There seems to be some confusion, so here is a handy guide: (WEEK 1) PLAYER: I just played a ton of Destiny this week, can I buy a weapon? BUNGIE: Oh, gosh no. We max the marks you can earn a week by 100. Weapons are 150. PLAYER: Uh, OK. I'll wait till next week. (WEEK 2) PLAYER: OK, I played a ton of Destiny this week, can I buy a weapon? BUNGIE: Silly player. You have the marks but not the rep. Come back when you're rep 3. PLAYER: Uh, OK. I'll keep playing. (WEEK 3) PLAYER: OK, I did like 1000 strike missions. I have 200 marks and I am now rep 3. Can I buy a weapon? BUNGIE: Well, we just added a new currency called commendations. Did you hit rep 3 before or after the DLC? PLAYER: Uh, before? BUNGIE: Well... PLAYER: GODDAMMIT (WEEK 4) PLAYER: OK, I just played another metric ton. I got a commendation. Can I buy a weapon? BUNGIE: Of course! Aren't you glad how the DLC expanded your play options? Be a legend! PLAYER: Great. Thanks for the weapon. If I get another 100 marks can I buy another? BUNGIE: Not until your next commendation! PLAYER: Hey, Bungie? BUNGIE: Yeah? PLAYER: Like five minutes ago I did a skirmish match where one player went AFK in the back of the room. He did nothing but stand there. His K/D at the end of the match was 0.0000001. I didn't even know the leaderboard had that many decimal points. At one point the other team just started dancing around his ghost. That guy got Gjallarhorn as a drop. For doing ten minutes of nothing. So why am I playing so much in a single week? BUNGIE: ... PLAYER: Yeah. That's what I thought... (end scene)