[quote]Now pay attention-- the weapons and equipment you can buy with marks from these two groups do the same damage and have the same defense as the gear from optional factions, with one slight caveat. You cannot guarantee your stat bonus on gear from Vanguard or Crucible factions. The gear has random bonuses, as opposed to the optional factions (Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, New Monarchy).[/quote]What does this madness mean? I've been saving/splitting my rep and marks for these two vendors as opposed to picking one of the other three. I hope this isn't as negative as it sounds.