He's talking about trading material in for Crucible Marks... Not reputation.
You need Crucible Marks to purchase Faction Gear. You could farm material and trade it for those marks if you wanted to avoid Repetitive Strikes or PVP for both Vanguard and Crucible Marks.
That is gone.
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That old material exchange was worthless...50 material for only 5 marks? -blam!- that, earning marks by playing in the crucible is [b]much[/b] faster than farming for [b]50[/b] material.
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Unless you can't stand PvP...
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Edited by Red Frog: 12/1/2014 9:57:22 PMExcept if you consider that while in the Crucible you're basically not doing anything else, so it's slower advancement overall.
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You're earning experience for your weapons and armor, if they need to be upgraded
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Edited by Red Frog: 12/1/2014 10:26:17 PMSame thing you're doing on patrol, and faster running around the planets because you're busy doing other things.