Someone posted the list from an old post so I re added my name.
For an update I did try the earth farming location but they did not re spawn like the video even when I tried to go down the stairs and then back up so I am thinking either it was fixed on a patch, or else it doesn't happen until I hit vanguard 2.
I did get to play with a couple of guys yesterday and it sounds like the bounties are the way to go to get drops, while mixing in a strike or two (at least level 20ish if not higher). We bumped the level up to 22 and even one at 24 and it seemed more drops were happening. I leveled up from 20 to 22 with a tad better gear and FINALLY a level 20 gun lol. I think I got about 300+ vanguard points so I only need about 1500 to go to hit rank 2.
So to summarize it looks like mixing in both strikes and bounties will help me get to rank 2 along with marks where I can really start to get some gear. If someone does not want to do crucible and only pve hit me up if you are online and we can kill some fools