I agree with ya mal. They should have left the exotic upgrade system alone too. Adding blueprints was fine but just allow us to throw in an exotic shard and bring that gear up to the next tier. The whole not using the same gear for 10 years line is so lame an excuse. They do realize that they made this game called Halo right? Where most of the weapons we have used for the past 14 years? Hell I played some last night (MCC) and was running wild with the needler!