I argued this point for ages both when DB was announced and when HoW appeared. I was one of the vocal voices saying that YES I DO want to get to year 10 and fire my 10k plus damage Gally into the face, tentacle, whatever of the darkness and shoot my 10k plus damage FateBringer while yelling I come to bring your final fate! Because those guns are my legend. I think I ended my argument by pointing out the simple truth based on what Bungie have been doing. I said something like "So I don't technically have to be there at year 10. You can just send me a video and an email telling me how my guardian defeated the darkness. After all I'm not making any choices about how my guardian looks or what he will have equipped at the time. You (meaning Bungie) are making those choices about my legend for me. I simply don't need to be there!"