Let me preface by saying I don't expect anything to carry over; I want it to, but I just don't see it happening at this point. The problem is partially on Bungie's end. As I hear it told, at some point they were asked if Beta stuff would transfer; they responded "we haven't decided." That's the last thing we've heard from them on the matter, and they've just watched as threads like this one and its opposites fill the forums. The fact is that they gave people hope that things [i]might[/i] carry over, rather than giving a flat-out 'no' to shut that hope down. And then there's the matter of Exotic/Legendary/whatever gear being available to players. You could use the whole "testing drop-rates" thing, I guess. You could also use the "giving us a taste of what's to come" argument. But making it possible for people to get the Exotics that they hyped up so much and then tearing them away is a bit cruel, especially after the aforementioned point of letting people get hopeful. It would have been better if they were never available in the Beta at all, drop-rates be damned. And of course there are idiots who legitimately feel they're owed something when they're not. I enjoyed the Beta, and I'm grateful I got the chance to play. I don't believe Bungie [i]should[/i] let us keep our loot, and I sure don't feel like the [i]have to[/i]. But I think it would be one of those cool gestures to the community that makes Bungie special.