I'm going to echo the opening sentiments, though not as extreme since, in truth, reading the updates/info about the forthcoming DLC has wiped any excitement I had for it. I, too, would like to know why a weapon, we've spent weeks upgrading, has to be reset at all. It makes absolutely no sense. As a programmer, this tells me the that an upgraded weapon isn't an upgrade at all, but a completely new weapon, which means we might as well just have waited for it to drop in the RNG setting. It would have been just as effective. I'm sorry, but based on this information, I will not be upgrading any of my exotic weapons, because that's just a waste of time, especially when the entire idea is to [i]bring our best weapons to the DLC[/i]. The other piece of news I'm not happy with is the new "commendation" level of "currency", as if glimmer and VG marks are now pretty much useless. Here's my idea for a [b]better[/b] way to upgrade weapons: -Allow us to purchase, in increments of 10, the stats of the weapon. At 100 VG marks + 10k glimmer, boost Range, Impact, Reload, etc. -Allow us to purchase elemental damage for 200 VG marks + 20k glimmer. This one is [u]extremely[/u] important because this way, we can take a favorite exotic and have 3 copies, each with its own elemental damage, instead of [u][b]wasting it for a freaking and unnecessary shard[/b][/u]. Who came up with the idea to use this shard design? I'm tired of having 25k/200 VG marks with nothing to buy, upgrade, or find a use for. Heck, I can't even seem to get rid of it faster than it accumulates. I purchased nearly every weapon from the VG that I wanted, and I [i]still[/i] have currency left over. Alas, it seems Bungie's entire intent is to spread the wealth over 3 characters, but here's a news flash: not everyone playing this game wants to manage 3 characters, swap weapons, and hope that they can all be leveled up the same. The extraordinary amount of time doing this is, simply put, wasteful. I couldn't care less about having the greatest weapon or the highest level. I just want to enjoy the game. My personal favorite was trying to get my VG rating as high as possible, then decided I'd rather change the design of my character, starting from scratch. Now, she's level 5 VG and I get the feeling this new commendation is about to bite me. I know, I probably shouldn't have deleted my character, but this is what I get for trusting that "ability to upgrade weapons" as [u]promised[/u] by Bungie came with not a string, but a chain attached. Honestly, I don't know how much longer I can endure [u]chasing carrots[/u] or running this [u]hamster wheel[/u], but trust me when I say the breaking moment is so close, I doubt even a DLC (which lasts what... until April I think) can tide me over. This game has the potential of doing something great, but with the latest update and the news on how we're to "upgrade", it seems the game just took 20 steps backward. I don't mind if there are players out there who want to do nothing but grab the latest gear and weapons as fast as they can, then spend the rest of the time complaining how boring the game is. But for those of us who [i]were[/i] playing the game as Bungie "intended", I felt the slap in the face was so hard, it actually knocked some common sense into me about what I'm doing with the game. So here's what I'd like an honest answer to, Bungie: [b][u]HOW ARE WE INTENDED TO PLAY THIS GAME WHEN THE RULES CONSTANTLY KEEP SHIFTING[/u][/b]? I'd like an answer by Saturday, please. PS: People cheezing Atheon, and having it patched to make the Raid one of the worst experiences I had in the game was marginally forgivable since developers forget the basic rule: if it can be exploited, it will be exploited. But cheezing the Templar was for one major reason only: to get the extra chest to help increase the chance of a better drop. Sure, there's the option of keeping the Templar from teleporting, but how many people play Titans in this game? Surely no where near the level of Warlocks and Hunters. If the developers are going to put easter eggs like this in the game, don't screw it up when people beat it at its own game.