Replying to a player on Twitter who said recent patches have made the game “unplayable,” Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt conceded that he’s not satisfied with his studio’s current balancing approach.
“Hey, yeah I think we’ve gone too far in some areas. Will talk to the team about the approach to balance,” he wrote. “It feels like every time someone finds something fun, the fun is removed.”
only adds up if you find them, which is pretty hard on higher difficulties, considering you’re in a mad rush to finish the mission, much less survive long enough to extract.
It’s trivial to find them on higher difficulties.
Edit: I suppose skill issue. Keep in mind that you needn’t extract to collect on these.