If you look at Bungie's [url=http://www.bungie.net/7_The-Dark-Below-Preview/en/News/News?aid=12442]preview for The Dark Below[/url], you may have a noticed a few things about Xur's inventory post-release of Expansion I.
As Bungie pointed out, he has a number of upgrades now available for various Exotic weapons and armor that will increase Attack & Defense, in exchange for Exotic Shards. He also has some Exotics from The Dark Below, including Dragon's Breath, and some new Exotic Titan boots.
But what I find most interesting? [i][b]He no longer stocks Exotic Engrams.[/b][/i] The slot normally occupied by an engram is now filled by an Exotic Shard, which is the new upgrade material made special for Exotic weapons & armor.
What do you guys think of this? On one hand, you'll no longer be tempted to waste Motes of Light on an item that may give you nothing useful; even less useful now, as Exotic armor no longer gives Ascendant Shards when dismantled, and Exotic Shards are cheaper if you just buy them with Strange Coins (they only cost 7 coins).
On the other hand, we no longer have any alternative means of obtaining the Exotic armor we want from Xur, if he doesn't have exactly what we want in stock.
Post your thoughts.
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Edited by Demonic Velocity: 12/5/2014 11:06:12 PMYeah no exotic Engram seems little Meh, buying exotic Engrams has always given you a chance to get something new of different than what xur is selling I don't mind the exotic shard being added but taking away a existing element has left me a little confused.
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Wow, that looks pretty awful to be honest. Engrams are a decent way to try your luck at a piece of gear Xur never sells because he prioritizes Voidfang and Armamentarium. Also... Is there any new rewards to Heroic Lvl 30? Is the Nightfall strike awarding a guaranteed exotic at lvl 30? Are we really limited to buying one piece of gear per reputation level? How are we going to upgrade the legendary gear we already own? Are those guns we rolled for useless now? What about all those motes of light spent in your perfect IB gun? And really, losing the progression when updating our exotics? That just seems like lots of unecessary grinding. Btw, if Xur is going to sell DLC guns now, what are people without the expansion getting? Nothing? I'll be able to buy it, but there will be no gun for my friend who doesn't own it? Damn, all these updates were pretty discouraging to me. :(
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Hmmmm, i do see the dragonbreath rocket launcher there, i thought that was a raid only exotic, since in the video that dude said you can only get it from down there