfall per character. For one thing, it's still completely within the spread of probabilities to get an item that is of no use as a vertical upgrade nor of any other value to the player, making the effective reward a total of 3 marks or an Exotic Shard.
The main factor lacking is some kind of guaranteed reward, regardless of what you get from the RNG loot roll. In other words, there should be a reason to run it no matter who you are; even if you get wholly screwed by RNG, there's something that provides a benefit in the end anyway. This of course was formerly represented by the Radiant Light XP/Rep bonus buff. I'll link to
my proposed solution in this vein.
Anyway, so it goes.