For those who don't get what the OP explained, please consider this question: [b]Why people are so attached to the gear here?[/b] Its simple, Destiny introduced the concept of getting weapons and UPGRADING them, this involved spending literal hours of our time farming the resources to upgrade them and played the hell out of the game to unlock their upgrades. The system has proven incredibly successful... Too successful. It creates attachment to guns that feel right to us. Since weapons are meant to be upgraded by design it is only fair to think that you can carry on upgrading your old favorites. Its not a crazy argument either. [b]Why this is not a crazy notion?[/b] The game has reinforced and expanded on the concept since the very beginning and the DLCs that followed: [b]The base game[/b] introduced weapons with upgrade paths and material resources requirements. and the idea that each piece of gear has a "cool" story behind it. [b]The Dark Below DLC[/b] introduced ascending exotics. At a high cost of both time and resources to re level up our progress in exchange for higher upgrades. [b]The House of Wolves DLC[/b] also reinforced the notion by allowing us to use etheric light to make our weapons more powerful to keep our hard work relevant and our favorites still in use. It also introduced reforging for a chance at better perks making legendaries relevant too and worth upgrading. Weapons reflect what you have done in Destiny since the meta is tied to these upgrade loop. It grates on people that ARTIFICIAL limits its the only thing holding back their favorite guns and armor. We have no one but Bungie to blame for this mess. up to now. we naturally left behind older guns for new ones because of better perk combinations and cool looks and feel. Having suddenly suddenly imposed an artificial barrier to the upgrade paths that Bungie got us accustomed to in the game (for honestly bogus reasons) is the root of the problem.