At first I was pissed off too. I could not believe Bungie would operate this way. Then last night I slept on it. Thought about it. Today it almost makes sense. The Bungie guy that came up with this was thinking : " how can I keep the Grinders happy and make them grind more but let any casual new Destiny player log in Xmas morning for the 1st time and not feel 3 months behind?.... Make all new exotics a higher stat for the new player and let any older vet players (upgrade...with a crapton more resources) the old gear making grinders grind more....brilliant". Sure I'm mad. Sure I think Bungie is crazy ...crazy stupid or maybe crazy smart but still crazy. But then I realized something amazing: [b]I can have my damn life back. I can now quit a full time Destiny schedule !![/b] Yep after 3 months of playing (and yes having some fun) but neglecting real life I can stop playing like a hardcore grinder. I can stop farming, stop doing daily bounties and leveling up every single piece of gear, stop collecting and hoarding shards, energy and materials. I can wait Bungie out. [spoiler]guess what another DLC (House of Wolves) is coming and it too will probably have a reset and new upgrades caps. And then another and so on [/spoiler] Well I'm not spinning in that hamster wheel. I will play smarter and not harder. I'll see you guys each Tuesday just to collect my weekly coins to save up until Xur sells the FINAL form fully maxed exotics (when Bungie quits dropping DLCs) I will wait until this beta ,...cough cough.. I mean this full content is ALL released....all the DLCs ...all the equipment is done and at it's Maximum levels ... [b]and then maybe (MAYBE) I will make a full return and enjoy the final product. [/b] Until then stay safe guardians , I'll still visit the forums occasionally to see the news.