Let's take a look at the actual facts about this system and not get hysterical for a minute. First off, its not like everyone's exotics instantly get reset. They get reset when you choose to upgrade them. If you don't want to upgrade them then don't. They will still be plenty viable as they stand now. The increase in attack is really only going to be important for doing the hard mode which won't be here until January. Second, when they reset they are already just as powerful as they were maxed out. You will have to unlock the perks again but in reality that takes about a days worth of bounties and you're there. Also now you will have daily eris bounties tondo which will make it even faster. Third, armor is a non issue. Armor soaks up experience from everything you do. You can literally completely level an exotic armor piece in one day. So the only thing we have to really work for is the weapons. In reality, the vast majority of people in this game have maybe 5 exotic weapons at max that they use on a daily basis. Sure, you may have them all maxed out and occasionally use one here or there depending on the situation but in truth most people have one heavy, one or two specials and maybe one or two primaries that they actually use everyday if even. So you choose to level up the ones you use most first and do the rest as you see fit. But the ones you don't upgrade will still be perfectly viable options. I will agree I am not a fan of the xur factor. If his past RNG is any indication of how he will choose which gear we can level then it is going to be retarded. But if they implement a set rotation for which pieces get offered it won't be an issue. As for the fact that we put all this work into the gear and now someone who hasn't will be in the same place well tough titties. Grow up. You still got to use it at its potential for the current content which put you ahead of the pack. Am I happy that's the way it is? No. Do I think they should require you to max a piece before upgrading it? Yeah. But am I gonna throw a hissu fit on the forums because it isn't that way? No. I'm a grown ass adult and I act like one. Even when things don't go the exact way I want them to. At the end of the day, we get to scale our current gear up to the level of the new content. In most games you don't even get that option. The current gear becomes absolutely obsolete. So if I gotta put a little work in to pump my shit up then ill do it. Everyone is acting like they expected the grind to be over or something. News flash guys a, this is how its gonna be for 10 years. Weve known this since October. And no amount of qqing on the forums is gonna change that. Suck it up and put in the work to get your gear upgraded. If you don't want to, then don't do it. Go play something else or just keep using the same guns at the level they are at. Guaranteed you'll still be able to compete in the new raid day one with your gear at its current level. And for the record I am certainly not a fanboy. I have been incredibly critical of a lot of the decisions bungie has made about this game. But in the scheme of things this exotic weapon system is not even close to being as bad as everyone makes it out to be. I'm just tired of coming on these forums and seeing post after post of people getting absolutely hysterical about their exotics. Its a damn video game people.