IN -blam!-ING YEAR 1. Not once they say anything about using the same shit for the next 10 years; though that's partially Bungie's fault for creating such powerful weapons in Year 1, instead of, say, slowly increasing stats and such as time went on. TDB still had the best Exotic Upgrade system, IMO. Sure, I'm probably the only one who thinks that, but it made you decide whether or not you really wanted to spend the resources and time it took to evolve your gear along with the game. Now, it's exactly the way it was back then: Only Exotics are continuing into Year 2, and in steady increments.