The last 3 Upgrade Defense bubbles for legendary armour in the game for: Vanguard, Crucible, New Monarch & Dead Orbit all require Ascendant Shards; and in turn, all legendary weapons from those factions require Ascendant Energy. However, and it's a LARGE however, the armour offered by the Future War Cult, at least for a hunter, appears to require "Ascendant Motes". I have played the game quite a lot at this point, and have come across any number of: Motes of Light, Ascendant Shards, Ascendant Energy, Strange Coins. I have never seen an Ascendant Mote. I can't see how this is particularly special to the Future War Cult. It is possible that this is something specific to both Raid gear and the Future War Cult. It's also possible that this is some error, and that they renamed Ascendant Mote to Shard at some point during the development process, and no-one ever noticed they didn't change it for the FWC armour. The DestinyDB information on "Ascendant Mote" is identical to that of Ascendant Shards, "A self-stabilizing knot of spacetime geometry. High-quality armor can be further improved with these." Can anyone playing Titan/Warlock check the upgrade material requirement for the Future War Cult to investigate further? Edit: I had a Warlock check the FWC legendary armour, and to him, it required ordinary Ascendant Shards. This is definitely bugged for Hunters, then. Is there a formal way to report the error to Bungie? Edit2: I had a Titan check it as well. Ascendant Shards for the legendary FWC Titan armour, as normal.