I'm prime for upgrading lots of gear, but I never have any ascendent energy or shards. How can I get lots of this stuff?
NOTE: Yesterday I played on the moon for a while until a public event came, then I got something like a mote of light or some other non-ascendent thing. Today I wasted an hour on the moon before a public event finally happened, and I was about 2 or 3 seconds late to get there. I destroyed an exotic gun, only to get one of those exotic upgrade things (not the ascendent materials). I destroyed a legendary piece of armour and only got hadronic essence (which was unusual).
Where/how do I get ascendent materials?
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I believe you meant exotic gun and got an exotic shard. All exotics drop exotic shards. The legendary armor you dismantled was probably either queen's armor or Iron banner armor. Both which do not turn into ascendant materials. Here's a link that describes all the ways to get Ascendant Mats. [url=http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/70528714/0/0]How to get Ascendant Materials[/url]