“Having orbs be tied to armor and NOT the weapon perk budget means that weapon innovation is now possible: more perks on guns, additional intrinsic perks, etc.”.
Just make guns generate orbs by default,” wrote one player on the Destiny subreddit bringing the most Destiny subreddit energy to the debate possible.
Even if Orb generation does need to be tied to equipment perks, there are less vital armor pieces it would make more sense to launder it through, not to mention Ghost Shells whose mods offer almost no creative build potential at the moment