Its a cost some people were willing to make... You seem to forget that theres 5 crucible vendors, and one vanguard... That 5:1 seems pretty evened out given the fact that theres 5 places to spend them on... Your statistic there only counts for one character... Add another two in the mix, and youre already eligible to buy crucible armor... Its BS i tell you... What they should do is just let the faction vendors accept vanguards into their economy... If they let you earn reputation from doing strikes an such, why not accept their currency as well??? Now im not saying they charge equally, i don't have to tell you that vanguards are stupid easy to earn.. A 2:1 or a 3:1 should be good enough... They should also give you the option to pay with both sets of currency if you're short on one.... I for one am glad they got rid of that useless mats for marks system.. Im sure im not the only one