I feel like the game is forcing me to make bad decisions.
I was going to not level my helm and gauntlets because I need to replace them. I now have an exotic chestpiece for my warlock that doesn't really benefit me because I'm a Sunsinger that is fully leveled, and the raid continually drops nothing in terms of armor (or weapons for that matter, but I'm getting a decent smattering of those from other things).
Anyway, long story short, I have all these shards and no raid gear to level up, so I decided to start finally spending them after another week without any gear. I think I need my Alts leveled ASAP.
On the positive side, I think I should be able to hit 29 even without the armor, and then pass this non-class specific stuff down to my other characters.
Also, I had all these Vanguard marks just lying around. Bought a rare scooter... that was probably a mistake too.
Basically, I'm playing Destiny.